Kanye West Wants To Intern?

I swear that Kanye West goes from one extreme to the next within a matter of seconds. Dude is so waaaay out to me! Anyways, it had been reported for several weeks now that since the release of his fourth album, "808's & Hearthbreak", Mr. West was looking to broaden his horizons in the artistic aspect of things.

Kanye was quoted as saying , "I'm going to go and take an internship with something and just do something that's like completely normal, and just rap on the weekends.”

Well gee... I wish I could just make those kind of snap decisions and still come out on top of things. Must be nice! Seems that Ye was serious when he said this too. The New York Times says that he contacted Louis Vuitton and Raf Simons, with an internship as his starting point with the two fashion giants. As odd as it would be to see a multi-platinum artist begin another career from the bottom, it was equally astounding when West contacted Simons himself.

“I was blown away from the planet when he told me,” the 40-year old Belgian designer told the Times. In disbelief, Simons continued, “I know he’s very serious about this — I don’t take it as a joke — but how can I imagine him being my intern? It’s a very extreme situation.” Simons, who has gained notoriety as one of fashions’ current leading innovators, draws his inspiration significantly from youth culture. Although Kanye has yet to receive confirmation for either internship, he still has his own ventures going on. So we'll see if he can really humble himself to the "peon" level and be able to deal... I hope so, but I'm not banking on it!