Artistry and contextare omitted yet again for the basis of selling something off the back of a black artist.
Yes his mother died. Why not talk about hiss basic fight to get airplay on radio.
To still discuss the MTV awards and Taylor Swift as a 19 year old subjected to a power and gender dynamic is insulting given the power of the record label behind her as an artist at that time and Kanye’s “power” from a platform he had to invest in to create.
Acceptable blackness, boundary pushing, expectations you should have are a hard fight. Harder I assume if you are a creator and worked to out something out into the world.
It’s equally insulting to not touch on his influence as an arrist fusing and creating new music genres that cut across all genres….including country more than the curious me tions before going right back into the digs.
Has Elon Musk cars been denied entry into the UK the same way Kange was for a concert.
Why not bring up Elon’s misogyny or Trump’s and ask why we dig at Kanye? Someone on meds.
Sad to see the BBC cut off a little part of its platform and to not care about ensuring it contributed something. Token?
Prince, Stevie Wonder, and yes Kanye by the time they were 28 contributed as performers, producers, and artists in legendary ways.
Have you read their interviews or even liner notes?
Tethering him to Taylor Swift or frankly any “pop” artist, including a Beyonce who generates music through collaborators is primary school surface deep content creation.
Be bold, have something to say.
