Levinas.
âIn Songâ: See lines five to eight of verse one. See lyrics blacked out throughout the book because permission to print could not be gained.
âIn Songâ: See NewsOne.com , Breaking News for Black America.
âSo Kanye Transformed Himself, Producer to Superstarâ: See the 2003 interview at HipHopSite.com .
âAdventuresâ: See line nine of verse two of Westâs âFlashing Lights.â
âAdventuresâ: See George Bush tell Matt Lauer that Westâs comment during the Katrina fundraiser âwas one of the most disgusting moments in [his] presidency.â
âKanyeâs Circulatory Systemâ: See public grief vs. private grief. See grieving.
âKanyeâs Circulatory Systemâ: See another $466 fee for a quote. See www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/arts/music/03kanye.html?_r=0 .
âOn November 10th, 2007, Donda West Diedâ: See Westâs Glow in the Dark tour.
âDear Dondaâ: See not being able to get permission from the estate. See page 52 of Raising Kanye by Donda West.
âThree Months, to the Day, before Taylor Turned Twenty, but Kanyeâ: See West at the 2007 BET Hip-Hop Awards, giving away his award for best video of the year to UGK and Outkast, who he thought were more deserving.
âAftermathâ: See âpull a Kanyeâ on Urban Dictionary. See most of the definitions having to do with interrupting someone, but one saying âTo be in need of Midol.â Because emotional outbursts, asking for fairness, asking for things in general, is feminine. Because if you need to ask for something, you have less power. Because if you get emotional while asking for something, forget about it. See some old archetypes at work. See my hope that Westâs emotional outbursts are shifting things, saying men can be emotional in the public eye. See a future where the emotional is just the emotional, not tied to gender. See no display of emotion undermined.
âHate for Kanyeâ: See West leave the country in his response to Americaâs reaction to the Swift incident. See a few weeks in Japan. See four months in Italy, interning at Fendi. See him come back, receive many Grammy nominations, and comment, âGood logic tells me âsmile Kanye,â the world likes you again.â
âA Day at the Mall Reminds Me of Americaâ: See my two sisters. See my youngest. Sheâs Chinese, adopted. I was 13 when my mother went to China and brought her home. See her like a daughter.
âTaylor Doesnât Speak Out Against Racismâ: See comments made at concerts.
âItâs Hard Not to Be Movedâ: See the definition of fearsome: frightening, especially in appearance.
âMy Summer with Kanyeâ: See the blog post, âA Preview of Kanye Westâs âPowerâ: âApocalyptic in a Very Personal Way,â â at the New York Times ArtsBeat.
âMy Summer with Kanyeâ: See comments made on the radio.
âWatching Weeksâ: See Westâs music video for âCanât Tell Me Nothingâ and the music video Zach Galifianakis made for the same song, and discuss form vs. content. If I could include videos in this book, I would.
âI Try Not to See Myself as a Mother Figureâ: See Aziz Ansariâs stand up about meeting West and hanging out with him and Jay-Z: âJay-Z was drinking vodka he makes . How baller is that? Jay-Zâs on the tab, and the money went back into his own pocket.â
âSuge Knightâ: See Suge Knight lose the case.
âGodâs Face over Goldâ: See Westâs musical performances on the episode of Saturday Night Live that aired on October 3, 2010.
âTwilight: Starring Kanyeâ: See sestina. See line two of the chorus of Westâs âMonster.â See Nicki Minaj have one of the best verses in hip hopâs history.
âHybridâ: See the February 2006 Rolling Stoneâs cover. See
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