Kanye West, now Ye, was my favorite artist. He no longer is, and never will be. Ye’s latest X tirade, lawsuits facing him and actions at the Grammys reveal what he truly is now: an attention-seeking, contrarian loser.
Ye has always been a contrarian. He famously quipped in the grandiose “I Am A God,”
“As soon as they like you, make ‘em unlike you.” Whatever the public hates, he loves. What people expect him to do, he does the opposite and that gets him in hot water.
He released the critically acclaimed “College Dropout” then infamously said on TV over a year later “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” Out there, yes, but it’s excusable.
You could say he stood up to an oppressive authority that was unpopular among Black Americans and that was inadequately responding to Hurricane Katrina, a natural disaster that devastated a majority-Black New Orleans in 2005.
Ye made one of the best rap albums ever in “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” then followed it up with the abrasive, crude-sounding “Yeezus.” Ingenious, Ye always knows how to subvert expectations and get out of the mainstream. “Make ‘em unlike you.”
Then he dabbled into American history.
During the “Yeezus” tour, he used Confederate flags on his merchandise. In 2018 and 2019, he wore a “Make America Great Again,” hat. Absolutely offensive, but you can sort of understand Ye’s own rationale of reclaiming those hateful symbols.
Then he said slavery was a choice. What??? How asinine is that? West said that slaves were mentally enslaved, which kept them in bondage. Sure, slaves were mentally enslaved, but that’s because they were transplanted from Africa to a completely new land and forced to do back-breaking labor or face punishment or death.
When you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did.
His remarks only became more hateful and ugly with no motive behind it except to get attention. That’s what brings us up to the modern day.
On Feb. 2, Ye went to the Grammys with his wife Bianca Censori. It was the first time since 2015 he went to the award show. The reason he went and for all of his actions? Attention.
Ye paraded Censori — who he claimed on X to have a “dominion” over — in a transparent dress that covered nothing. Censori was pretty much naked on the red carpet. And for what? Attention.
Then Ye got on X. You may have seen previous X rants of his, but this one, which began on the morning of Feb. 7, is a whole different gravy. It made his InfoWars appearance look like light work.
Ye praised Adolf Hitler posting “I love Hitler” and “I’m a Nazi.” He added to those fascist views by posting a shirt with a swastika on it. He posted “Free Puff,” referencing Sean “Diddy” Combs who is awaiting trial for sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
Absolutely vile and inexcusable.
Ye was sued twice in 2024, both times he was accused of sexual assault. He has denied the allegations on his X account, albeit not seriously.
His latest music has been terrible too. Ye’s most recent album, “Vultures 2” got a 4.6/10 rating on the music magazine website Pitchfork. It’s his second-lowest ever review behind “Donda 2.”
To add insult to injury, Ye fans suspect he used AI on the record and Ye confirmed he plans to use AI on his next album “Bully.” He’s someone that used to be so meticulous that he claimed he spent 5,000 hours making his beautiful song “POWER.” Albeit that’s probably false, it still shows how much he cared about his projects.
Now he’s using AI to craft his songs.
Ye is at the lowest of the lows and it’s time for fans to stop supporting him. Yes, he has made some amazing albums and songs that are still on my playlist. But the man who made those has become the worst version of himself. An indefensible, disgusting, clown loser.
He is someone that no fan should be proud of to support.
It’s time for fans to only do one thing. “Runaway.”
