Celebs Are Not The Illuminati, They Don't Have That Kind Of Power'- Kanye West

In an essay he wrote for Paper magazine, the same magazine that helped Kim K break the internet, Kanye West said he's tired of the notion that celebs are controlling society as members of the secret group, The Illuminati.


He said celebs don't have that kind of power. "I heard a comment -- a joke -- about the Tidal press conference being an Illuminatimoment. If there was actually an Illuminati, it would be more like the energy companies.

Not celebrities that gave their life to music and who are pinpointed as decoys for people who really run the world. I'm tired of people pinpointing musicians as the Illuminati. That's ridiculous. We don't run anything; we'recelebrities. We're the face of brands.

We have to compromise what we say in lyrics so we don't lose money on a contract. Madonna is in her 50s and gave everything she had to go up on an award show and get choked by her cape. She's judged for who she adopts. F**k all of this sensationalism.

We gave you our lives. We gave you our hearts. We gave you our opinions!" See more photos and see his full write up after the cut...

Let's just tap back into the real world for a second -- we can have children. Let's be thankful. We can raise our kids, let's be thankful.

But how about we raise our kids in a truthful world, not a world based on brands and concepts of perception? Perception is not reality.

When I look in North's eyes, I'm happy about every mistake I've ever made. I'm happy that I fought to bring some type of reality to this world we choose to stay in right now, driven by brands and corporations.

I also love people being inspired to follow their dreams, because I think people are oppressed by smoke and mirrors, by perception.

There isn't an example of a living celebrity that has more words formed against him, but just a little self-belief can go a long way.

I think the scariest thing about me is the fact that I just believe. I believe awesome is possible and I believe that beauty is important. When I say "beauty," what's your current definition of beauty? When I think beauty, I think of an untouched forest, only created by God's hand.

I think of a gray sky that separates the architecture from the background and creates these amazing photographs because you don't have to block the sun above you when you're taking the photograph. I think beauty is important and it's undermined by our current corporate culture.

When you think about the corporate office, you don't see the importance of beauty. I think all colors are beautiful and in a corporate world only one color is.

But another thing is that I believe money is important. I think that artists have been brainwashed to look at money as a bad thing, and it's not. I think they're equally important in our current civilization.

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