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13252639, In the end, it's not that surprising Posted by jmichaelj, Tue Apr-24-18 09:27 AM
Kanye's view of the world and movement within it lines up perfectly with Trump.
His relationships are transactional and his loyalties are to what and whoever cosigns his "genius" or his aesthetic sensibility. (shouts to double0 who put it this way above) To his credit, he has often been proven right when capitalizing on a certain movement or moment. Sounds like Trump. The ultimate salesmen. I mean, he joined the family that has mastered this concept.
In music, he has always found a way to latch onto something that was of the moment, even when that moment was about "backpack rap" and soul samples, so a lot of us that prefer that kind of stuff lifted him up in the beginning. But in the end, he has no loyalty to a sound or to a culture.
Even his production and rhymes are mostly someone else's ideas coopted and flipped to fit the Kanye brand. Just as Trump gained notoriety by stamping his name on other people's projects, Kanye, present day Kanye anyway, is largely in the business of success by proxy. Give me your talent, I will give you my brand.
Nas by Kanye and Cudi by Kanye, if they ever see the light of day, will only further serve that brand.
To sum it all up, Kanye West does not care about Black people. Until they are the target market.
This dude will never cease to be fascinating to me. But yea, that's some dumb shit...
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