Kanye West’s father, a sociology professor, is speaking out over his son’s use of “negative language” (cursing) in his songs. Ray West insists that it’s one thing “on the corner” but now that Kanye is “operating on a different level,” he needs to clean up his lyrics. http://contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/kanyes%20dad%20lashes%20out%20at%20sons%20lyrics_27_01_2006