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Kanye West Calls Emma González His ‘Hero’; She Responds by Calling This Man Hers
It looks like Kanye West is still on his dissociated, rambling run on Twitter, and in addition to dropping new music, he recently called Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma González, a survivor of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., his “hero.” He also bigged her up again minutes later, saying that he was inspired by…
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New Music From ‘MAGA’ Kanye Asks Black People to Pull Themselves Up by Their Yeezy Bootstraps
On Friday the artist formerly known as Kanye West dropped two new tracks that prove he is still a musical prodigy, while cementing the widespread opinion that he has gone full “MAGA.” After turning his website into a one-song musical player, Kanye Trump dug into his crate of soul anthems to sample the 1973 song…
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Chance the Rapper Loves Kanye, Not Trump
For the better part of a week, we have all been caught up in Kanye West’s whirlwind of tweets. In fact, Kanye’s tweet storm might’ve been more Trumpian than his pride in his autographed “Make America Great Again” hat. For days, West has been at the center of a hot-take extravaganza with writers trying to…
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How the West Was Lost
Five years ago I wrote to a friend about Kanye West’s well-reviewed but (in my opinion) emperor-has-no-clothes, comically awful album Yeezus: “I’m not sure what Kanye even does musically anymore except be Kanye, similar to Donald Trump’s name being used by foreign firms being used to market products because it’s recognizable,” I noted. Those shocked…
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OK, Seriously: What Is Going on With Kanye and These Weirdo Tweets?
Kanye West is still on Twitter acting a damn fool, and we really need to have an honest discussion about it. What exactly is going on over there in the “pristine” white sunken place he has built for himself and his big-booty queen? On Wednesday, West took to Twitter to deliver his opinions on everything…