Kanye West is denying rumors that he said that he was now the “New King Of Pop” after the death of Michael Jackson. Apparently radio show host Wendy Williams was reporting that Kanye had made a quote that he had replaced Michael as the reigning king now that he was gone.

West went to his blog to post and deny the rumors:

“It makes me feel bad that obviously I made people feel that I would be corny enough to say something so whack after the passing of an idol, a legend and more than that a human being with feelings and a family.”

“It scares me to think what people will believe, without even a source. Any random person can type something on the Internet and then the world believes it. I don’t talk to press or do TV or do promotions of any sort. I’ve stopped chasing and buying into fame. Fame is like cigarettes with no surgeon general warning. It destroys most people as it did to the true and only King of Pop. We exploit ourselves and eat our own egos ‘Till there is nothing left.”

Well we certainly hope you didn’t say you were the new King Of Pop Kanye because you could never hold a candle to Michael Jackson. Remember, Michael Jackson could actually SING!!