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Taking Kanye West Seriously Is Hard — But Holding Him Accountable Seems Even Harder
Whether being used as a political pawn or giving cover to racists and fools, his antics aren’t just harming himself anymore
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Last week, Kanye West relieved himself on one of his Grammys and declared himself “the new Moses” on Twitter. By now, that’s par for the course for the rapper/producer/designer/pretend politician; some of the gems from this latest stream of consciousness have since disappeared from his timeline, though I’m certain his stans (the Yeezettes are what I’m calling them this quarter) will remind us of what took place that day from now until climate change completely wipes us out. While what constitutes political candidate behavior has shifted over the last four years, aren’t y’all tired of thinking about presidential hopefuls and pee?
Technically, the tirade was part of a new crusade against his record company and publishing company, complete with the name-dropping (Jay Z, J. Cole, Drake) and delusions of grandeur (“I’m Nat Turner”) we’ve come to expect. “I’m the second richest Black man in America,” he wrote in a deleted tweet. “ I need all my…
