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Friday Afternoon Diversion: Kanye Vs. South Park

By Veronica Murtagh in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 10, 2009 8:00PM

Oh Kanye, one day you're a sociopath, the next an egomaniac, but today you're neither. Today, you are a gay fish. Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've by now caught the hilarity of the rapper's South Park cameo as a mulleted, autotuned merman.

We thoroughly enjoyed the episode and it seems that Kanye did as well. Mr. West one-ups the South Park crew with a blog response funnier than the cameo. The general public can keep doling out the Kanye hate, but we've got nothing but love for the man who once again proves himself a shapeshifter extraordinaire, able to craft new personas at will and always leave us waiting for what's next.

Let's all take a collective moment on this Friday afternoon to bond with the human side of Kanye. After all, who doesn't "JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON"?