After Kanye criticized radio industry during his Sacramento show, one of the local radio stations announced that the station would not be playing the rapper's music catalog for a very long time.
- Nov 23, 2016
AceShowbiz - Following Kanye West's bizarre rant during his show in Sacramento, a local Sacramento radio station announced that it would not be playing Kanye's music for a very long time. Justin Marshall, KHHM Hot 103.5 music director, delivered a lengthy monologue stating his disappointment after the rapper abruptly ended his show after 30 minutes.
In a YouTube clip uploaded by the radio station, the DJs started playing Kanye's "Fade" before Marshall stopped the record. "Kanye, this is a really good record - alright, stop this stupid a** record," he said. "That's the last time you're going to hear Kanye West's 'Fade' on this radio station - also the last time you hear any Kanye West song on this radio station for a very long time."
Marshall continued addressing the Sacramento show and laying out some reasons for the ban. "Everybody came out to have a great time Saturday night. A lot of fans in the building, a lot of people had spent a lot of hard earned money, bro, a lot of hard earned time," he said. "Time is something we can't get back. Everyone can get a refund back, but you can't get your time back. You can't get the emotion back that you were gonna put into that show, to watch someone that you love... This is called a moment, folks; these are what make our lives. Moments and memories to share with each other and stuff. And he took that from people Saturday night."
The music director also called Kanye "a piece of crap, because I can't say what I want to say." He then criticized Kanye's rant about the radio industry, saying that KHHM has played every single off his album "The Life of Pablo".
"You're going to go into Sacramento and say 'F radio,' really bro? Really?" Marshall said. "You're the same guy 15 years ago that was begging radio to play you. And they did and they gave you a shot. Without radio you didn't blow up to be the artist that you were. That you were, because you're no longer that artist anymore. You're no longer the guy pushing five million albums, selling millions and millions of singles."
Marshall went on dissing Kanye's marriage to Kim Kardashian by saying, "Why don't you start thinking about your own life, think about the family that you married in. All that fake plastic that surrounds you and you want to be real and have emotions? You married into the fakest family in the world. All they give a damn about is money and fame, and you're so anti that right now? Really? You hypocrite."
Many Sacramento radio stations have apparently followed in the footsteps of KHHM to ban Kanye's music. Local throwback hip-hop and R&B station V101 FM said they would be taking a break from Kanye's music for a week or two, and would reevaluate how their audience feels. Meanwhile, 107.9 The End said that they didn't frequently play Kanye's music anymore to begin with, but added, "We [the radio station] hope that Kanye can take this time away from touring to get back to being the artist we have all learned to appreciate over the years."
The "Fade" hitmaker was allegedly taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation. The hospitalization comes following a series of bizarre incidents, including his onstage rant and the cancellation of the remaining of his "Saint Pablo Tour" dates. He reportedly suffered nervous breakdown after all of the personal problems including marital problems, paranoia over his rift with Jay-Z and his jealousy of Beyonce Knowles.
