‘Kanye West is no hero. He is no underdog, either’
To his fellow black geeks, Kanye West was once a kind of Messiah, a cultural phenomenon; now one of the most compelling personalities of the century has self-immolated
20 November 2022 - 00:00
It’s just hours before Paris Fashion Week and darkness is about to descend. The “joke” seems light, brazen even. Geeky, you could say, but there’s a better word for it: callous. The joker here, after all, is Kanye West. ..
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