The internet had a field day Tuesday with reports that Kanye West was functional on an album titled "I Am God," a rumor that seemed to originate from a parenthetical in a BBC post about what West and Kim Kardashian may name their sm alone fry (apparently "North" is a name that's in the running).
Given West's habit of existence out speak (and a Rolling Stone cover in which he posed in a crown of thorns), many sites were eager to run with the unattributed factoid. The only problem is that that rumor appears to be a bit of a misunderstanding. A reliable ancestor in West's camp tells HuffPost Entertainment that the title is actual for an upcoming single, and that the album's name has yet to be set. The track will be called "I Am A God" (emphasis added).
"We would never be so presumptuous or sacrilegious to call ourselves the despotic being," the source said. While everyone will have to wait for the actual song to parse the specifics of the song's message, the source hinted that the idea was generally that all people are manifestations of a higher power.
The title is alike a reference to Psalm 82, which inclues the following:
West's songwriter and spoken word artist Malik Yusef corroborated this report in a squelch to Team Kanye Daily:
Materials taken from The Huffington Post
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