MUSIC: Kanye West, the Chicago rapper with an ego the size of Illinois and sales figures that dwarf the Sears Tower, tells Brian Boyd about his Black Panther dad, Obama's victory, why Shrek is his favourite film … and, yes, his album, his fashion business and his burger joint

IN A hot and airless Dublin hotel room, Kanye West sits down beside me and looks warily at the "full Irish breakfast" on his plate. He glares at the glass of freshly squeezed orange juice as if it's radioactive material, pushes it firmly out of view and conjures up a can of 7-Up instead.