Meal cost: $17.50...with delivery charge, that will be $3,900

[talkinghead]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/05/people.west.ap/index.html

Record company orders a meal for Kanye West that will be prepared in London and then shipped to the US. Now that is gansta.

[LuckyLib]

1. I'm adding this one to my definition of "obscenity."

[DRoseDARs]

2. Bush may hate black people, but I hate anyone that adds to the definition of "spoiled rich snob"

And how many Katrina victim's might Mr. West have helped feed for a day with that $3,900?

Disgusting :thumbsdown:

[Quantess]

6. Correction: he doesn't hate them, or even dislike them.

Bush doesn't care about black people.

[VegasWolf]

3. Just so hard to get those good kidney, liver, and brain short bread pies here in the US! nt

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

4. Well, Mr. West...

Succumbed to the whole 9 yards of music biz success, have you? Great. I have seen this sort of thing a number of times before.

Before, ultimately, guys who spend like you are seen hanging out at The Rainbow, caging drinks and saying "Hey! Do you know who I used to be?".

"Not the Nazz, just a Buzz. Some kind of temporary"- Ian Hunter, Prophet.

[w4rma]

5. "by a music promotion company" Note that the guy might not have had access to that money

without digging into his own bank account without going through the music promotion company, who obviously wants to impress someone.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. "Music Promotion Company"

Definition: Mailbox where the credit card bills are delivered. For one of the many credit cards.

I spent 27 years in the music biz. Some of them as a tour manager/tour accountant. I learned a few of the tricks. Oh yes I did.

[Deja Q]

8. He can do what he wants with it...

The real question is, do any of his songs reflect concepts other than gross selfishness and hedonism?

And wouldn't it have been cheaper for him to take holiday in London and shovel it in over there??

[Blue_Tires]

9. remember that episode

of MASH when Hawkeye ordered a mess of ribs from a place in Chicago and had them sent to Korea marked 'medical supplies??'

lol

at least Hawkeye was smart enough to let the army pay for the freight

[medeak]

10. Kanye West debunked today n/t

[Judi Lynn]

12. "No international food delivery for Kanye West"

Saw your post and did a search to see if I could find anything, myself. Here's more:

No international food delivery for Kanye West
Earlier this week, chef Kaysor Ahmed of British Raj restaurant, located in Wales told the media that he would be flying to the US to deliver an order for rapper Kanye West.

In great detail, Ahmed explained how he would prepare the food, pack it in dry ice and accompany it on a plane to New York. Kanye says he doesn't know anything about it.

Was it a prank or a publicity stunt?

"There is no meeting in New York. There never has been," the rapper's spokesman Gabe Tesoriero said Tuesday, according to AP. Tesoriero called the story "patently false."

The resturant confirms that the meal is en route, and the $3900 bill has been paid for by a promotion company called Raw Soul.

Kanye's reps say he won't even be in New York on Wednesday, and that the food is definitely not intended for him.
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http://gaysocialites.com/2007/03/no_international_food_delivery.html

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Thanks for setting the record straight. No reason to let a lie stand.

[Judi Lynn]

13. More on the story: "Kanye West victim of expensive curry prank"

Kanye West victim of expensive curry prank
8:40AM Thursday March 08, 2007

Kanye West says he has no knowledge of the $4000 food ordered in his name. File photo / Reuters
Kanye West is the victim of an expensive prank, after a US$4,000 curry was flown from Britain to the US in his name.

The Raj restaurant in Newport, Wales, claimed a music promoter had ordered a feast to be delivered to New York for a meeting with the rapper and seven guests today.

However, West's spokesman Gabe Tesoriero revealed the story was "patently false" because his client wasn't in the city that day.

He said: "There is no meeting in New York. There never has been."

The Raj restaurant confirmed yesterday the banquet, including biryanis, bhajees, poppadums and fish curries, was already en route to New York.

Head chef Kaysor Ahmed travelled with the food, to make sure it arrived in pristine condition.

The US$3,900 bill was paid by promotion company Raw Soul.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10427705

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We could live perfectly well without assholes trying to smear the names of people they don't want other people to like.

[Dukkha]

11. now that's true street cred gangsta!

NOT! :eyes:

enjoy you illustrious career MC Hammer, er, I mean Kanye West.

[medeak]

14. helloo?

did you not see the two posts prior to yours? ;-)