Kanye West has really angered Ohio police chief David Oliver with his recent comments that his job performing his Yeezus shows put his “life at risk” just like police officers and soldiers fighting for our country.
Oliver penned an open letter and posted it to the Brimfield Police Department’s Facebook page. In it, he writes that West’s comments are “part of the problem in the world today….which include entertainers thinking they are something more than just entertainers.”
Oliver, 45, also sarcastically wrote “I want to thank you for putting your life on the line for all of us every day. I know that being a rapper is tough work. I have tried to rap, and it is very difficult to keep up with the pulse of the rhyme flow.”
“When the Taliban starts shooting at you, perhaps you could stand up and let the words flow,” he continued. “It could be something like, ‘I’m Kanye West, wearing a flak vest.’ I’m sure they would just drop weapons and surrender. You could quite possibly end all wars, just from the enemy being star-struck.”
West’s original comments include him talking about his elaborate set on his current tour, saying “I think about my family and I’m like, wow, this is like being a police officer or something, in war or something.”
West welcomed a baby girl, North West, with Keeping Up with the Kardashians star Kim Kardashian six months ago. He proposed to Kardashian on her 33rd birthday back in October. Both his fiance and daughter have been traveling with him as he wraps up his Yeezus tour.
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