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Old 12-12-2006, 01:12 PM
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061212/...e_knievel_west

TAMPA, Fla. - Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a music video in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.

Knievel, whose real name is Robert Craig Knievel, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Tampa on Monday claiming infringement on his trademark name and likeness. He also claims the "vulgar and offensive" images depicted in the video damage his reputation.

"That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life, and he uses my image to catapult himself on the public," the 68-year-old daredevil said Tuesday.

A spokesman for West said the 28-year-old rapper no comment. The lawsuit seeks damages and to halt distribution of the video.

In the video for "Touch the Sky," released earlier this year, West dons the familiar Knievel star-studded jumpsuit and jumps a canyon in a vehicle "visually indistinguishable" from the one used by Knievel in his failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974, the lawsuit said.

The video, which features Pamela Anderson as West's girlfriend, contains "vulgar and offensive sexual images, language and conduct involving `Evel Kanyevel' and women apparently trying to gain his sexual interest," according to the lawsuit.

"The guy just went too far using me to promote his filth to the world," said Knievel, who lives in Clearwater and has been in poor health in recent years. "I'm not in any way that kind of a person."

The lawsuit also names Roc-A-Fella Records, video director Chris Milk and AOL for distributing it.

West was so disappointed at not winning best video for "Touch the Sky" at the MTV Europe Music Awards last month that he crashed the stage when it was presented to Justice and Simian for "We Are Your Friends."

In a tirade riddled with expletives, West said he should have won the prize because it "cost a million dollars, Pamela Anderson was in it. I was jumping across canyons."

Knievel failed spectacularly in the 1974 jump. He was secured inside the cockpit and the Sky-Cycle was fired up. But his parachute opened just as he cleared the ramp. After soaring about 1,000 feet, he wound up landing about 20 feet from the river on the rocky south bank. He sustained only scrapes and bruises.

In the video, West's vehicle crashes to the bottom of the canyon in flames.
The hatred grows :rofl:
Old 12-12-2006, 01:15 PM
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He already samples other peoples songs why not their personas
Old 12-12-2006, 01:15 PM
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kanye, more like kan-gay
Old 12-12-2006, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dom93hatch
kanye, more like kan-gay

damn, dom is in an rectum squisher mood today :noes:
Old 12-12-2006, 01:18 PM
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i'm not in the finest of moods :hs:

Picking up FFXII later will make me feel a little better though.
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Originally Posted by dom93hatch
i'm not in the finest of moods :hs:

Picking up FFXII later will make me feel a little better though.

dont fight the t-rex towards the beginning h: You will lose h:
Libra ability is your friend

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Old 12-12-2006, 01:21 PM
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I don't know what that means :eek5:

And my friend told me I shouldn't open all the treasure boxes in the beginning or else I won't get someone's ultimate weapon.
Old 12-12-2006, 01:23 PM
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Greatest quote by Evil
"That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life"
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Originally Posted by dom93hatch
I don't know what that means :eek5:

And my friend told me I shouldn't open all the treasure boxes in the beginning or else I won't get someone's ultimate weapon.
I hate it when they do shit like that.

lol at Kanye
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Originally Posted by dom93hatch
I don't know what that means :eek5:

And my friend told me I shouldn't open all the treasure boxes in the beginning or else I won't get someone's ultimate weapon.
It's four treasure boxes throughout the whole game that won't let you receive the ultimate weapon.

And you will understand the T-Rex thing later.



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