Parent commenter is reading too much into Kanye's first struggles to become a rapper in light of this Parler purchase. But parent commenter is right that no one saw Kanye as a rapper initially. Back then, Kanye was only known as a beatsmith and producer, not someone to actually be on the track.

Kanye has a song off his album College Graduation where he talks about his initial troubles[1]

[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbeS15sHZ0&ab_channel=Kanye...