Comments on: Kanye West: When Hip-Hop & Faith Collide http://www.daveingland.com/2009/09/14/kanye-west-when-hip-hop-faith-collide/ Commentary and discussion on the missional church, faith, culture, media and more... Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:53:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: daveingland http://www.daveingland.com/2009/09/14/kanye-west-when-hip-hop-faith-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-840 daveingland Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:27:54 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=918#comment-840 Lovelee: I completely agree with your statements. I do think that people should be held responsible for their actions. I was merely stating that if Kanye sincerely acknowledges that he made a mistake, apologizes to those he was rude to, and asks to be forgiven shouldn't we oblige him? Apparently West went into details about his frame of mind, loss of his mom, etc. when he appeared on the Jay Leno Show Monday night. I didn't witness the offense on the VMA's nor did I get a chance to see his comments/apology on Leno. His actions on the VMA's were obviously inappropriate, but he has said a lot of inappropriate things in the past that have been overlooked. I really feel as if this misguided error Kanye made in slighting Taylor Swift is something that got him to recognize some of his personal demons. From what I understand, West was seen publicly drinking cognac before the VMA's and was rumored to have been drunk at the time he stole the mic for his rant. He could be suffering from depression or just the fact that the hip-hop lifestyle is a difficult path to follow in righteousness and it is a very self-centered world where fame and money become the focus. I'll be interested to see how the media and artists respond as well as what this does to Kanye's standing in the public eye. Thanks for your reply! Lovelee: I completely agree with your statements. I do think that people should be held responsible for their actions. I was merely stating that if Kanye sincerely acknowledges that he made a mistake, apologizes to those he was rude to, and asks to be forgiven shouldn’t we oblige him?

Apparently West went into details about his frame of mind, loss of his mom, etc. when he appeared on the Jay Leno Show Monday night. I didn’t witness the offense on the VMA’s nor did I get a chance to see his comments/apology on Leno. His actions on the VMA’s were obviously inappropriate, but he has said a lot of inappropriate things in the past that have been overlooked. I really feel as if this misguided error Kanye made in slighting Taylor Swift is something that got him to recognize some of his personal demons. From what I understand, West was seen publicly drinking cognac before the VMA’s and was rumored to have been drunk at the time he stole the mic for his rant. He could be suffering from depression or just the fact that the hip-hop lifestyle is a difficult path to follow in righteousness and it is a very self-centered world where fame and money become the focus.

I’ll be interested to see how the media and artists respond as well as what this does to Kanye’s standing in the public eye. Thanks for your reply!

]]> By: Lovelee Brown http://www.daveingland.com/2009/09/14/kanye-west-when-hip-hop-faith-collide/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Lovelee Brown Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:09:08 +0000 http://www.daveingland.com/?p=918#comment-838 P. Dave, I definitely agree that we should forgive those who ask for forgiveness but for some reason in this case I don't believe that west is being sincere, but is rather following the advice of some savvy PR person. There's no problem in voicing one's opinion, apparently that is what America is about. However, a distinguishing factor along the scale of ignorant and better educated (or even better mannered) Americans is knowing when/if to voice these opinions. Couldn't Kanye just as well said his statements during an interview or waited to give Beyonce her credit personally? Even though we are encouraged to forgive our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ (as well as non-believers), I don't think that forgiveness should absolve us from responsibility and the repercussions of our actions. P. Dave, I definitely agree that we should forgive those who ask for forgiveness but for some reason in this case I don’t believe that west is being sincere, but is rather following the advice of some savvy PR person. There’s no problem in voicing one’s opinion, apparently that is what America is about. However, a distinguishing factor along the scale of ignorant and better educated (or even better mannered) Americans is knowing when/if to voice these opinions. Couldn’t Kanye just as well said his statements during an interview or waited to give Beyonce her credit personally? Even though we are encouraged to forgive our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ (as well as non-believers), I don’t think that forgiveness should absolve us from responsibility and the repercussions of our actions.

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