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So what fake Kanye West Nelson Mandela statement are we talking about? If you haven't heard it, here are a few of the highlights from the fictional radio interview with WGCI radio in Chicago.
"I am the next Nelson Mandela" said West "I'm only 36 years old, and when I look at everything I've accomplished, it's the only comparison that makes any sense. By the time I'm 95, I'm going to be a bigger hero than he ever was."Not long after the fictional article was written, it soon started getting a massive number of shares on social media, with even a few real news sources duplicating the story. While the Kanye West Nelson Mandela interview quotes are completely fake the article is popular because it was believable. Let's be honest. This isn't exactly the first time Kanye West has compared himself to someone who has done great things in the past. To illustrate the point, we've pulled together five of the most outrageous comparisons Kanye West has made over the years, though ironically, Nelson Mandela is not one of them!
"Nelson Mandela did a lot of good work, don't get me wrong. But I think I'm on track to do something even bigger. I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever."
"Not to say Mandela wasn't for real. I have mad respect. I just think we need to keep things in perspective here. Anyone can be replaced. And I think I'm well on my way towards being the next great black leader. I'm already worshiped around the world. And there's more to come."
"I just want everyone out there to know. I see y'all crying on the TV. Being all sad. Just know that Kanye's gonna carry on Mandela's legacy. There's nothing to worry about. I got this."
Kanye West's 5 Most Outrageous Statements and Comparisons
Beethoven
In a 2012 interview, The "Gold Digger" singer reportedly told crowds at a New Jersey concert that, he was better than the genius German composer Beethoven.
"I am flawed as a human being... but my music is perfect,' he declared, adding: 'You could go back to Beethoven and sh*t, but as far as this lifetime, though, this is all you got."
Steve Jobs
In February 2013, Kanye West went on one of his epic rants while in Paris, voicing his views on pop commercialism.
"No matter how they try to control you, or the mother f*cker next to you tries to peer-pressure you, you can do what you mother-f*cking want ... I am Steve Jobs."
Later this year in another radio interview with Philadelphia's Hot 107.9, he revisited these claims saying,
"I know you're not supposed to say-compare yourself to other people but ... I'm like it's sort of like Ralph Lauren meets Howard Hughes meets David Stern meets Walt Disney meets Steve Jobs meets Kanye West."
Michael Jackson
During a Radio 1 interview Kanye West compared himself to Michael Jackson.
"I would not be Kanye West if it wasn't for Michael Jackson ... I was able to ascend to massive heights. And I've got to a point that Michael Jackson did not break down. I have reached the glass ceiling, as a creative person, as a celebrity and I've been at it for ten years."
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Barack Obama
Kanye West has been trying to get his girl Kim Kardshian on the cover of Vogue for a long time now. And he seems to take offense at the fact the First Lady has appeared on the cover more than once. In a typical Kanye West speak-before-we-think moment, the singer told Ryan Seacrest in October: "No one is looking at what [Barack Obama] is wearing. Michelle Obama cannot Instagram a pic like what my girl Instagrammed the other day."
Nice job, Kanye. You managed to insult both the President and his lovely wife in under one minute.
Jesus and God
The delusional nature of Kanye West's self comparisons and rants have become quite well-known over the years, but this year when he dressed as Jesus for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine we should have known nothing else could become surprising after that. In his latest album, titled Yeezus, the singer had many lyrics in which he seemed to compare himself to God.
"I know he the most high, but I am a close high," Kanye raps in his sixth album, "Yeezus," while another line says, "The media crucify me like they did Christ."
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With these 5 outrageous Kayne West self comparison in place, it's no wonder people had full faith the Kayne West. "bigger than Nelson Mandela" statement was real. Check out some of the comments folks have posted on social media in response to the fictional quotes.
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