(Music) Kanye West Explains Who The "Real" Illuminati Is

Its no secret that artist Kanye West, is very opinionated and not shy of voicing those opinions. However, lately he's been more of an educator on creativty, life, and self confidence. Ye often shares his perspectives on society and other topics may come off as indifferent to many.

In a recent "in his own words" interview with Paper Magazine (that he was on the cover on), West touched on the "Illuminati accusations," (The Illuminati is allegedly a secret society organization that many artists are allegedly linked to.) Heres what Yeezy had to say:

"I heard a comment -- a joke -- about the Tidal press conference being an Illuminati moment. If there was actually an Illuminati, it would be more like the energy companies. Not celebrities that gave their life to music and who are pinpointed as decoys for people who really run the world," Kanye told Paper. " I'm tired of people pinpointing musicians as the Illuminati. That's ridiculous. We don't run anything; we're celebrities. We're the face of brands. We have to compromise what we say in lyrics so we don't lose money on a contract. Madonna is in her 50s and gave everything she had to go up on an award show and get choked by her cape. She's judged for who she adopts. **** all of this sensationalism. We gave you our lives. We gave you our hearts. We gave you our opinions!"

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