Kanye West is Not Dead, Rumor Spread on Twitter

MUNCIE, IN - According to various news sources, reports of the death of Kanye West have been greatly exaggerated.  While RIP Kanye West is trending up in Twitter (or was at the time of this report), a San Franciso blog post, the Examiner and many other reputable media sources have squashed the rumor. No word from Kanye West himself about this, although someone

Celebrity blogger Necole Bitchie summed it up in a post yesterday, October 20, 2009.

Who comes up with these elaborate stories. His girlfriend Amber Rose thinks that the trending topic has gone a bit too far. She writes:

This RIP KanyeWest topic is not funny and its NOT TRUE! He has people like myself and his family that love him very much. Its in extreme poor taste to have that as a trending topic. It’s totally disrespectful to make up a story like this. We are all human and we all make mistakes and to say someone died cuz of a mistake is ridiculous. U wouldn’t want someone to say that about u. Or someone u love it’s not funny.

There has been no official word from Kanye West on his blog. Still, his name has been in the news quite a bit lately. From the Taylor Swift incident to this, Mr. West is a man who knows how to keep his name in the media.

A blogger from a Fox website summed it all up pretty nicely, and wonders if it was a publicity stunt. Whatever it was, it shows the power and influence of a tool like Twitter. Indeed, a tool that can be used for good or for bad purposes like this rumor.

At this time, there's no word about where or how the rumor started, but Kanye West has had problems with Twitter in the past. The real news here may be about Twitter itself and what steps are being taken (if any) to stop things like this before they happen - if they can be stopped.