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Kanye West lays into paps

Rapper Kanye West has criticised the paparazzi after he was arrested in Newcastle.

Kanye West has spoken out about his treatment by the paparazzi after an incident early on Friday morning in a Newcastle nightclub. The rapper was arrested and released without charge following a complaint from freelance photographer Terry Blackburn. "Right now, the paps are above the law and the people who they shoot are below it," Kanye wrote on his official blog. "I am a normal person that's just famous - I refuse to sneak in and out of back doors and kitchens of hotels. When I left the club, I was encountered by a thirsty paparazzi as usual. He felt he had more rights to my space than me, so I put my hand up to prevent him from taking my image. I didn't assault him, merely putting my hand up to cover his lens. My security yelled, 'Get the camera off him.' I guess in all the commotion the camera scraped his nose," The rapper wrote before adding, "Let us not forget that the paps killed Princess Diana. When will there be a law passed that someone has to ask to take a photograph of you? That would seem like common courtesy."