Kanye is Comfortable With His Sexuality, Loves Rainbows

Kanye West wants to reappropriate the rainbow for straight men.

A few weeks ago, West's rival 50 Cent called Kanye "gay" for his interests in fashion and design (not to mention that 50 is rumored to have a line of moisturizers coming out in his name). Kanye West responded to the statement by telling MTV he was "comfortable with [his] manhood."

Kanye blamed the Internet for making it difficult to do anything without being suspected of gayness:

People are so gay-conscious now. That's like the whole thing like with the internet – every day [is like], 'Oh I can tell he gay now!' But back in the day, people used to have songs like 'Get In That Ass' or something like that. Someone would never make a song like that [today] because they'd be like 'Whoa! I can't make no song like that! People gonna call me gay!'"

Kanye went on to say that while he used to be "scared" of gay people, he has since come to recognize their contributions to fashion. He envies their exclusive rights to the rainbow, for example:

I've been collecting all of the freshest stuff that's rainbows – Denver Nuggets jerseys, BAPE shoes, Nikes with rainbows on 'em – and saying, 'Man, I think as straight men we need to take the rainbow back because it's fresh. I mean how is that a gay thing? Colors? Having a lot of colors is gay?

It's alright if you want to come out of the closet Kanye.