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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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16. I KNEW IT HE IS JUST A WIGER HE TALKS ABOUT HOW HARD IT IS UP IN MALIBU HE SAID ONE TIME IN HIS LIMO [SOMETIMES THE LINE AT STARBUCKS IS OUT THE DOOR] ITS A HARD NOCK LIFE UP IN THE BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 12:47AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Robert oates

17. You people realize that you don't HAVE to be born in Mexico to be of Mexican descent, right? His mother WAS Mexican and his father was Honduren. You don't have to like Carlos Mencia, but I don't think he's hiding his past. Who did you get that German stuff from? Joe Rogan? He's a winner. He admitted himself some time ago that his real name was Ned, so he's not hiding anything. Here's a quote:


This year, a week or so before the show, the guys started to ride my ass about the fact that my birth name is Ned… relax, I’ll tell you the story about that… My birth father’s name is Roberto Holness. When I was born, my mother was pissed off at my father and decided not give me his last name. She had a brother who was married but unable to have children. (Her brother is the one in my family that came to America first and then went back to Honduras to get the rest of his family). My mother did the most amazing thing a parent could do; she gave me to her brother and his wife to be raised as their own. I grew up with my biological mother and father, brothers and sisters living just next door. Out of respect for my birth father, my mom and dad decided I should still use his name even though my legal name (the one on my birth certificate) is Ned Arnel Mencia. All through school I was known as Ned Holness. I’ve never try to hide this, but only people who know me personally or have heard and or read all of my interviews and articles would know this.

Posted at 1:10AM on Jul 5th 2007 by Mandy

18. If anyone is a poser it is Kanye. He is a no talent wanna be gangsta rapper dressed in his pink polos and designer jeans. Poor baby has to cry when some comedian makes a little fun at him. Boo hoo!! I have no respect for him after his baby like tantrums and stupid tirades he has displayed when he hasn't won all the awards he thinks he is entitled to. Get a clue dude, you didn't win because someone was better than you. Grow up and get over yourself!! What a douche bag!!

Posted at 1:42AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Bunnyfoo

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsq1uTLBHBc

Carlos Mencia is a bitch and he knows it.

Posted at 11:30AM on Jul 3rd 2007 by Justin

20. Kanye West don't care nuthin bout middle class people.

Posted at 2:37AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Vito

21. 20. If anyone is a poser it is Kanye. He is a no talent wanna be gangsta rapper dressed in his pink polos and designer jeans. Poor baby has to cry when some comedian makes a little fun at him. Boo hoo!! I have no respect for him after his baby like tantrums and stupid tirades he has displayed when he hasn't won all the awards he thinks he is entitled to. Get a clue dude, you didn't win because someone was better than you. Grow up and get over yourself!! What a douche bag!!

Posted at 1:42AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Bunnyfoo
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LOL...I'd hate to see what he'd do if Triumph the Insult Comic Dog got a hold of him.

Posted at 3:15AM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Kitty

22. I'm still trying to figure out why the TERRIBLE
insult to Theo Huxtable????????

Posted at 8:32AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Jinxy Cat

23. Come on! This is stupid. Get over it Kanye! It's a joke, stupid! That's whats wrong with people now a days, people take stuff to serious.

Posted at 11:05AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Nancy

24. I'm going to put this in a way that even Kanye can unnstan.

Kanye, you aint be foe real.
You bees a pose'uh.
You bee as foe real as Robert VanWinkle.
You is a joke.
You needs ta git ta sum skoolin an lenrt duh English languish!
You be a moe - ron!

Thank you and have a great day!

Posted at 11:07AM on Jun 30th 2007 by Richard Paduker

25. "I ain't one of the Cosbys, I ain't go to Hillman" ????????????

Kanye, Kanye, Kanye. If you're going to attempt "ghettotalk," at least make it halfway believable.

Posted at 2:48PM on Jun 30th 2007 by LaReina

26. Kanye is a phony, all the brothers know that. Lotsa noise, not much talent, cause he ain't too smart. He got a mike, but he don't what what it is. He like a lady girl with too much bling.

Zip Zip



Posted at 9:07AM on Jul 1st 2007 by Zip Zip

27. I'm from Chicago and no Kanye didn't grow up in a suburb. He grew up in a neighborhood called South Shore. Many people believe that neighborhood names in Chicago are burbs. As for comparing him to the Huxtables, if his parents were so "well paid" I don't understand why his parents chose to live there of all places, it's not the best neighborhood. I'm not going to get on the people that dislike Kanye...hey free country your opinion!

Posted at 9:00PM on Jul 1st 2007 by Dark&Twisty

28. P.S. for those that are saying he's a gangsta rapper...I wasn't under the impression he was trying to be. If you really listen to his music he doesn't talk about being a gangsta rapper. (if you say you don't choose to listen well...why do you care) And for the poster who said the "town" he lives in aka Chicago isn't bad because of a U.S. Open ummm how many things has New York and L.A. hosted and it's still not quiet suburbia USA. Like all major cities Chicago has it's good and it's bad spots.

Posted at 9:06PM on Jul 1st 2007 by Dark&Twisty

29. Kanye's ass must be cold, because he is ALWAYS showing it. i dont like mencia either, but i CANT FREAKIN STAND kanyawannabe! in 2 years no one will remember him, HOPEFULLy.

he is the epitome of a racist and snobby think he deserves it all person

Posted at 3:18PM on Jul 2nd 2007 by t~

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Posted at 9:13AM on Jul 2nd 2007 by Lokesh

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