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Kanye West Using Telepathy

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Updated Sep 04, 2024 at 02:20PM EDT by Zach.

Added Sep 04, 2024 at 12:10PM EDT by Philipp.

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Kanye West Using Telepathy refers to a series of memes parodying an August 2024 news article about a Kentucky woman who claimed that rap artist Kanye West (aka Ye) "telegraphically" (presumably intending to say "telepathically") told her to steal a car. The story quickly inspired memes and jokes in which people blamed their misdeeds on Kanye West telepathically telling them to do things or commit crimes.

Origin

On August 30th, 2024, Eyewitness News[1] reported on an arrest of a woman attempting to break into a car with a child in the backseat in Kentucky. The woman, 28-year-old Ricki Smith, allegedly told police officers that artist Kanye West "spoke to her telegraphically and told her to steal it" (snippet shown below).


76° TRISTATE HOMEPAGE.com The woman reportedly told police that she was taking her child to daycare and had to stop at the store. She claimed she left the vehicle unlocked and started walking across the street when she saw Smith getting into her vehicle. The woman said she wanted to file charges because her child was still in the backseat. Smith claimed she was traveling from Louisville to Evansville when her car broke down and hitchhiked the rest of the way. When asked why she would steal the vehicle, Smith allegedly said Kanye West speaks to her telegraphically and told her to steal it. Smith was taken to the Vanderburgh County Jail. While there, officers received more information that Smith had wrecked her vehicle into the tree line off of Highway 64, which is why she said she abandoned the vehicle.

Later on August 30th, X[2] / Twitter account @Kurrco reported the story, changing "telegraphically" to "telepathically." The post (shown below) went viral on the platform, garnering over 33 million views, 7,600 reposts and 54,000 likes in five days.


KURRGO Kurrco ✓ @Kurrco A Kentucky woman claims Kanye West telepathically told her to steal a car with a child inside, leading to her arrest 6:37 PM - Aug 30, 2024 33M Views

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The post by @Kurrco was followed by jokes and memes about Kanye West using telepathy, with some jokes connecting the news to the recent allegations that Kanye was addicted to nitrous gas.

For example, on August 30th, 2024, tweleb @upblissed posted a joke referencing Kanye's rumored nitrous usage that garnered over 13,000 reposts and 201,000 likes on X[3] in five days (shown below).


Corn +* @upblissed the nitrous done turned his ass into Professor X Kurrco @Kurrco Aug 30 • A Kentucky woman claims Kanye West telepathically told her to steal a car with a child inside, leading to her arrest 6:59 PM ⚫ Aug 30, 2024 7.7M Views ...

Some users also posted memes in which they explained their suboptimal behavior with Kanye West telepathically telling them to do things.

For instance, on September 2nd, 2024, X[4] user @DanManCarney wrote, "Kanye is telepathically telling me to have another beer," with the post (shown below) gaining over 1,000 reposts and 11,000 likes in two days.


÷ Dan Carney ❤ @DanManCarney Kanye is telepathically telling me to have another beer • 1:16 AM ⚫ Sep 2, 2024 365.8K Views

Various Examples


ENBAC CHAMPS Kanye fans when the worst thing he did this week was telepathically tell a woman to steal a car NER nihilism disrespecter @meaning_enjoyer yeah he does this to all of us, it doesn't mean we go out and do it Kurrco @Kurrco Aug 30 • A Kentucky woman claims Kanye West telepathically told her to steal a car with a child inside, leading to her arrest • 2:15 AM Sep 2, 2024 2.1M Views moon babe @supermoongirl9 geminis and scorpio ❤ he has a pisces moon so who knows actually LMFAO Kurrco @Kurrco Aug 30 • A Kentucky woman claims Kanye West telepathically told her to steal a car with a child inside, leading to her arrest 7:44 AM · Sep 1, 2024 159.2K Views
Kino @cashmoneykino nitrous gave dis nga super powers now he's red skull Kurrco @Kurrco Aug 30 A Kentucky woman claims Kanye West telepathically told her to steal a car with a child inside, leading to her arrest 7:10 PM - Aug 30, 2024 64.2K Views ... (m) j aubrey → @jaubreyYT I actually believe he did this Kurrco @Kurrco Aug 30 • A Kentucky woman claims Kanye West telepathically told her to steal a car with a child inside, leading to her arrest 8:25 PM. Aug 30, 2024 • 19M Views

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External References

[1] Eyewitness News – Woman claims Kanye West ‘telegraphically’ told her to steal car with child inside

[2] X – @Kurrco

[3] X – @upblissed

[4] X – @DanManCarney

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