Kanye West: 'Kim Kardashian is Marilyn Monroe'

Kanye West tries to keep a low profile as he makes his way out of a restaurant after dinner on Tuesday (November 26) in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.

That same day, the 36-year-old rapper made an appearance at the SiriusXM Studios to give an interview.

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“I have a love hate relationship with the paparazzi but actually I love them because they empower us over, ya know?,” Kanye recently said during an interview with Hot 97 (via E! News). “They are empowering us over Vanity Fair that want to say that Kate Upton is Marilyn Monroe. Kate Upton ain’t Marilyn Monroe. Kim is Marilyn Monroe, you know that. She was controversial. She [is] controversial.”