Knievel Sues 'Kanyevel' Over Jumpsuit

61. Rebekka, you got your facts mixed up. Your claims make you no better than those you are trying to refute. Just becuase R&B/Jazz and Latin muic may have been INFLUENCED by Gypsies does not mean they created it. Both R&B/Jazz and Latin music have several influences. The music and dances are true blend of several cultures. No one group can claim true origin.

As for Elvis, he did not create rock & roll. Neither did Little Richard. They both played a part in making it popular. That's all.

Posted at 5:49PM on Dec 12th 2006 by RE:rebekka

62. It is woefully ignorant of all of you to attack Kanye West and other African Americans for "biting" the styles and ideas of white people. In fact, before you credit Evil Knievel for inventing music, remember that nearly every popular form of music today can be traced back to African American roots. For example, rock and roll, the blues, hip hop, R & B, just to name the most widely known. Furthermore, it is terrifying to me as a human being and American to see how racism can be exposed by a reading an article about a music video. Unbelievable, sometimes I forget how unenlightened we humans really are.

Posted at 5:51PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Jay

63. No, Move on does not mean Move forward... Or Move Forward would be said instead. Nobody dwells on it but like I've stated when you're called a racial slur, it brings back the negative memories... Nobody thinks about his everyday when dealing with their lives, hopefully most people are happen but when an unfortunate incident of bigotry happens.....

Posted at 5:53PM on Dec 12th 2006 by L.A. Dime

64. To Simone #45 - I wasn't going to write anything till I read what you had to say. Amen, Amen! I am American and frequently of the same thinking as you there in Oz - (get it folks FREQUENTLY - which means often - but not all the time) - sorry Simone - but here in the states you have to define everything and every little word you say lately because of the lack of education and language skills in our country because of people like skanky, whiney Kanye - I know - I live through it every day - every single day because there is always someone in this country looking for a fight - that's all it is.

And before one or many more of you tell me to go live somewhere else - I'm one step ahead of you and have given it thought many, many times. There are many Americans choosing to live in other countries because they can't stand the haughty American demeanor and lack of manners and etiquette any more. I am just another one. Even Californians are choosing to live in Mexico - after they pretty it up of course. Now there's a switch. So the Mexicans move here, we move to their country.

I only wish I had written what you said - so thanks for saying what waaaaay too many think. That jerk Kanye, is so full of himself and is constantly throwing little girlie hissy fits when he doesn't get the rewards he thinks he deserves. I too hope that E.K. wins big on his suit. Kanye is a theiving dirt bag.

Thanks for the thoughts Simone.

S

Posted at 6:00PM on Dec 12th 2006 by sues

65. To Simone #45 - I wasn't going to write anything till I read what you had to say. Amen, Amen! I am American and frequently of the same thinking as you there in Oz - (get it folks FREQUENTLY - which means often - but not all the time) - sorry Simone - but here in the states you have to define everything and every little word you say lately because of the lack of education and language skills in our country because of people like skanky, whiney Kanye - I know - I live through it every day - every single day because there is always someone in this country looking for a fight - that's all it is.

And before one or many more of you tell me to go live somewhere else - I'm one step ahead of you and have given it thought many, many times. There are many Americans choosing to live in other countries because they can't stand the haughty American demeanor and lack of manners and etiquette any more. I am just another one. Even Californians are choosing to live in Mexico - after they pretty it up of course. Now there's a switch. So the Mexicans move here, we move to their country.

I only wish I had written what you said - so thanks for saying what waaaaay too many think. That jerk Kanye, is so full of himself and is constantly throwing little girlie hissy fits when he doesn't get the rewards he thinks he deserves. I too hope that E.K. wins big on his suit. Kanye is a theiving dirt bag.

Thanks for the thoughts Simone.

S

Posted at 5:57PM on Dec 12th 2006 by sues

66. THIS ISNT EVEN A RACIAL ISSUE LIKE YOU STUPID FUCKS THINK! THATS ALL IT EVER IS WITH PEOPLE...EVERYTHING TURNS INTO RACIAL! SHUT UP! NOT EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET YOU & THE WHOLE WORLD DOESNT REVOLVE AROUND U!! & SECONDLY KAYNE DESERVES THIS! HE THINKS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH WHATEVER HE WANTS (LIKE RUINING SOMEONES AWARD BC HIS CRYING BABY ASS DIDN'T WIN) OR COPYWRITING SOMEONE'S SUCCESS! HES A DUMB ASSHOLE & NO TALENT LACKIN BITCH WHO SHOULD BE KICKED OFF THE MUSIC SCENE...HOW CAN HE EVEN CALL HIMSELF A RAPPER?

