Kanye West Wheelchair Incident: The Truth Behind the Offensive Remarks

There's no hatin' like a Yeezus hatin'.

Over the weekend, news of Kanye West's supposed inconsiderate ranting during the Sydney leg of his tour circled the Internet.

According to E! News Online, West tried to coax fans into standing up for him during the concert, singling out a person who did not comply, which earned him a lot of boos from the crowd. He went on, saying, "There's literally two people left. There's two people left. They don't want to stand up. This is the longest I've had to wait to do a song. It's unbelievable."

But it then registered to him, so he added, "Now, if he is in a wheelchair, it's fine."

Fox News, on the other hand, reported that West shouted to the crowd, "I can't do this show until everybody stand up. Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t."

He was also said to call out two people still seated, and only acknowledged his mistake when one of them waved a prosthetic limb.

But a report from News.com.au brought light to the story as it addressed the whole Yezzus tour issue.

According to the writer for News.com.au, sometimes it takes some coaxing from the artists to get everyone on their feet to start dancing during a concert, and Kanye did just what any other artist would do.

Except that he did it in his own "typically bullish, slightly un-PC way." He was also about to launch into another one of his songs and he told the fans to join in on the fun, considering that most of the people in the arena were already doing so.

When he "singled out" two people, though, he was unaware of the fact that they were handicapped. He then said, "There's two people left that ain't standing up. Now if he's in a wheelchair, then that's fine. He in a wheelchair? OK."

So then he went on with the concert.

In the article from News.com.au, it was said that the moment was a very minor part of the show, it really wasn't even worth mentioning.

The Daily Mail Australia, however, mentioned that members of the audience have tried signaling to the star that the fans were disabled.

One of them told The Daily Mail, "He wanted the crowd to stand up and couldn't see why they were seated. Once it clicked that they couldn't, he started the song."

So there was nothing worth headlining in the incident, it was an honest mistake on the rapper's part.