LOS ANGELES, April 5 (Reuters) – Kanye West rarely stays
under the radar for long, and he was grabbing headlines again on
Thursday after professing his love for reality TV star Kim
Kardashian in a new song leaked online.
In “Theraflu,” named after the over-the-counter cough
medicine, West raps about falling in love with the “Keeping Up
With The Kardashians” star at the same time she fell in love
with ex-husband Kris Humphries, whom she later divorced after 72
days of marriage.
West also made a reference to not having rapper Jay-Z, who
has minority stakes in the New Jersey Nets basketball team for
which Humphries plays, remove the basketball player from the
team.
“And I’ll admit, I fell in love with Kim, ’round the same
time she had fell in love with him, well, that’s cool, baby
girl, do ya thing, lucky I ain’t have Jay drop him from the
team,” rapped West, over hip hop beats by DJ Khaled.
The rapper brims with his trademark confidence and ego on
the track with lines such as “tell PETA my mink is dragging on
the floor,” and “don’t talk about style, cause I embarrass you,”
bragging about dinner with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and racing
with Polish model Anja Rubik.
The rapper also alludes to ex-girlfriend Amber Rose, whom he
dated on and off for two years until 2010 and who is now engaged
to rapper Wiz Khalifa. West says he has “respect” for Khalifa.
West, who last made headlines in January after posting a
series of more than 80 tweets detailing his diverse “train of
thoughts,” has stayed under the radar in recent weeks, posting
only a couple of tweets and making few public appearances.
He took to Twitter on Thursday to post a picture of the
cover of “Theraflu,” which is likely to be his next single
despite its unauthorized leak online.
“Theraflu” has served to further whet the appetite of fans
and critics for the rapper’s highly anticipated upcoming GOOD
Music album, to be released on Friday, April 6, featuring
artists signed to West’s GOOD Music record and management label.
(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
