Jamie Foxx Agrees with Kanye West

Kanye West has said he’s surprised by the impact of his anti-Bush comments following Hurricane Katrina - you may remember that he appeared on that NBC fundraiser and said "George Bush doesn’t care about black people".

Rapper Kanye West was stunned by the impact of his anti-George W Bush rant during a live Hurricane Katrina telethon in September.Kanye West claimed the US President "doesn’t care about black people", angered by what he perceived to be Bush’s slow response to the natural disaster that struck America’s Gulf coast in August. The improvised outburst caused shockwaves and divided the nation. But West is unrepentant.

He says: "What surprised me most was the impact of my voice on NBC. It’s just magical that I can say something that’s a popular opinion and it really has an impact. "I didn’t think about Bush until the telethon. I saw him (on TV) - I’m like: ’Wait a second, dude, that guy over there, he doesn’t care.’ But America was already headed that way. I think it was a common opinion."

A lot of people have had negative things to say about Kanye West since the rapper declared that President Bush "doesn’t care about black people." But Jamie Foxx says because the rapper is so outspoken, he’s "a hero in the black community." Foxx says the reaction of many to West’s remarks shows how much courage it took for the rapper to speak out against the slow federal response to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

He says some people found it easy to complain about West and say how dare a rapper criticize the president. But Foxx says West had his chance to speak out on behalf of his people during the benefit concert to help Katrina victims and that he "did a great job" in doing so.

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