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Kanye to Mencia -- I Ain't No Cosby!

Click to return to TMZ.comKanye West did not like being called "Theo Huxtable" one bit, and he's spitting back at Carlos Mencia -- the guy who slapped him with that ignominious label.

Mencia did a hilarious spoof of West's smash "Gold Digger" on his Comedy Central show, skewering West for downplaying his suburban, upper-middle-class background -- his mother was an English professor and father a well-paid photographer.

And now, Kanye's response: On his latest single, "Can't Tell Me Nothing," he disavows any connection to the Huxtables, rapping, "I ain't one of the Cosbys, I ain't go to Hillman," referring to the college one of the Huxtable children attended in the series.

Mencia, never one to back down, will no doubt file his own shot.

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1. kinda funny how carlos mencia (his real name is NED) who is half german and whose mother's relatives are from somewhere in south america makes fun of kanye west for covering up who he really is. i hope Ned is paying royalties to dave chappelle because if he hadnt left comedy central, there's no way in hell he'd have a show. he's really not funny. i dont necessarily like kanye west, but ned whatever his real last name is sucks

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 29th 2007 by mike

2. Mencia hasn't been totally upfront about his background anyway, so is he definitely not one to talk.

Plus people who follow hip-hop know Kanye had a middle class upbringing and they are fine with it! He's not a thug rapper anyway. Just look at the way he dresses.

Posted at 4:52PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Larry B.

3. I can't decide who I hate more...Ned or Kanye??? Kanye wins by a short hair...

Posted at 4:58PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Christie

4. I don't know the other one, but I despise Kanye West. What an egotistical, self-centered jerk he really is.

Posted at 5:12PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Go away, Kanye

5. what ever happened to guys like TOO shORT & TuPac,,,,,THEY ARE ALL GAY!!!

Posted at 5:14PM on Jun 29th 2007 by costaMesaboy

6. way to make a story out of nothing....

Posted at 5:25PM on Jun 29th 2007 by pfft

7. And Mrs. Huxtable was a lawyer!

Posted at 5:43PM on Jun 29th 2007 by R.Zimmerman

8. The song has only been on the radio for six weeks, way to be current. Also, do you think Kanye even knows who Carlos Mencia is let alone take three minutes out of his busy day to watch Mind of Mencia? Who watches that show? Lastly, how can you use the words hilarious and Carlos Mencia in the same sentence? Cancer is funnier than Carlos.

Posted at 6:01PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Tim

9. Kanye probably shouldn't have paid that dude ANY attention. Kanye is banking WAY MORE MONEY than that low-life, so it might be jealously. Everyone knows about Kanye's background. In what ways does he try to downplay it? An example please! I'm a fan of Kanye's music because it isn't just the regular hoes, rims, money, and drugs being talked about in today's rap music, BUT that's just me. People love saying he's arrogrant and other stupid ass words. It doesn't matter to me about his personality because he doesn't make worldly decisions like GEORGE BUSH.

Posted at 6:18PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Sandra

10. Who cares? Carlos Mencia is a comedian; your choice if he is a good one or bad one. All comedians take pot shots at the famous. Put your big boy pants on Kenye and quit being so sensitive.

Posted at 6:29PM on Jun 29th 2007 by CM

11. kanye west grew up in a town that was one of the top 10 wealthiest in the 80's. this same town hosted the 2003 u.s. open. he ain't no gangster!

Posted at 1:14AM on Jun 30th 2007 by glamgirl

12. Ned will shoot back as soon as Ari Shaffir writes a funny line that Ned can steal.

Posted at 11:11PM on Jun 29th 2007 by hinty

13. Kanye Big ego and little talent.

Posted at 9:39PM on Jun 29th 2007 by debbie

14. I live in Chicago. Kanye West never lived in the suburbs. He lived on the Southside in small frame house. And college professor here do not make that much. The school, Chicago State University, at one point was a couple of steps above a community college. The school is finally now reaching the sucess as other universities here.

Posted at 10:22AM on Jun 30th 2007 by ISHOTYA

15. Theo Huxtable, Theo Huxtable, Theo Huxtable. nanny nanny poo poo.

Posted at 10:32PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Charles Manson

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