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Kanye West criticises paparazzi after arrest

Rapper says snappers think they're above the law

Monday, 17 November 2008

Kanye West has called for new laws to curb the paparazzi following his brief arrest on Friday.

The rapper was taken into custody by police in Newcastle after an alleged scuffle with a pap outside a nightclub.

But Kanye, who was released without charge, says he wasn’t to blame for the snapper’s cut nose.  

‘I put my hand up to the camera in self-defence!’ he says. ‘Here's what happened...when I left the club, I was encountered by a thirsty paparazzi as usual.

'He felt he had more rights to my space than me, so I put my hand up to prevent him from taking my image.

‘I didn't assault him but merely putting my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled, “get the camera off him”. I guess in all the commotion the camera scraped his nose.’

And now Kanye, 31, wants tougher legislation put in place.

‘Let us not forget the paps killed Princess Diana,’ he writes on his blog.

‘When will there be a law passed that simply enforces that someone has to ask to take a photograph of you?

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