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+Music/AphexTwin, Hitler, Music/ATribeCalledQuest, Hitler, Music/DaftPunk, Hitler, Music/DavidBowie, Hitler, Music/TheFugees, Hitler, Music/TheKillers, Hitler, Music/{{Madonna}}, Hitler, John Mayer, Hitler, Music/ModestMouse, Hitler, Music/{{Nas}}, Hitler, Music/ThePharcyde, Hitler, Music/PhilCollins, Hitler, Music/{{Portishead}}, Hitler, Music/{{Radiohead}}, Hitler, Music/{{Sade}}, Hitler, Music/StevieWonder, Hitler, Music/JDilla, Hitler, Music/{{U2}}, Music/WuTangClanHitler, Music/WuTangClan, Hitler Hitler Hitler Hitler HITLER (HITLER!)
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No Recent Examples Please! Yall have been ignoring this in the YMMV page, it DEFINITELY isn't going to fly in the main page. Rule Of Cautious Editing Judgment is also not meant to be used in this capacity as a Pothole Magnet. If you know it's controversial and you shouldn't be talking about it, maybe you as editor shouldn't need to add it.
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for President of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he has announced plans to try again for the 2024 election. [[OvershadowedByControversy Thanks to some very controversial statements made about Jewish people and Hitler in late 2022, that probably isn't going to happen]]. [[Administrivia/RuleofCautiousEditingJudgment The less said about them, the better]].
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for President of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he has announced plans to try again for the 2024 election. [[OvershadowedByControversy Thanks to some very controversial statements made about Jewish people and Hitler in late 2022, that probably isn't going to happen]]. [[Administrivia/RuleofCautiousEditingJudgment The less said about them, the better]].
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for President of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he has announced plans to try again for the 2024 election. [[OvershadowedByControversy Thanks to some very controversial statements made about Jewish people and Hitler in November late 2022, that probably isn't going to happen]]. [[Administrivia/RuleofCautiousEditingJudgment The less said about them, the better]].
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Ye[[note]]yes, that is currently his legal name; he had it changed in late 2021, reportedly inspired by the prominent use of the word "ye" in Literature/{{the Bible}}[[/note]] (born Kanye[[note]]Pronounced "KON-yay" and NOT spelled [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "Kayne"]][[/note]] Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois (born in Atlanta, Georgia). While he has become one of the most polarizing musicians of the 21st century, few can claim to have impacted the medium and modern pop culture as a whole in the way West has, by means of both his artistic statements and a long, ''long'' list of controversial actions.
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Ye[[note]]yes, that is currently his legal name; he had it changed in late 2021, reportedly inspired by the prominent use of the word "ye" in Literature/{{the Bible}}[[/note]] (born Kanye[[note]]Pronounced "KON-yay" and NOT spelled [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "Kayne"]][[/note]] Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois (born in Atlanta, Georgia). While he has become one of the most polarizing musicians artists of the 21st century, few can claim to have impacted the medium music and modern pop culture as a whole in the way West has, by means of both his artistic statements and a long, ''long'' list of controversial actions.
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for president President of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he's expressed interest in trying he has announced plans to try again for the 2024 election. [[OvershadowedByControversy Thanks to some very controversial statements made about the Jewish people and Hitler in late November 2022, that probably isn't going to happen]]. [[Administrivia/RuleofCautiousEditingJudgment 'Nuff said]].The less said about them, the better]].
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for president of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he's expressed interest in trying again for the 2024 election. [[OvershadowedByControversy Thanks to some very controversial statements made in late November, 2022, that probably isn't going to happen]]. [[RuleofCautiousEditingJudgment 'Nuff said]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: He loves him some Hitler.]]
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for president of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he's expressed interest in trying again for the 2024 election. Then he praised Hitler in public. So he's got that going for him.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Our Lord and Savior, Ye.]]
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Yeezy. Yeezus. The Louis Vuitton Don. Pablo. The [=LeBron=] of Rhyme. UsefulNotes/SteveJobs [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mixed with]] [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]].
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In 2015, West announced his intent to run for president of the United States in the 2020 election, and to the surprise of many, his campaign as a third-party candidate indeed materialized on July of that year. It was largely unsuccessful -- in part because he only qualified for ballot access in 12 states -- but he's expressed interest in trying again for the 2024 election. Then he praised Hitler in public. So he's got that going for him.
