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Letter from the

oe is Kanye West. The mercurial hip-

hop artist recently took to Twitter to
bemoan a 53 million dollar personal debt.
This debt has presumably been accrued as
West has taken on more and more non-
musical projects, like his investment in music
streaming service Tidal, and his footwear and
clothing lines. Kanye begged rich individuals,
most notably Facebook creator Mark
Zuckerberg, to give him money so he can
“make dope shit”. This, combined with what
has amounted to a nearly month-long stream
of consciousness rant on Twitter, has resulted

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in Kanye West getting a ton of buzz. This is a
problem.

Kanye is obviously successful, his gazillions
of albums sold are a testament to this. By
his own admission, he can afford furs and
houses for his family. His viewpoint that

the world should subsidize him because he
believes he is the most talented entertainer
of his generation is an absurd fantasy. Part
of the philosophy behind Tidal is that artists
are finally getting paid for their music, but
Kanye apparently, as accidentally revealed

on Twitter, pirates music editing software.
Kanye West’s ego is a well worn subject,
but I believe it is worth mentioning that we
should stop enabling him. It is clear after
his list of half-baked schemes, and whiny
rants that no one has been willing to say
no to him. This statement is hypocritical,
but we need to stop giving attention to
him, because he is a delusional, toxic
manchild that is somehow a tastemaker in
society. Kanye is a shitty example of how
to act like a human being, yet his message
constantly being broadcast worldwide.