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Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by ex-assistant
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Doesn't matter. This dude has literally opened referred to himself as a Nazi and Hitler apologist and people still put his shit on playlists and radio stations are still playing his music.
Kanye is proof that morality is just posturing, and the moment it is an inconvenience the vast majority will immediately discard it.
Don't look up all the problematic stuff that artists have done. It's never ending. That's because we don't select artists because they're good people, we select them because they make good art.
Imo there is an enormous difference between personal moral failings, hell even personal acts of evil, and endorsing a hateful and toxic ideology.
I don't expect my artists to be paragons of personal virtue, but I absolutely am not okay supporting artists who are actively spreading hate.
It matters insofar as there aren't any normal, well adjusted people that are Kanye stans anymore. I was a top 0.1% Kanye listener - one time my friend even had a Kanye birthday cake made for me. Completely dropped his music after the white lives matter shit. For those that casually enjoy a song or two, his antics just don't occupy that much of their headspace.
I know the default tone of the Internet is sarcastic so I'm clarifying that this is a sincere and genuine statement: good on you for having the integrity and growth to be able to adapt and change like that. Dropping a beloved artist, even rightly so, is a difficult thing. I applaud you for you conviction, king 👍✌️
Hey thanks, its been quite a journey for me in terms of how I think about all sorts of things. It's a shame that his influence is so intertwined with all things hip-hop for me that I can't really enjoy the genre as much anymore, when I truly consider it to be one of the most emotive and compelling art forms in modern music. But the substitute outlets I found for my fanaticism, like king gizz, or just touching grass, don't leave me feeling internally conflicted about whether my engagement is morally justified, which feels nice.
It is pretty disgusting that Apple still chose to put MBDTF in their top 100 albums though. It's not even great as far as KW albums go; it's like a self-caricature of one. For them to choose it over something like College Dropout comes off as fellatio on someone that doesn't deserve his spot on the list