Kanye West Defends Festival Performance

Kanye West has slammed criticisms of his recent Boonooroo Music Festival performance, after delays caused him to hit the stage one-and-a-half hours after his scheduled start time and perform as the sun was coming up.
The rapper has written a message on his official website explaining that he is “f*cking hurt by this one”:
“I am� sick of negative� people who just sit around trying 2�plot my downfall… Why????� I understand if people don’t like me�because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people�say I run my mouth to much,� But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst�insult I’ve ever had in my life. This is the most offended I’ve ever�been… this is the maddest I ever will be.� I’m typing so fucking�hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!!�� Call me any name�you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro, fag�whatever you can think of….� BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!���NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!� THIS SHOWS NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU TRY��TO BE GOOD AT SOMETHING THERE WILL BE PEOPLE THERE TO LIE ABOUT YOU�AND BRING YOU DOWN!� LIKE WAYNE SAYS PLEASE DON’T SHOOT ME DOWN CAUSE�I’M FLYING!� I’M FUCKING HURT BY THIS ONE. ALL I CARE ABOUT ARE THE�FANS.� JUST SAY THIS OUT LOUD IN� A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE, “KANYE�DOESN’T CARE ABOUT GIVING A GOOD PERFORMANCE.”� CAN ANYONE HONESTLY�SAY THAT ?????????� � � HAS ANYONE EVEN TAKEN THE TIME TO AT LEAST� DO�THE MATH???� BONNAROO SHOULD HAVE RELEASED A STATEMENT IN MY DEFENSE�BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN’T LET’S BREAK DOWN THE WALLS ON THIS TRUMAN SHOW�AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY OCCURRED!!!�� FOR OVER A MONTH WE WENT�BACK AND FORTH ON WETHER OR NOT WE COULD EVEN FIT MY STAGE AT THE�FESTIVAL. ONE DAY THEY WOULD SAY YES… WE’D SEND THEM OUR SPECS THEN�THEY THEY’D SAY OK… THEN THEY WOULD SEND SPECS BACK THAT DIDN’T FIT�THE STAGE. WE WERE OBVIOUSLY DEALING WITH FUCKING IDIOTS WHO DIDN’T�REALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY PUT ON THIS SHOW PROPERLY.� THEY�TRIED 2 GIVE ME A TIME SLOT WERE IT WAS STILL LIGHT OUTSIDE … I HAVE�A FUCKING LIGHT SHOW DUMB ASS, IT’S NOT CALLED GLOW IN THE DARK FOR NO�REASON SQUID BRAINS!� MY PEOPLE WORKED OUT A COMPROMISED STAGE PLOT�AND A 3AM TIME SLOT AND I AGREED.�� FAST FOWARD TO THE DAY OF THE�SHOW. MY PRODUCTION MANAGER TRIED TO LOAD IN FOR 24 HOURS BEFORE I�WENT ON STAGE BUT THE FESTIVAL WOULDN’T ALLOW US TO DO ANYTHING UNTILL�PEARL JAM LEFT THE STAGE. PEARL JAM ENDED ONE HOUR
LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!� AT�THAT POINT WE’RE RACING AGAINST THE�SUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AT 4:20AM DON COMES�BACK 2 THE BUS AND TELLS ME, ” IT� WOULD TAKE 45 MORE MINUTES TO PUT�ALL YOUR PYRO IN!”� I SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AS SOON AS�POSSIBLE . I HIT THE STAGE AND PEOPLE HAD BEEN THROWING SHIT ON THE�STAGE AND HAD ACTUALLY HIT THE JANE SCREEN WITH, I GUESS BOTTLES OR�SOMETHING AND HAD BROKEN MY FUCKING SCREEN.� REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A�SHORTY AND WATER WOULD HIT THE TV??????� WHEN I GOT 2 “THROUGH THE�WIRE” I STEPPED ON� THE FRONT PART OF MY STAGE AND THERE WAS SO MUCH�LIQUID ON THE STAGE� I COULDN’T MOVE WITHOUT SLIPPING. I HAD TO ADJUST�MY WHOLE PERFORMANCE STYLE BECAUSE OF IT.� A FEW MORE SONGS IN AND THE�SONG WAS ON IT’S WAY UP.. I� CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE� I��WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME�DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN.� I’VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT’S���CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES.��IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN THE DAYTIME.��ANYONE WHO CAME TO THE GLOW TOUR CAN UNDERSTAND WHY I WANTED PEOPLE TO�SEE IT PROPERLY. IT BROKE MY HEART THAT I COULDN’T GIVE THESE FANS�STRONGER IN IT’S GREATEST FORM… BY THE TIME I GOT TO STRONGER IT WAS�DAYTIME AND IT BROKE MY HEART.� I’M SORRY TO EVERYONE THAT I DIDN’T�HAVE THE ABILITY 2 GIVE THE PERFORMANCE I WANTED TO. I’M SORRY…��SOMETIMES I GO 2, 3 DAYS W/O SLEEP WORKING ON MY PERFORMANCE… I HAVE�TO ICE MY KNEES AFTER EVERY SHOW AND THEY HURT WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE�AIRPORT… HAVING AN EXPENSIVE STAGE CUTS MY PAYDAY IN HALF… CALL ME�WHAT YOU WANT BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!!!”
Photo courtesy of Universal.