Kanye West Compares Celebrities to Civil Rights Leaders in Court

Before Kanye West was sentenced to two years of probation in March for pleading no contest to beating up a paparazzo, he gave a deposition containing some unique viewpoints that has just leaked online via TMZ. Among them are his opinion that celebrities are comparable to the civil rights leaders of the Sixties, a point that arose after the photographer's attorney used the N-word, quoting the rapper's lyrics in "Flashing Lights," without West's permission.

When lawyer Nate Goldberg quoted West's lyrics – "'Til I get flashed by the paparazzi, damn, these niggas......