Kanye West has called for tougher anti-pap laws after he was arrested for scuffling with a photographer in Newcastle last week.
The rapper was detained by police in the early hours of Friday morning after an incident outside the city's Tup Tup Palace. He was later released without charge.
Writing on his Kanyeuniversecity blog, West has called for the act of taking photographs without permission to be outlawed, citing the death of Princess Diana.
"Who's winning, me or the media? No matter how much light I put out, there are people working just as hard to only deliver darkness," posted Kanye, through a haze of SCARY CAPITAL LETTERS. "If you listen to my music, how could I deliver so many positive uplifting messages and be the monster that the media paints? Paparazzi give real photographers a bad name."
He continued: "Let us not forget that the paps killed Princess Diana. When will there a law be passed that simply enforces that someone has to ask to take a photograph of you? That would seem like common courtesy. Right now the paps are above the law and the people they shoot are below it."
West was arrested after a photographer's nose was cut during the scuffle. His blog describes the incident in detail. "I put my hand up to the camera in self defence! Here's what happened ... when I left the club, I was encountered by a thirsty paparazzi as usual. He felt he has more rights to my space than me, so I put my hand up to prevent him from taking my image. I didn't assault him but merely put my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled 'get the camera off him'. I guess in all the commotion the camera scraped his nose."
Last week also saw West giving Londoners a preview of his new album 808s & Heartbreak, during which he claimed to have invented a "new genre" of music called "pop art". In an another outbreak of modesty, the star likened himself to basketball player Michael Jordan as "the voice of this generation".
