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Rapper and longtime friend and partner of Kanye West, Rhymefest wants everyone to "get it right" and stop thinking that Kanye should be responsible for saving Chicago. Rhymefest believes that people shouldn't expect Kanye or any other celebrity to do this type of work in their hometowns. He went on to say that Kanye is doing his job as a celebrity, which is to "help deliver us the resources to help our efforts on the ground."
Here's some more of what the Chicago rapper had to say about Kanye:
"Let's get it right, Kanye didn't become a rapper to buy all the houses in Englewood. You have to look to someone like Asiaha Butler from R.A.G.E. who works in Englewood every day. We have to put our power behind the people who are right next to us."
Rhymefest also went on to talk about keeping in touch with Kanye, and his thoughts on Kanye's mother, Donda West:
"When we talk about Donda's House, I give Kanye's mother the credit. She was the one at Chicago State, dean of the English department, taking in all these boys into her house and educating us. We didn't have moms. My mom had me at 15. We grew up together. The first responsible woman I ever met was Kanye's mother but who talks about her? We talk about Kanye but we don't talk about the tree. We just talk about the fruit."
Source: sohh.com
