Kanye West responds other people's criticisms of him. In an email to gossip blogger Perez Hilton, the rapper allegedly wrote:
"I'VE BEEN ATTACKED FOR BEING ME… FOR BEING BRIGHT RED IN A GREY WORLD."
"“THANK YOU TO ANYONE WHO THRIVES ON THE DOWNFALL OF OTHERS FOR I WILL NOT FALL!!!"
"YOUR PESSIMISM IS MY POWER. YOUR PRESUMPTIONS LEAD TO MY REDEMPTIONS. I DON'T LIKE THE OBVIOUS… I LIKE THE TENSION… I LIVE FOR THE FIGHT…"
"I FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY DON'T THINK FOR THEMSELVES BUT MERELY BASE THEIR OPINIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE TAUGHT."
"I AM A SOLDIER OF FREE THOUGHT IN A CLOSED MINDED WORLD AND I AM READY FOR WAR."
"I WILL SPARK A GENERATION OF THINKERS WHO WILL QUESTION TRADITIONAL THOUGHT UNTIL THEY FIND THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. (Sic)"
He added:
"I AM NOT PERFECT AND I WILL NEVER BE WHAT I WAS TAUGHT MY WHOLE LIFE AND THAT WAS TO BE CHRIST LIKE… I'M FINE WITH JUST BEING THE BEST ME!"
"I ACCEPT AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY MISTAKES AND LEARN FROM THEM. (Sic)"
Salute to Kanye West