Kanye West in DC??

The news that Kanye West is a a “99.9 percent done deal” to perform in Washington DC on January 20th, during the city wide festivities– comes to us from the Sleuth of the Washington Post.

West, definitely on the short list for anger management poster child, will reputedly be headlining the  unofficial ball hosted by the Impact Film Fund.

West’s recent press grabs don’t have a great deal to do with his talent.. they include these:
September 2008–“TMZ.com reported Thursday that West was arrested after allegedly grabbing a camera — which police said was valued at more than $10,000 — that belonged to a member of the paparazzi and throwing it to the ground, smashing it. According to TMZ, the photographer approached the rapper and began taking pictures of him. West confronted him, grabbed his camera and hurled the camera to the ground.”

London, November 8 : “Kanye West stunned his fellow performers by peeing on the carpet of a dressing room floor which was also allocated to the English indie pop band the ‘Ting Tings’. “We ask for a lot of unusual things on our backstage rider but that ain’t one of them!” the Sun quoted drummer Jules De Martino as saying at the MTV Awards.”

November 14 2008–“We can confirm that a 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault following an incident at a Newcastle city centre club in the early hours of this morning,” Northumbria police tell ET. “He was released without charge and no further police action is being taken.”

and THIS took place the same week that his “bud” rapper, Bump J, was taken into custody in Southern Illinois on bank robbery charges Terrance Boykin, was arrested in Carbondale  on suspicion of robbing an Oak Park bank.

Wonder what happened to getting  young celebrities who are actually good examples to the young Americans…oh wait… those were the old days..   its a brave new world…