Kanye West Going to Anger Management?

7/7/08, 5:00 pm EST

Kanye West’s days of using his blog as a vessel to spew rage may be coming to an end, as the rapper’s own management team are reportedly hatching a plan to get the often-outspoken West to attend anger management classes. West’s reps hope anger management will not only help restore the rapper’s psychological well-being and his relationship with friends, but also help him grab some endorsement deals after advertisers expressed concerns that he might be difficult to work with. West recently lashed out at all those Bonnaroo “squid brains” after performing a massively delayed set at the Tennessee festival, and in the past has raged out at music journalists and publications alike. Then there were those two incidents at two separate MTV Video Music Awards: In 2006, Kanye stormed the stage with an expletive-laden outburst after losing out for Best Video, then as an encore, in 2007, West exploded after his performance of “Good Life” was relegated from the main stage of the VMAs to a suite at the Palms Las Vegas.

These might be the end of days for Kanye’s angry blog posts, as West seemed calmer in a post today clarifying an issue he’s had with Harper’s Bazaar that’s been bothering him for over a year. A portrait in the rapper’s house, which was photographed by the magazine, looks like it casts West as an angel, even though that’s not the case. “I was made out to be Ben Stiller’s character in the movie Dodgeball with the huge pic of himself wrestling a bull in his office,” West complains. Kanye simply asks — without use of expletives or Caps Lock — the magazine to mention that the angel in the portrait is not Kanye.

UPDATE: Turns out Kanye isn’t headed to anger management. As he says on his blog, “If anything I need anger enhancement! LOL!.”

[Photo: Getty]


Comments

locoed | 7/11/2008, 11:56 pm EST

President Bush hates black people” your an idiot.” a poor musician blames his insturment ” whats your excuse? i never bought Kanye’s music,but some advice,call Em.

Dr Tom | 7/11/2008, 2:13 am EST

Anger enhancement?! Hmmm… focused anger takes on the proportions of movements and positive change such as Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela, etc., … with responsibility, commitment and dedication and also involve anger, stress management, communication and emotional intelligence.

BillyBaroo | 7/9/2008, 8:44 am EST

Kanye , my brother , you need to chill. You just aren`t that good.
But you are makin lots of money off your white listeners!

cd | 7/8/2008, 4:35 pm EST

I bet he finally went off when he saw lil waynes album sales… sorry kanye but being a musical genious can only keep people from noticeing your a complete douche for so long..

geeze | 7/8/2008, 11:35 am EST

i’m going to be the one poster here who tells the truth-i love kanye.

I love when people talk shit about him. it’s so obvious that they all just want to be him.

MusicalJourney | 7/8/2008, 8:48 am EST

Show Biz is just that - a business. If your talent and/or likeability factor isn’t there, you won’t sell your wares. Some performers’ anger, rants, and inflated egos may help occasionally if played just right, but Kanye is not cut out for this game. His management team are on the right course - but it may be that Kanye does not want to do what he’s doing anyway.

Jungleland | 7/8/2008, 7:51 am EST

Mat -

There are thousands of talented musicians out there (yes including rappers, DJ’s and hip-hop artists) Kanye just isn’t one of them

Scott | 7/8/2008, 7:49 am EST

Kanye West is just another in a long line of losers, which include MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice. They get enormously popular for a period of time, then people come to their senses and realize they’re really just no-talent turds. It’ll be hilarious when that time comes for this idiot.

Mat | 7/8/2008, 12:16 am EST

I dont usually read comments for the reason of the dribble posted above. Even as a fan I admit Kanye is a little wild but how is being egocentric any different than ozzy osbournce biting off the head of a bat any of the the million rock stars that act like rock stars, the beatles included…. They all get big headed at some point… Further more if you dont like kanye dont but dont diss on hip hop in general…. Amazing that 30 years later, and the only music that people really even pay for, and people are still burshing it off as fad…. People become rap and rock stars bc they dont sit on sites like this and knock on others… If you can do it step up or shut up……

brock_vond | 7/7/2008, 11:08 pm EST

ah, the super ego … makes for great rap records, but thats all its good for.

hyper bravado works reat when recording raps that will stand the test of time, but that where it should stay.

sad to say, Kanye, you’re going the way of Eminem …. Don’t Beleive (You’re Own) Hype.

bopgun | 7/7/2008, 11:06 pm EST

This guy is quickly usurping Sting as the biggest, most obnoxious jerk in the histroy of popular music……….and he has no basis for his arrogance….he TALKS AT A RAPID SPEED INTO A MIC. Critics ate up the “Wow, a rapper with a college education” angle, pffffff. There’s nothing new here, tired rants of conquering women, how bad he is…………what a bore.

Nukkafish | 7/7/2008, 9:25 pm EST

Kayne needs some plastic surgery on that jaw- it may relieve the swelling on his brain!

herb | 7/7/2008, 9:21 pm EST

yeah he sold a lot of albums. But you know what a multi platinum rap album is right? Its something that you will find in a 99 cent bargain cd bin in 3 years. Seriously, are there any rap albums that anyone will listen to in 40 years, like the Beatles? No…because they are angry, ugly albums. I mean, if they were made in a third world country, I would understand. I am from a third world country. But seriously, these American rappers don’t have it that bad. Their ghettos are country clubs compared to what people in the third world face.

BA | 7/7/2008, 8:44 pm EST

he’s all gimmick and schtick. I bet even this is a planned thing to get headlines as with everything he does. He’s all filler and no talent once you strip away all the tantrums and sampled music.

Jungleland | 7/7/2008, 7:54 pm EST

How about tallent lessons? This guy is worthless. Seeing him blow up is the only entertaining thing he does.

Don | 7/7/2008, 7:19 pm EST

I don’t know if this is good for him, I mean I’d be pissed at Bonnaroo’s staff if they screwed me over like that. Plus, anger is a big part of his music.

JP | 7/7/2008, 6:26 pm EST

Kanye West needs to go to ego management classes.

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