Kanye West is just the latest rapper to save time by using a puppet in his video
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As puppet-based videos go, Kanye’s “Champion” is pretty darn good. The Kanye doll even has his now-trademark funny white glasses. If you thought using a cuddly version of himself was a novel move you’d be wrong though – it’s a tried and tested way for your busy/lazy/wasted pop star to produce a video without actually having to think about/appear in it.
You want a reminder? Head over to Complex Blog for a rather entertaining “Unauthorized History Of Puppets In Hip-Hop”. Until the authorised version is completed – ETA March 2010 – this little countdown will do nicely.
And yes, of course it features Bert and Ernie doing “Ante Up”.
