Kanye West Charges Church $30,000 to perform Jesus Walks

Praise the Lord and pass the 30 large: Rapper Kanye West is taking his "Jesus Walk" all the way to the bank. We hear West charged the Ebenezer AME Church in Fort Washington, Md., a whopping $30,000 to perform his pseudo-gospel single at a gathering there Friday. But, almost three hours late, the rapper showed up without a deejay, backup singers or dancers. Accompanied by the church band, West performed an abbreviated version of "All Falls Down" before doing "Jesus Walk" and exiting. Hip-hop veteran Cheryl (Salt) James of Salt-N-Pepa - who recently launched a career in Christian rap - had to stall more than 3,000 teenagers while they waited for West to arrive. An Ebenezer official refused to confirm West's large fee. www.flowinsiders.com/haps/detail.asp?event_id=1554