If Kanye West was white, people wouldn’t hate him half as much as they do. The extreme ego and confidence that Mr. West expresses has previously been the province of rock stars. Yeah, hip-hop is typically brash, but most of Kanye’s career has been spent taking “brash” to an entirely new level. Despite his tendency towards verbal diarrhea and his (seemingly) unhinged personality (random Twitter posts, Taylor-gate) I give him props because a) he knows how to get people talking […]
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The "Power"-ful Return of Kanye West
Y’all know I love Kanye, right? Sure, he’s brash. Of course he’s obnoxious. But he’s also a fucking genius and is much more daring and artistic than the average hip-hop artist. People made a lot of noise about the whole Taylor Swift MTV situation last year, but people who really love Kanye are 1) completely used to his antics by now and 2) don’t really give a damn about Taylor Swift anyway. I don’t anticipate that the audience for his […]