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"Kanye West claimed that he is &amp;quot;the smartest celebrity you&amp;#039;ve ever f**king dealt with&amp;quot; in a recent deposition. The quotes appear in a transcript from the rapper&amp;#039;s sworn statement in a recent case brought against him by a photographer, reports TMZ.  In July last year, the Yeezus rapper was filmed attacking paparazzi Daniel Ramos and was sentenced to two years of probation in addition to 250 hours of community service. The quotes that have appeared online allegedly detail West&amp;#039;s conversation with Ramos&amp;#039;s lawyer Nate Goldberg. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m the smartest celebrity you&amp;#039;ve ever f**king dealt with,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not Britney Spears. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m in the business of trying to make dope s**t for the world. You&amp;#039;re in the business of representing scums and trying to make as much money as long as there&amp;#039;s this lapse in the law.&amp;quot; The rapper also reportedly took issue to Goldberg quoting the line: &amp;quot;Till I get flashed by the paparazzi, damn, these n***as got me,&amp;quot; from his song &amp;#039;Flashing Lights&amp;#039;.   &amp;quot;You have to ask for a hall pass. You can&amp;#039;t just say the N- word around me,&amp;quot; West said.  &amp;quot;I mean, in the &amp;#039;60s people used to hold up &amp;#039;Die n****r&amp;#039; signs when my parents were in the sit-ins also.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;We, as a group of minorities here in LA, as celebrities, have to band together to influence guys like this - guys trying to take the picture, guys trying to get the big win, guys trying to get the cheque.&amp;quot; Earlier this week, Kim Kardashian shared a picture of West in the studio with their daughter North, leading to speculation that the 13-month-old could feature on his new material.  Watch the music video for Kanye West&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Bound 2&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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