This past Friday, Kanye West dropped by the Los Angeles Trade Technical College and offered a surprise lecture for a graphic design class.
One of professor Yeezy's students recently shared what he learned from the rapper.
Andre Pitts opened up about the experience with Complex and, although Yeezy's subject matter was all over the place, it is clear he dropped some serious knowledge during his visit.
"It was on Friday at about 1:30 in the afternoon. I walked into my class and ... then all of a sudden Kanye walked in through the door after we were done with our presentations," Pitts told Complex. "Well, my heart dropped, I didn't believe what I was seeing. For four seconds I was like, paused. I was like, 'Is that who I think it is?' After that I just started to try to pull out my phone and get a photo of him."
West reportedly led the class for a day to satisfy a portion of his court-mandated 250 hours of community service. He spoke to the class for nearly two hours.
"He was all over the place, but I mean, one of the main things he was talking about was ... he was giving examples of different things and saying that having a Rolex or a [Mercedes-]Benz is not something that actually represents your success because there's always something more expensive to buy," Pitt said. "So, he was saying that success was really being able to do things for others as well as the people around you and yourself."
And of course, he touched on the thing he loves to hate: the media.
"He mentioned a little bit about how the media portrays him negatively, but he's saying that he's not anything negative, it's just him being real and calling out bullshit all the time. He spoke about his grandfather, actually, and him being in Chicago, and after that it was kind of cut off short."
West then opened up the floor for questions from the students, and one brave soul asked about the status of his new album.
"Someone asked him about that, he said he's waiting on it," Pitts said. "He didn't say anything else except that he's waiting for it to come out."
