What pop star wants to help you get your mind off the recession by doing totally insane things like change his name to Martin Louis the King, Jr.?

….Who else?

In the latest issue of Complex magazine, Kanye West said he felt his role in the public  is to “entertain people” and do the “crazy, bold stuff so [the public] can live through me and get their mind off the recession.”

So, as he announced in a recent video, Kanye is changing his name to Martin Louis the King, Jr. — in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Kanye’s fave brand, Louis Vuitton.  And he’s demanding that he “addressed as such.”

image via hypebeast

Wow, thanks Kanye! What would the recession do without you?

Info via NYDailyNews.