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Video: Kanye West "Spiritually," Silently Supports Occupy Wall Street
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Christopher Robbins
Published Oct 11, 2011
Modified Oct 11, 2011
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Yesterday, Zuccotti Park was graced with the presence of diamond-Jesus-wearing rapper Kanye West, who traveled to the park with Russell Simmons to support the Occupy Wall Street movement the only way he knows how: by doing and saying absolutely nothing. "Kanye has been a big supporter spiritually of this movement, and he's just here to stand with the people," Simmons says, hilariously suggesting that Kanye West still has a soul.
Is Kanye constipated...by economic injustice? Perhaps his handlers have impressed upon him to not utter a word unless he's prepared to apologize for it. "He doesn't want to make a statement, didn't want to do any media at all, actually…He understands the idea of getting the money out of government, he wants to give power back to the people," Simmons says. People like Jacob the Jeweler!
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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