kanye west. and kanye west comes to my crib and says i have a song. it's called snow jams.d, first i need to hear you rap. and he rapped and i said that incredible. and i said, she says he wants marvin gaye and -- and he's like, what are you doing? i said, i'm trying to put the r& b sauce on it. and he said, sing it. and after it sung it, said this song ain't got no sauce on it. and i left and did a bad movie. i came back after my career was on life support. and when i got back, i went to miami and they said, you know that song you fronted on. it's number one right now. and it went from that to -- ♪ she took my money when i'm in need ♪ so from that, that's how i got back into music. >> jimmy: that is really unbelievable. you don't know kanye at the time. i like how he is ordering you around after about five minutes after walking into the house with his back pac on. >> yeah, but, you know what? he was a kid then. and he was a little nervous about his career. jay-z was there. puff was there. and you know, now -- >> jimmy: yeah, you get all the big guys to sing on the album. j

i met kanye in 2001, and he was very instrumental, obviously, in launching me. me to his label, but before he even signed me, he brought me in on a lot of the work that he was doing. he was working on college dropout and alicia keys "you don't know my name" encore by jay-z and he would bring me in in the background to play piano and co-write. he helped put me out there so a lot more people in the music community knew who i was, and so through getting out on dream, his label, i signed to columbia in may 2004, and that came after years of knocking on doors, years of performing live shows in new york, philly, all up and down the eastern seaboard and creating a buzz and meeting great people along the way and collaborating with people along the way and getting told no, you know? we just had to keep persisting and believing in the artistic vision, and eventually we found a home at colombia and my first album came out in '04. >> talk to me about this new album "wake up," like you said it's a soulful album, but it requires you to dig in the crate and then i heard baby h

i'm going to remain here and box with -- and then i shall have my music lesson with kanye west as plannedughs at my jokes. she's like you, but with a more appropriate potential for sex. ow! that really hurt. i was indestructible. >> bert johnson. 3:00. if he's not out of this ring in one minute, i'll bite your other ear off. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very, very good. our thanks to the great russell brand. we'll be right back with gayle king, everybody! come on, back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] cowhide dries out. so does your manhide. regular men's body wash can dry out your skin. only dove men + care has micromoisture to fight skin dryness. so that manhide of yours stays clean and moisturized. be comfortable in your own skin. [ male announcer ] know the feeling? try acuvue® oasys brand contact lenses with hydraclear® plus for exceptional comfort. it feels like it disappeared on my eye! [ male announcer ] discover why it's the brand eye doctors trust most for comfort. acuvue® oasys brand. trust most for comfort. what makes a hershey's bar pure? ["melt with you" pl

i was noticing that kanye west followed one person and that person was you and then mysteriously he stopped you yesterday. did something happen that we should know about? >> i don't know. no. >> jimmy: did you know about this? >> no. >> jimmy: you had no idea. are you upset about this? >> no. >> jimmy: you should unfollow him. are you following him? >> i am following him. but i don't play the, you unfollow me, i unfollow you rule. i follow people if they say funny things. and he does. >> jimmy: he says funny things, yeah, for sure. >> do you say funny things? >> jimmy: yeah, mine are hilarious. >> they are? [ laughter ] i don't say funny things. >> jimmy: yeah, but you have -- there's a lot of fashion stuff going on and i was looking on your thing today and you have friends whose names i can't figure out from the at thing. i really feel like an 80-year-old man when i'm looking at twitter, trying to figure out the codes and the numbers and all that stuff. >> it's not that hard. >> jimmy: you had -- for me it's difficult. you had a little problem with the justin bieber maniacs when you really

