Starpulse — Kanye West is fuming about new reports he's taken over Michael Jackson's "King of Pop" title in the wake of the singer's death a month ago.[...] Read more! more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Hip-hop star Kanye West has decided he is the right man to take Michael Jackson's crown - declaring himself "the new King of Pop". more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Kanye West is fuming about new reports he's taken over Michael Jackson's King of Pop title in the wake of the singer's death a month ago. more info

Topix — Updated 8:15 PM EDT, Fri, Jul 31, 2009 http://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/music/Kanye_West_Angered_Over_False_Reports_He_Was_Claiming__King_Of_Pop__Title_Following_Michael_Jackson_s_Death-52224897.html Kanye West may have made a lot of boasts in h... more info

Kanye West blogged on his Web site that he has not claimed to be the new "King of Pop" following the death of Michael Jackson. He also vowed to no longer defend himself from untrue charges. more info

Dlisted — My CAPS-LOCK KEY'S hero and my eyeballs enemy #1, Gayfish West, licked on his perfectly manicured nails for luck and got loose on his keyboard to address the rumors that he proclaimed himself as the brand spanking new King of POP! Kanye may have... more info

Stereogum — Last fall Diesel celebrated its 30th birthday in Brooklyn with a concert by N.E.R.D., Franz Ferdinand, T.I., and a very pregnant M.I.A. So expectations for last night's Diesel:U:Music event and its promise of very special guests were high (like pl... more info

Perez Hilton — We heart his insight! Kayne West took to his blog to address being rumors that he appointed himself the new King of Pop and the ramifications of such a title. He says: I WAS JUST LISTENING TO WENDY WILLIAMS AND HEARD SOME QUOTE ABOUT ME SAYING I'M ... more info

Rolling Stone — Earlier this week, a satirical Website called Scrape.TV posted a (fake) story about how, with the passing of Michael Jackson, Kanye West declared himself as the new King of Pop. For those who actually scrutinized Scrape TV and saw its other headlines... more info

VH1 News — Kanye West angrily denied rumors that he declared himself "the new King of Pop" in the wake of Michael Jackson's death via a post on his blog. more info