Is there any Kanye West/Barak Obama connection?

[CalebHayes]

Both were upper middle class from Chicago. Are they in anyway connected? Think Kanye would help with the campaign?

I think he along with many others in pop culture could be huge assets for Obama.

[BluegrassDem]

1. Obama didn't grow up in Chicago

I'm not sure if you were alluding to that or not. Kanye grew up in Chicago. Anyway, I know Obama and Ludacris are tight, but I haven't heard about him and Kanye knowing each other.

[CalebHayes]

9. Kanye produced for Ludacris before he started rapping himself.

The Ludacris hit "Stand up" was produced by Kanye.

[snowbear]

2. They have something in common - they both won Grammies..

LOS ANGELES


Barack Obama wins Grammy for Best Spoken World Album


US Senator Barack Obama (ber-AHK' oh-BAH'-muh) can add Grammy-award winner to his resume after winning in the Best Spoken Word category.

Obama won for his readings of the autobiographical "Dreams From My Father." The book was first published in 1995 but became a best seller as Obama became a rising political star.

The memoir examines race and racial identity.

Obama beat out Garrison Keillor, Al Franken, Sean Penn and George Carlin to win. He joins fellow Democrats Hillary and Bill Clinton in grabbing the trophy.

When Obama's nomination was announced last year, his spokesman quipped that "there is no truth to the rumor that the senator will now go by the name 'The Artist, formerly known as Barack Obama."

http://www.wqad.com/Global/story.asp?S=4476234&nav=1sW7

Kayne West also won a Grammy at the same time (2005) ~~

[EST]

3. Both have the ability to think clearly.

By the way, I think "Kanye" West spells his front name C-o-r-n-e-l-l Cornell West.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Cornel?

Love this guy -->

[venable]

5. Cornel West ....lame

Kanye - awesome
Obama - terrific

Cornel - sound and fury signifying less than nothing

[EST]

6. Yes-Cornel.

I misspelled it-added an "l"

However, if anyone wants to find out about him, just google cornel west.

And yes, it's pronounced con-yay.

[LostinVA]

7. He's talking about Kanye West, the hip hop artist

Not the author.

[CalebHayes]

8. Yep....

"and others in pop culture" should have given it away.

[Imagevision]

10. Not sure about kanye, but Oprah is supporting Obama 110%

not too shabby?

[beaconess]

11. As far as I can tell is that they both lived in Chicago at one point and they're both black

But lots of black folk in Chicago don't know each other. :-)

[MrRobotsHolyOrders]

13. However

I've met every single white person in Seattle. And there's a LOT of white people in Seattle.

[Quantess]

18. LOL! That's as good as,

"Oh, you're Jewish? Do you know the Weisensteins in San Bernardino? They're Jewish too!"

(I'm not Jewish, by the way, but I have seen this conversation happen!)

Edit: spell check

[Superman Returns]

12. West is a douche

didn't he get up on stage and start yelling after losing an award saying he deserved it more?

[CalebHayes]

16. Also told it like it is after the hurricane.

[MonkeyFunk]

14. Yes

I'm sure they've met at the Black Meetings.

[CalebHayes]

15. you could say that about obama and oprah

[MonkeyFunk]

17. Yes

that would be equally silly.

[beaconess]

19. Shhhhh!!!