There were whispers in the air on Friday afternoon claiming that Kanye West had overstepped the line once and for all. Local newspapers sparked a furious outrage on Twitter, when they claimed that West had promised to become “the next Mandela”.

The story stems from ‘The Daily Currant’ who published a fake interview with Kanye West, in which he claimed to be the next Nelson Mandela. The spurious article included such quotes as:

Mandela was working in South Africa, which has, like what, six people? I started my magic here in the USA and then I took my business global. I liberate minds with my music. That’s more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.

Despite the fact that ‘The Daily Currant’ describes itself as, “The Global Satirical Newspaper of Record”, people on Twitter took the whole thing very, very seriously. Times Live even posted a link to the parody-article.

[Source : Huffington Post]