Charlie Wilson Reveals Telling Kanye West to 'Be Quiet'
Charlie Wilson, the veteran singer formerly of The Gap Band, is revealing how he has rebuked his longtime collaborator in the past.
"When he does something wrong, I'm the first one to tell him that he is wrong, 'Sit down and be quiet. I don't care if you don't like it or not,'" Wilson told HipHollywood.com recently. "I don't embrace some of the things that he [Kanye] does and some of the stuff he does, I do embrace; which is music."
While Wilson admits that West is a talented musician, he also acknowledges that the 36-year-old rap mogul and producer strays away from that at times.
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"He's good at that. Sometimes it gets a little out of hand and sometimes he just says 'I'm just gonna do this kind of music just to inspire people.' Ok then say that," Wilson said. "I know people get tired of hearing him say he is a genius, but he really is a musical genius. He's sick with it."
West has had to defend calling himself a genius in the past, and even had to explain comparing his line of work to that of police officers and military soldiers after receiving backlash. The rap mogul appeared in his hometown of Chicago for the "Yeezus" tour where he spoke to B96's Stylz and Roman about the comments last year.
"In all the interviews that I've been doing recently, there's so much motivation, inspiration, and insight," West said. "And what they'll do is just take this one sound bite that sounds the most, you know, awkward in a way … I think that yeah, we can compare ourselves to whoever we want to compare ourselves."
Still, he felt the need to explain his comparisons that some may deem outlandish.
"So, when I do the comparison of soldiers or police officers or on a different side, Steve Jobs and Walt Disney. What I'm saying is to not look at it like I'm some celebrity that's just sitting back and not working and not fighting and not contributing something to society," West said on the Chicago radio show. "Like no, this is a contribution. Even just my messaging I put myself at risk [in a way] … So, when I say a soldier or police officer what I'm saying is that I look at that as the highest form of contribution to society."
