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Kanye Speech

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The name Kanye means “The only one” in Swahili, this is why I think that Kanye West’s name fits him perfectly(BOOMSbeat). I say this because Kanye has the mindset that he is the only one, the absolute best. Kanye has the self confidence that every teenage girl wishes she had. Kanye shows his self-confidence through his music. In a matter of fact, Kanye is a 21 time Grammy winning rapper (BOOMSbeat). My favorite tweet actually says something along the lines of, “Should I listen to Kanye and think about me, or should I listen to Drake and think about you.” This is my favorite tweet because it shows that in Kanye’s music he tends to write about his self-confidence, rather than in Drake’s music where he writes about his feelings. Kanye’s self-confidence is one of the many things that make him influential. Kanye doesn't care about what other people think about him so he tends to do what he wants, which is how more people should act personally. A big scene Kanye made was at the 2009 VMA’s when he went onstage and interrupted Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech because he thought that Beyonce should have received the award instead (BOOMSbeat). Another big scene Kanye had made was back in 2005 when he went off script saying “George Bush doesn't care about black people” at a live televised concert for hurricane relief (BOOMSbeat). Kanye …show more content…

You need to be self confident, without self confidence you are not going to go anywhere in your life because you can't even believe in yourself so who else will. It is okay to speak your mind, you shouldn't have to hold back and bite your tongue every time you're getting ready to say something because you're scared of how others will react. Forget what others think about you and just be you. Yeezy also taught me that he is the greatest hip hop artist of all time and sometimes change is good. Don’t forget that “You may be talented, but you’re not Kanye West” said by the one and only, Kanye

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