Evel Knievel and Kanye West Settle Lawsuit

Evel Knievel sued Kanye West and his record company last year. He took issue with a 2006 music video for the song "Touch the Sky," in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon.

Knievel failed in his attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho in 1974.

West’s attorneys argued the video amounted to satire, covered under the First Amendment.

"We settled the lawsuit amicably," Knievel said Tuesday. "I was very satisfied and so was he." Meeting West changed his mind, Knievel said. "I thought he was a wonderful guy and quite a gentleman," he said. Knievel also expressed concern for West, who is grieving the sudden death of his mother earlier this month. "I know he’s had some tough times the past few weeks, and I hope things work out," Knievel said.

Kanye is still making his mother proud.