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Evel Knievel, Kanye West Resolve "Touch the Sky" Lawsuit
Published Tuesday, November 27, 2007 12:59 PM
By Roman Wolfe

Hip-Hop star Kanye West and legendary stuntman Craig "Evel" Knievel have amicably resolved and dismissed a lawsuit over West’s hit video "Touch The Sky" it was announced today (November 27).

 

Knievel took offense to the "Touch The Sky" video, which featured West as a fictional stuntman named "Evel Kanyevel" and sued the rapper in December of 2006.

 

The single was featured on West’s Grammy Award winning 2005 album Late Registration.

 

The "Touch the Sky" video featured a reenactment of Evel Knievel’s legendary failed jump over the Snake River Canyon in Wyoming in 1974.

 

Knievel filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit, which claimed West tarnished his image by using "vulgar, sexual and racially questionable content" by reenacting the video, which also starred Pamela Anderson Lee.

 

The pair entered into mediation in July of 2007 and recently met at Knievel’s home in Tampa, Florida, where they put the lawsuit to rest.

 

The case, Knievel and K and K Promotions, Inc. v. West, Roc-A-Fella Records, LLC, Chris Milk and AOL LLC, has been completely dismissed.


Comments

 

What More Can I say said:

Damn, Evil old as hell.
November 27, 2007 1:05 PM
 

djcbz said:

THERE YOU HAVE IT!
KANYE KNOWS HOW
TO CONDUCT BUSINESS!
CHI TOWN STAND UP!!!!!
November 27, 2007 1:20 PM
 

krissybaby_ahh said:

That picture is pure comedy . . . .
November 27, 2007 1:45 PM
 

bigike4215 said:

Knievel and K and K Promotions come on now whos being racial
November 27, 2007 1:51 PM
 

BlackPeople 1 said:

It was "racially questionable" because he had the white chick in there with him.

Never ceast to amaze me.

-Black People
November 27, 2007 1:57 PM
 

Tony T said:

@bigike4215

damn i didnt even pick that up..lmao...thats that on the LOW racist shit ppl try to sneak under the door

Knievel and K and K Promotions
November 27, 2007 1:58 PM
 

baltimoreson3000 said:

@ big ike.. K and K Promtions is the name of him and his son Robby's company...has nothing to do with racism...damn..must we play that card at every opportunity..regardless of how stupid it is.

At any rate..this is good..should have never gone as far as it did anyway
November 27, 2007 1:59 PM
 

baltimoreson3000 said:

People...it's not Knievel and K and K...(KKK)...it's Knievel and him and his son's company Knievel and Knievel...nobody's on no LOW racist shit..nobody's sneaking shit under the door...please..yall just on some stupid shit.
November 27, 2007 2:05 PM
 

kanye west » Blog Archive » Evel Knievel, Kanye West Resolve “Touch the Sky” Lawsuit said:

November 27, 2007 2:43 PM
 

VAgogetta said:

that's wassup. i'm glad that got resolved b/c from the gate i thought it was bullshit. good tosee peope wor things without the courts to decide for them.

- Virginia Go Getta

oh yeah...VA Tech is going to win the ACC championship.
November 27, 2007 2:43 PM
 

coon66 said:

hey if anything kanye introduced Knievel to another generation but hey its whateva and they settled it which is good.

Yo seed u wanna know why Im called Coon66. Well 66 is the block im from out here in da CHI. and coon is short for raccoon as in when I was out there kickin ass I use to send N***^z home to they mommas with them Raccoon eyes ya dig,lol
November 27, 2007 2:56 PM
 

chicagolove said:

@coon66
lmao yeah I think he was triping cause coon his a racial term for africans in the south especially in louisiana
November 27, 2007 3:05 PM
 

punksjumpup2getbeatdown said:

not even worth writing about
November 27, 2007 3:07 PM
 

MACCAPONE said:

GOOD BOTH OF THIS GROWN MEN WORK THERE PROBLEMS OUT....
November 27, 2007 3:25 PM
 

Squareone1 said:

Hey fucking guy has every right to sue if he feels his name is being tarnished (although I don't think it was). If somebody shit's on jayz's name you don't think he wont sue? I'm glad they resolved it. I'm sure it had a lot to do w/ Kanye's moth passing that lightened the old man and just said fuck it..glad they worked out
November 27, 2007 3:40 PM
 

Gemini1973 said:

Is it just me, or is this Knievel's way of feeling sympathy for Kanye since he lost his mom recently?  I ain't hating either way, just that it strikes me as such an opportune time to sort of "let bygones be bygones" because in the end, when death & reality kick in at the end of the day, silly ass lawsuits like these don't matter anymore.  

