Every now and then Kayne West says something that I actually agree with, something that doesn’t reek of ego and doesn’t come in the form of an all-caps internet diatribe. Kayne gave an interview to Complex Magazine and he ended up speaking out on the “gay” label being applied to men who dress well.

Kayne says that he refuses to conform, and he bashes the “mundaneness” (which isn’t a word) of people who dress without creativity. Kayne says it has nothing to do with gay or straight, which I think means that he considers dressing well to be just as creative as, say, painting a portrait or writing a book.

Rapper Kayne West has hit out at claims that the way he dresses is ‘gay’. Though he’s often seen wearing outfits that are far from what’s considered ‘the norm’ as far as hip-hop style goes, he denied that his style is anything but the work of a creative mind.

The egocentric star, who is launching his own jeans label, let his feelings be known in an interview with US mag Complex.

He said: “I really think it’s because society tries to dictate the way a guy is supposed to dress and the way a guy is supposed to act, and I refuse to conform.”

“A lot of these dudes would never be accused of being gay just because they all look exactly alike. If people could just realize the amount of mundaneness and followers that lack creativity… I think people’s mentality is like, ‘Only gay people are that creative’.

“And it’s true there are a lot of gay people who are incredible creative minds, but there are straight people who are incredible creative minds — and there’s gay people who can’t dress or create at all, too.”

“Closed-minded gay people probably say they dress ‘straight.'”

With this statement and his stunning new girlfriend Amber Rose, I think Kayne has definitely set the record straight…

[From The Sun]

I totally agree with Kayne. I hate when I hear a guy tell another guy that he’s dressing “gay,” or when someone says that he doesn’t have to care about his clothes because he’s not “gay”. Other cultures and other countries put a premium on men dressing well and looking good. It seems so specifically American that so many straight men are worried that if they wear a nice suit or a jaunty scarf, they’ll be labeled as “gay.”

I totally love Kayne’s last statement too: “Closed-minded gay people probably say they dress ‘straight.’” He’s so right. Here’s another thing: when a supposedly “straight” guy is too preoccupied with not looking “gay,” a lot of us girls are just thinking one thing – “closet case.”

Here’s Kanye and Amber Rose at the Metropolitan Opera’s 125th anniversary gala at Lincoln Center in New York City on March 15th. Images thanks to WENN .