"I'm very opinionated, so I can't wait to sound intelligent." "I'm Kanye West," the 27-year-old said to a small gathering of college students, contest winners who had been invited by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences to take part in a panel about downloading music. Surrounded by beefy bodyguards, he wore an outfit straight out of Warren Beatty's swinging '70s collection: pink turtleneck, suede sport coat, dark Gucci shades. The producer-rapper-phenom, who the very next day would vie for 10 Grammy Awards in this very arena, was late - not super-late, just superstar late. The most talked-about musician in Los Angeles walked - no, glided - into a Staples Center conference room Saturday, and all conversation died out.
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