If Donda West were still alive, this lawsuit would probably still be going.  Anybody here agree?
November 27, 2007 3:55 PM
 

Knievel Realizes Kanye West Isn’t So Evil / Stereohyped said:

November 27, 2007 3:56 PM
 

Ceelos6382 said:

Damn. the KKK promotions was sounding funny as hell. Now that i know its just K and K, oh well.
November 27, 2007 4:15 PM
 

Boss Up said:

baltimoreson3000 said:
People...it's not Knievel and K and K...(KKK)...it's Knievel and him and his son's company Knievel and Knievel...nobody's on no LOW racist shit..nobody's sneaking shit under the door...please..yall just on some stupid shit.

u must be white...so rabbit explain wut they meant by racially questionable content?
November 27, 2007 4:17 PM
 

tha clear said:


@ black people c/s

He had a problem with Ye kissing on the "white prize"
November 27, 2007 4:20 PM
 

Ty$ said:

you think he explained the video concept & evil respected ye  or you think he had to pay him $$$ outta court?
November 27, 2007 5:15 PM
 

il nonno said:

Damn! The KKK thing had me for a minute. Thanks for the correction though. This would have been a BIG issue with the Ill Community if it hadnt been corrected.
November 27, 2007 5:54 PM
 

Aint No Jive Suckas Here! » Blog Archive » Daily B.S. 11/27/07 said:

November 27, 2007 6:25 PM
 

Evel Knievel, Kanye West Resolve "Touch the Sky" Lawsuit [allhiphop.com] at dropmagazine.com said:

November 27, 2007 6:48 PM
 

Evel Knievel, Kanye West Resolve "Touch the Sky" Lawsuit [allhiphop.com] at dropmagazine.com said:

November 27, 2007 9:01 PM
 

Water Ur Seeds said:

@ boss up

cause kanye drops the n-bomb on the song thats why
November 28, 2007 4:31 AM
 

JrzeeMa said:

 Boss Up said:
baltimoreson3000 said:
People...it's not Knievel and K and K...(KKK)...it's Knievel and him and his son's company Knievel and Knievel...nobody's on no LOW racist shit..nobody's sneaking shit under the door...please..yall just on some stupid shit.

u must be white...so rabbit explain wut they meant by racially questionable content?
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Wow Boss Up for real every white person is not a racist but anyway the old man is not of new age he didnt understand the video probably a bunch of lawyers through in all the extra shit and there was the lawsuit ... but after the talked to Kanye Im sure Ye explained the video and they was cool.. Hell sometimes i dont get the point to some videos.. Either way its over and .
November 28, 2007 7:40 AM
 

LTBROWN said:

HMMMMM. OK
November 28, 2007 8:01 AM
 

BumpHipHop: The Hip Hop News Source » Kanye And Knievel Resolve Beef said:

November 28, 2007 8:45 AM
 

baltimoreson3000 said:

@Boss....I'm 100% Black...and I've probably forgotten more about this hip hop shit than you'll ever know...so don't come at me sideways chief.  The racist shit they referred to was Kanye saying the N word in the song...no other reason..but that wasn't the point..the point was people reading the name of the company word and saying some dumb ass KKK Shit..please know ur facts before u try to come at me homey..otherwise u and the rabbit can kiss my BLACK ass
November 28, 2007 9:34 AM
 

AMGDISTRIBUTION said:

This man's a pioneer for white's , black's and latin's who put their balls to the wall.  He named himself evil in a time when you would get hung so saying and doing less.

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November 28, 2007 11:37 AM
 

JrzeeMa said:

 baltimoreson3000 said:
@Boss..the point was people reading the name of the company word and saying some dumb ass KKK Shit..November 28, 2007 9:34 AM  
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Agreed
November 28, 2007 12:13 PM
 

LadyKay said:

ROFL at that pic...good for them
November 28, 2007 2:31 PM
 

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November 28, 2007 5:43 PM
 

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