Kanye West Talks About Brands and Steve Jobs At the Cannes Lions Festival

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Kanye West, Steve Stoute, and Ben Horowitz spoke at the Cannes Lions Festival this morning. According to the reports, Ye was very engaged in the discussion, talking about the idea of brands and the current state of the Internet. He also spoke about his love of the movie Her, and shared his thoughts on the recent Beats/Apple deal. 

On Steve Jobs and Apple, Ye had this to say:

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Here are Kanye's comments in full on the Internet and the Beats/Apple deal.

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More pictures and quotes of Ye at the event can be seen below. We will update with video from the event when it's made available.

UPDATE: Video of Kanye speaking at the Cannes Lions Festival has been added above.

I can't work w/ anyone who isn't number one: Jay Z, Kim, Obama..." -Kanye West at #CannesLions #OgilvyCannes #Cannes_Ye
Colour is a big branding tool. But it can be the lowest hanging fruit. The colour iPhones - Steve wouldn't do that! #kanye #CannesLions
Kanye "empower the best content creators or fuck you" @Ogilvy #OgilvyCannes
Prob best quote from #CannesLions thusfar: Kanye West: “a creative has to believe more in an idea than their personal well being."
"We are the creatives with teeth. We know ideas are more important than our personal wellbeing" - @kanyewest @pulseofculture #canneslions

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