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"Close call! Kanye West managed to keep his romantic proposal for girlfriend Kim Kardashian completely under wraps until it happened -- but the surprise was almost spoiled just a few hours before he got down on one knee, when a couple of radio deejays put him on the spot and asked if he planned to marry the mother of his 4-month-old daughter, North.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I just feel so blessed,&amp;quot; the rapper said, clearly avoiding the question, during an interview with KMEL hosts Sana &amp;amp; Kimmie on Monday, Oct. 21, Kardashian&amp;apos;s 33rd birthday. Then, smiling and looking away, he added, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not answering those questions.&amp;quot;\r\nOther questions about the couple&amp;apos;s relationship were fair game, though. In fact, the 36-year-old hip hop star -- who, as previously reported, proposed with an elaborate, carefully orchestrated production at San Francisco&amp;apos;s AT&amp;amp;T Park on Monday -- couldn&amp;apos;t wait to talk about how much he adores his reality star girlfriend.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I have never loved any girl, other than my mother, as much as I love my girlfriend,&amp;quot; he told the hosts of Kardashian, 33. (The &amp;quot;Black Skinhead&amp;quot; rapper&amp;apos;s beloved mother, Dr. Donda West, passed away suddenly at age 58 in 2007 following a botched plastic surgery procedure.)\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so happy to be with her, to live this life together, and -- with our relationship with God -- to be able to live forever in heaven together, and also to raise a strong family that communicates truth and beauty,&amp;quot; he added.\r\n\r\nBeauty, and fashion, are part of what bonds the happy couple together, he added. &amp;quot;This girl is one of the No. 1 designers in the world. I don&amp;apos;t know exactly what her numbers are, but Sears does something like 300, 400 million a year,&amp;quot; West said. &amp;quot;She&amp;apos;s been spending her whole check on clothes since she was 16, just like me.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s the reason why both of us are the most influential,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;I think me and my girl are extremely influential...Nah, me and my girl are the most influential.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nIn West&amp;apos;s eyes, at least, he and his fiancee are the ultimate power couple. He said he sees in her some of the characteristics that have made pal Jay Z such a pop culture icon.\r\n&amp;quot;One of the reasons I did Watch the Throne with Jay wasn&amp;apos;t just to do a dope album, which we did. It was because Jay Z has the best social skills of anyone that I knew at that time,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;And I wanted to learn from him. I wanted to learn how to move in a room full of vultures...just to knock the edge off and learn from Jay. And God has now given me another master of the social skills, my girl. She&amp;apos;s like the No. 1 socialite in the world.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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