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Kanye West At the 2014 Cannes Lions

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Kanye West delivered a blunt graduation speech to fashion students on Friday at L.A. Trade Tech College. According to TMZ, he went backstage before the event to motivate the kids, and in the following video you’ll see him sitting front row for the show before giving his speech:

Kanye can be annoying at times, but he definitely spoke truth in this instance. By the way, this school is also where ‘Ye did community service for his assault case involving the LAX attack on a photographer. He wasn’t forced to speak, though. He completed his community service so this was by choice. He does have a heart!

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