A number of musicians and actors have come to the defense of hip-hop star Kanye West. On Friday night West appeared on a live NBC telethon and said that President Bush doesn’t care about Black people. He also criticized the media for its portrayal of African-Americans in New Orleans. Fellow hip-hop star P. Diddy told the program Access Hollywood “I think he spoke from his heart. He spoke what a lot of people feel.” In New York at least one participant in the West Indian Day Parade was seen carrying a sign that read “Kanye West was Right.”