HE might have been The College Dropout, but Kayne West caused a storm with university students yesterday.
The rapper made an appearance in the city at a talk at the Museum of National History. Students flocked to see the superstar after news broke on Sunday night that The Oxford Guild society managed to book the 37-year-old.
Fans in The Oxford Guild said that they were just told “We’ve got Kanye”.
Singer Kanye West speaking at the event.
Ticket holders asked questions to the American about his life, career and new album in a session that lasted about 45 minutes. The Tab Oxford tweeted live from the speech, which quoted Mr West’s opinions on a variety of subjects.
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Among his quotes were, “People say I’ve got a bad reputation. I think I’ve got the best reputation in the building”, “If I, Kanye West, can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone” and “Obama calls the home phone, by the way.”
Before the speech, student Lewis Hedges said: “Nobody knew about him coming until last night. It came up on social media yesterday and there were three ballots at noon, 2am then 9am. I got in the last ballot and paid £3.83 for my ticket.
Mr West left the building in a blackedout Mercedes while fans went crazy and mobbed the vehicle.
Students queue up to see the superstar.
Reece Davison, a fan from Wood Farm, said: “I’m a massive fan of Kanye. I’m not a student so I wasn’t able to get a ticket but apparently there were over 5,000 people who balloted for 350 tickets.”
Student Albert Wood added: “I’m just here for the banter. I managed to get a ticket and we are here because we are curious what he is doing here.”
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