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May 26, 2006

Kanye West Raps In Court

USA Today:

Kanye West gave an impromptu performance of the 2003 hit Stand Up at a copyright infringement trial, causing a judge to blush and drawing a laugh from jurors.
During West's testimony on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel asked him to say the first two lines of Stand Up, the song for which he created the beat and opening two lines before top-selling rapper Ludacris finished it.

West hesitated but finally blurted out a line laced with a harsh profanity that struck the judge as out of place in the dignified Manhattan courtroom.

"I'm sorry I asked," the blushing judge said with a chuckle as nearly everyone in the courtroom, including the jurors, laughed out loud. "I think I'm going to withdraw my question."

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