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Kanye West's Porn Past Addressed in Raising Kanye

Monday April 30, 2007
My mom would probably kill me if she caught me poring over pages of Playboy or Penthouse as a teenager. Turns out Kanye's mom is no different. Dr. Donda West, author of the new tell-all Raising Kanye, disclosed that she punished Kanye for looking at porn magazines and videos as a youngster.

Donda recalls that the prolific producer/MC even took pornographic magazines to school and passed them around. "I'll never forget the day he took the X-rated magazine to school and was passing it around for the other boys to see," recalls Dr. West, "and the teacher caught him. When she asked him where he'd gotten the magazine, he said, 'From my mother's closet!' . . . Before I knew it, I'd lost my temper and smacked him across the face." And that was not the only time he was caught. Donda recalls finding a porn tape belonging to her son in the family's video player, according to the NY Daily News.

She added, "It was triple-X-rated and I was mad as hell. I required him to do a full-blown research paper complete with footnotes and bibliography . . . 'The Impact of Watching X-rated Movies on a Teen-age Boy'. Until he finished the paper to my satisfaction, there was to be no television, no going to play basketball, no friends over."

Raising Kanye is slated for release on Mother's Day.

Comments

May 4, 2007 at 1:26 am
(1) tee says:

who cares

May 10, 2007 at 7:46 am
(2) DIDDY WINO says:

I CARE! I WISH TO EVEN LEARN MORE ABOUT ‘RAISING KANYE’

October 2, 2007 at 9:56 am
(3) Nida says:

I love Kanye. I think he is soo hot! I would by his book right away!!Actually it is his mom’s book but what the hell. He is still f*****g hot!

November 2, 2007 at 3:25 pm
(4) Crystal says:

KANYE WEST is my boo. I care. So that means he know who to use what his momma gave him. To bad hes enggaged…

November 13, 2007 at 10:19 pm
(5) smittycal says:

RIP to Dr. West. Loosing a parent is hard and I hope kanye is surrounded with loved ones right now

November 24, 2007 at 7:33 pm
(6) Redeana says:

I love u and i know u going through alot i justt my granddad the one who raise me i love u and keep ur head up u know she watching over u dont forget that

November 28, 2007 at 1:37 pm
(7) bianca says:

I agree that Kanye West is easy on the eyes but the fact that he has an obsession with porn,makes me quetion his moral position as a role model. I believe the book will be quite interesting but I fell it just another one hit wonder book with no depth. I would like to read the book but I doubt that it will suit my taste.

November 29, 2007 at 4:44 pm
(8) that guuurl limzi says:

i adore kanye soooooooo much hes my faverit music artist. standard!! and to hear that he has lost a loved one is horrible especially the fact that it was his mother, the one that raised him and supported him all his life. kanye keep ur head up and be strong bcoz thats wat ur mother would want u 2 do. i respect kanye loadz and wish him luck on his marriage and maybe having kids in the future. kanye has made an impact on my life ina great way with his lyrics and his personality. UR A LEGEND KANYE!!

November 12, 2008 at 6:33 am
(9) mnce says:

dude sup m from south africa you probably never gonna get to read this but what the heck u r a living legend stadium status the loss that u experienced i can never try to relate but i can image a fraction of that pain i lost my galfrend 2months ago and the pain is still there time hasnt healed anything ur track lovelockdown explains mu emotion and where im at all in 3minutes nw any1 who can do that is a milestone rapper we’l huk up one day trust me m working towards it..take care

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