kayne west

  • What to Make of Kanye West?

    This piece started off quite differently. You see, after years of skating around the margins of the sentiment, I’d finally leaned into full-on “F—k Kanye West” mode. It followed years of annoyance at his trend of constantly obnoxious and solipsistic behavior. Even his admission during a recent concert that he didn’t vote at all Nov. 8…

  • Chance the Rapper Is Making Avant-Garde Gospel Music Under the Guise of Rap, and It's Divine

    There is a Dorothy Norwood song I first heard in 1994 that deeply impacted me. The song, “Somebody Prayed for Me,” goes as follows: Somebody prayed for me, had me on their mind.Took the time to pray for me.  The song speaks to the selfless nature of communing with a divine being on behalf of another.…