“The Passion of Kanye West.” That’s the headline of the most recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine, which features a picture of the 27-year old rapper posing as Jesus on the cross—crown of thorns and all.

You can read the (short) AP article about it here, and you can see a picture of the magazine cover here.

West defended his “brash attitude” by saying:

In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don’t ever want me to say I’m great?

Wow, what a shining example of humbleness and modesty for our society to follow! One wonders what Jesus would think of a statement like that.

In the past, West has accused George Bush of not caring about black people, and like most rappers’ “music,” his songs are full of swearing and other inappropiate material.

La Shawn Barber has been covering the topic as well.