Evel Knievel Sued Evel Kanyevel

In December 2006, American daredevil Evel Knievel sued American rapper Kanye West over his "Touch the Sky" music video, in which West played a rocket-riding stuntman named "Evel Kanyevel." West wore a star-spangled white jumpsuit resembling Knievel's trademark costume and attempted a canyon jump modeled on Knievel's failed 1974 Snake River Canyon stunt. Knievel claimed the video's vulgar, sexual, and racially charged content damaged his reputation and infringed his trademarked name and likeness. He said, "That video that Kanye West put out is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever seen in my life."

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