Kanye West Says Kim Is Not A 'Gold Digger' -- Reveals Her Late Father Thought She’d Have A ‘Black Child’
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Jan. 27 2015, Published 11:08 a.m. ET
While delivering speech on interracial relationships, Kanye West says wife Kim isn't a "gold digger" and reveals that her late father predicted she'd have a black child.
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Kanye West gave a shout-out to wifey Kim during a speech about interracial relationships while accepting the Visionary Award at The BET Honors on Saturday evening.
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"At the barbershop... I used to hear people always talking about, 'Man you know when an entertainer get on, of course you know he gon' go and get a white girl and blah blah blah and a white girl gon' get a rich black dude.'"
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Appearing to reference his hit-song "Gold Digger," Kanye added: "My wife has dated broke black dudes. It got nothing to do with the money."
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Kanye then recalled a story about Kim and her dad, Robert Kardashian, after his car was vandalized with the phrase "n***a lover" following his defense in the case OJ Simpson case.
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When a young Kim had asked why it made him so angry, Robert told Kim: "One day, you may have a black child…a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful black child …and it’s gonna be hard. You’re gonna see how hard it is."
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In October last year, Kim also addressed racism. In an essay on her official website, the reality star admitted that she had always felt that racism was "someone else's battle."