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Fight cuts autograph signing short but not party
Rapper/producer Kanye West had to be smuggled out the back door when an autograph signing was brought to an early end because of a fight.
The Associated Press
FRESNO, Calif., April 3 -- Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West was shuffled out the backdoor of a new urban boutique after a fight cut short the entertainer's autograph-signing session, police said.
Rapper/producer Kanye West, seen here at the NAACP Image Awards in March, had his autograph session interrupted when a fight broke out between a security guard and a patron. (AP Photo/Tammie Arroyo)The brawl erupted about 40 minutes after West began signing autographs.
While West was signing autographs a fight broke out between a patron and a security guard.
Owners of the FTK store abruptly canceled the grand opening and locked the doors once the fight broke out.
Authorities spent nearly a half-hour clearing about 1,000 fans from the store's parking lot as a police helicopter hovered above.
"Once security couldn't control it, we had to shut it down," store employee Aron Hekimian said.
An after-party at a nearby club with the producer-turned-rapper went on as planned, said Sam Hensen, the store's co-owner.
"Everybody's chance to meet Kanye West was ruined," said Anna Reyna, 19, who waited in line for the rapper's autograph but never got to see him.
Story Produced by: Beth Jenkins
