Re:Kanye West is buying Parler
by missingrib on Monday October 17, 2022 @07:37PM
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He's literally one of the best selling music artists who single-handedly pioneered multiple substyles within hip-hop over a 20 year career. He's released some of the most critically acclaimed albums of all time.
Strictly as a rapper he might not be listed as "the best rapper ever", but as a musician he's easily up there.
Re:Kanye West is buying Parler
by imperfect_light on Monday October 17, 2022 @07:24PM
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He is in fact the richest rapper according to Forbes, apparently with about $2 billion net worth, twice as much a JayZ
He reminds me a lot of Donald Trump
Re:Kanye West is buying Parler
by askafriend on Monday October 17, 2022 @08:48PM
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You’re off the mark with this one.
He is extraordinarily influential in music and hip hop.
Maybe you missed the era where he skyrocketed to the top and spawned a generation of artists that emulate elements of his style to this day.
His impact is undeniable and that’s why you hear about it.
The disconnect is probably that he hasn’t done anything musically relevant in a few years + his mental health has continued to deteriorate in public.
It’s almost as if his whole thing was to successfully market himself to be associated with the title of the “most successful rapper of all time”.
But I have to give him that other than such an illustrious title, I do hear of him in countless contexts other than music: his marriage, his shoes, his renaming himself, his presidential ambitions, his beefs with other actual artists, and now his purchase of 4chan.