Posted at 5:59PM on Dec 12th 2006 by M

67. Some people are so ignorant. Just because I said Im hispanic you automatically assume im from mexico. If that was the case I would have said I was mexican and would have been proud of it. Since this has been made into a race issue let me share some light: Caucasion people did not find america. It was already here you guys have been taking credit for something you barely had took part in doing. You screwed up alot of peoples lives is what you did know take credit for that. And people please dont believe everything you read in the history books it was written by man so it comes with all the flaws of man.

Posted at 6:06PM on Dec 12th 2006 by PROUD TO BE HISPANIC

68. The Spaniards invaded and conquered the Indian tribes of Mexico, Central America and South America. Spanish was not the native tongue of the indigenous peoples. Of course the ignorant Mexicans don't know that Spain is a part of Europe, as in, European. The bottom line is, European countries came to this part of the planet and conquered it. This is nothing new, just read a history book. As far as the Negro's go, they were sold to the Europeans by there own chiefs and kings. The Dutch ran the slave trade, it was a business. Slavery has existed for thousands of years. How do you think the pyramids were built? The ignorant blacks in this country always bring up slavery when they cannot discuss racism intelligently. It's a cop out, period.

Posted at 6:13PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Mark

69. Rebekkah we are talking about here in America...

Posted at 6:10PM on Dec 12th 2006 by L.A. Dime

70. AMEN MARK!!!!

Posted at 6:17PM on Dec 12th 2006 by HMMMMM

71. #56-My facts are dead on. The styles were not INFLUENCED by Romani music, they were created by the Roma. For the Latin styles, it is already fairly known in those countries that the Roma created it, esp Flamenco. A simple google will show you this. The spanish have admitted who created the styles, they just don't go around saying it regularly. As for blues, even the Legend B.B.King stated once it was the Roma who created it, and the Blues influence brought about R&B and Rock. I never claimed Roma outright created the latter 2. I said rather clearly that they would not exist had it not been for the Roma creating the blues. And I also never said Elvis created Rock, I said his people did.

These are all well-researched facts. The Roma brought their soulful music to America when they were shipped here as slave labor. Because they were put together with black slaves, the blacks learned the music from them. But Roma are not really recognised by people, despite being recognised nationality by the UN, so most people attributed the music to blacks. Especially cos Roma integrated with American's at some point and virtually disappeared from America at that time. Well, they are still here, they just don't know their heritage. It's estimated that 60% of whites whose ancestors lived in the North Eastern states during the time the Roma began integrating, have Romani blood.

I don't just talk out my ass. I'm an anthropologist. I don't speak up on these blogs unless it's in my feild of knowledge. I know exactly what I'm talking about here.

Posted at 6:20PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Rebekka

72. Proud to be hispanic-Actually you are wrong. The original inhabitants of America were a mix of people from Africa(the same groups that also moved to Australia and are known as Aborigini's), and Caucasoid's(European's). The people of middle Japan(currently known as American Indian's), didn't appear for another 9000 years, at which point they killed off or integrated with the surviving descendants of the Aborigini's and European's that were already here.

Posted at 6:24PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Rebekka

73. God u american's sue for anything ! you should lighten up !

Posted at 6:22PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Rach

74. Mark-I agree with almost everything except the quip about the pyramids...Dr.Zahi Hawass recently discovered the workman's village which shined new light on who built the pyramids. They weren't slaves(or Jewish for that matter). They were Egyptians working out of their devotion for their God's. It is very interesting, everything he has discovered, you should google him if you are curious.

Posted at 6:26PM on Dec 12th 2006 by Rebekka

75. Mark, your ass is freaking ignorant. Lying to people in order to betray them and take something for your own personal gain should not be applauded, that's what the the Europeans did to the Native Americans. Whether or not black slaves were sold by their own kings and chiefs, who were under false pretenses on the way they would be treated and maybe some did this for gread, does not excuse slavery. Yes slavery had been going on for centuries though people were slaves based on social/class structure not by race... This type of slavery was not acceptible either just stating the facts.

Mark you need to stop calling people ignorant and look at your ignorance towards those who are not of your race/religion/ethnicty or philosophy...

Posted at 8:03PM on Dec 12th 2006 by L.A. Dime