like kanye west, who after this embarrassing rant on the 2009 video music awards, sent out 70 tweets, who am i to run on stage. >> i am so sorry. >> reporter: tiger woods snubbed the press. keeping all but one of them in a hotel, a mile away, during his so-called news conference. and janet jackson went viral after her 2004 wardrobe malfunction at the super bowl. >> if i offended anyone, it wasn't my intention. >> i wasn't surprised that this was the way demi was going to speak up. she has so many like the teen stars who have a direct and personal relationship with her fans. >> i can't tell you how much light you guys brought into my life. and probably the darkest time of my life. >> i'll be there for her if she does come back. you know? i do. i do support her. >> i think she can do it. i think it's up to the fans to give her another chance. >> reporter: perhaps proof that troubled celebs really can race down the comeback road. >> i love you all. and i couldn't have done this without her. >> reporter: a spokesperson says she's going to keep seeing her doctors in l.a. for what they cal

i will note 1 kanye into one call that -- i will note one caveat. there is the import of bias from the executive branch work it has long been a visible. there is a difference between the fbi and the house homeland security community. the fbi has undermined it the right to associate the right to speech and free belief. there is the real shame of pervasive infiltration that remain secret to the public and the press. there had not been an adequate oversight. it should not comfort does about this being dragged into the public arena. it is unlike the fbi. it is not a government agency that is in the business of violating americans rights since the day of the earliest of session. unlike the fbi, at the house homeland security is not a government agency -- [unintelligible] the house homeland security committee is not the government agency that has lied to congress and refused to defend its policies. my concern is the embrace of bias and xenophobia in a body and that has done this before. it is a central ingredient and mccarthyism that he now aims to replic

a lot of the west's discussion of the brotherhood treaty of kanye as a distinct entity. -- treats 0 bonnyai as a distinct entity. he was not a pacifist. he preached jihadist wholeheartedly. he led to one of the first real modern terrorist campaigns. the very difference about him was he was a tactician who could switch gears very quickly to figure of what was going to work and what was not going to work. you see that in the brethren throughout the region and throughout the world. they have developed different tactics in different countries. they see this as a point in their favor. but that is not believe what they have done. they have adjusted themselves to the reality on the ground and where they can use violence, for example, in gaza. to answer your original question, which was the political party in each of, and whether or not the brotherhood becomes a political party and what that means. let me give you a quick comparison. one is the islamic action front in jordan. that is one where we have seen real tensions between the new and the old guard. there, the old guard as far as i won forl, h

then i shall have my music lesson with kanye west as planned. >> out, now. >> make me. >> after you'rebsession with random women, you know. >> she's not a random woman. she understands me. she laughs at my jokes like you but with a more appropriate potential for sex. >> you deserved that. >> meredith! >> what was it like working with her? she's great. >> an angelic woman with awe thor ti and sensitivity. she's lovely, kind. she's a real generous, sweet person and also sexy. >> very sexy. people who know the plot know arthur was an alcoholic. >> yes. >> they really don't -- it's really not addressed in the original but it is in this one. you go to a.a. and meetings. in some ways it parallels your personal life. you have talked a lot about your addiction. >> it does actually. that's why i'm happy with the part. in 1981 alcoholism wasn't regarded with the same severity as it is these days. the film is about arthur whose life is changed by falling in love. i know the potential of that. when i fell in love i changed from being a rascal to this gentleman. >> how is katy perry? >> she's gorge

." >> i even do some kanye from time to time. >> you do?ead. look at me, terrified. first tv gig ever. >> what did you do? >> i was bianca's ex-fiance -- that did not go ever well in springfield. >> how did your character exit the show? >> in that one? i think i disappear under to the so soap opera -- what else is there to do? all my clients were cougars and then i went crazy and killed several people and committed suicide in a log cabin in front of my girlfriend and before after i confessed i was molested in seventh grade by my teacher. >> wow, that's a year. >> people change. >> all right, so, "white collar" is starting up again because i know you had a long day of shooting yesterday. you were up at 5:00 a.m. and shot until 9:00. when does the new season start? >> june 7th. we are hard at work on season three. we also have the dvd of season two coming out the same day with really great extras on it. commentaries, bloopers and we even have a white collar first burn notice featurette. very healthy competition going on. >> something we just