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Ha ha, very funny.
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Yeezy. Yeezus. The Louis Vuitton Don. Pablo. The [=LeBron=] of Rhyme. UsefulNotes/SteveJobs [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mixed with]] [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]] mixed with, apparently, a dash of Joseph Goebbels.
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Yeezy. Yeezus. The Louis Vuitton Don. Pablo. The [=LeBron=] of Rhyme. UsefulNotes/SteveJobs [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mixed with]] [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]] mixed with, apparently, a dash of Joseph Goebbels.
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* MelodicRap: Kanye's ''[=808s=] & Heartbreak'' popularized the now-standard [[AutoTune Auto-Tuned]] style of melodic rap, which was inspired by Music/TPain's creative use of the software on his own tracks, and he was even enlisted by Kanye to help the latter properly use it.
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Yeezy. Yeezus. The Louis Vuitton Don. Pablo. The [=LeBron=] of Rhyme. UsefulNotes/SteveJobs [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mixed with]] [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]] mixed with, apparently, a dash of Joseph Goebbels.
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Yeezy. Yeezus. The Louis Vuitton Don. Pablo. The [=LeBron=] of Rhyme. UsefulNotes/SteveJobs [[JustForFun/XMeetsY mixed with]] [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin Steve Austin]].
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Kanye insisted on naming "Niggas in Paris" as such (instead of "Ball So Hard" like Music/JayZ wanted, or "That Shit Cray", both repeated throughout the song) because the song's about them being in Paris.
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* RefrainFromAssuming: Kanye insisted on naming "Niggas in Paris" as such (instead of "Ball So Hard" like Music/JayZ wanted, or "That Shit Cray", both repeated throughout the song) because the song's about [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin them being in Paris]].
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* ''The College Dropout'' (2004)
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* NotChristianRock:
** Kanye [[ZigZaggingTrope frequently toys with this idea]], freely incorporating his Christian faith and GospelMusic stylings in his music (tracks like "Jesus Walks" and "Ultralight Beam" being among his most well-known overtly Christian tracks), yet few would consider him a Christian rapper.
** PlayedWith regarding ''Music/TheLifeOfPablo'', which Kanye frequently labels a gospel album. There are a few straightforward gospel tracks like "Ultralight Beam" and "Low Lights", but the rest of the album is ''[[GenreRoulette much]]'' [[GenreRoulette more experimental]], with the label being more directed at the overall themes of personal grief and overcoming it.
** 2019 has had a lot of development in this regard, as Kanye began hosting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Service_(group) Sunday Service]] performances featuring gospel-rap versions of his discography alongside traditional Christian ceremonies. With the buildup to the release of ''Jesus Is King'' in the same year, had reportedly become a born-again Christian, along with word that "[[https://twitter.com/fakeshoredrive/status/1178159239749144576 he is no longer making secular music. Only Gospel from here on out.]]" So far he's made on that promise, with ''Jesus is King'' and ''Donda'' containing traditionally religious overtones (even the latter despite [[DarkerAndEdgier its relatively stark and experimental aesthetic]]), so it could be safe to assume that Kanye may be [[SubvertedTrope eschewing this notion altogether]].
** Kanye [[ZigZaggingTrope frequently toys with this idea]], freely incorporating his Christian faith and GospelMusic stylings in his music (tracks like "Jesus Walks" and "Ultralight Beam" being among his most well-known overtly Christian tracks), yet few would consider him a Christian rapper.
** PlayedWith regarding ''Music/TheLifeOfPablo'', which Kanye frequently labels a gospel album. There are a few straightforward gospel tracks like "Ultralight Beam" and "Low Lights", but the rest of the album is ''[[GenreRoulette much]]'' [[GenreRoulette more experimental]], with the label being more directed at the overall themes of personal grief and overcoming it.
** 2019 has had a lot of development in this regard, as Kanye began hosting [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Service_(group) Sunday Service]] performances featuring gospel-rap versions of his discography alongside traditional Christian ceremonies. With the buildup to the release of ''Jesus Is King'' in the same year, had reportedly become a born-again Christian, along with word that "[[https://twitter.com/fakeshoredrive/status/1178159239749144576 he is no longer making secular music. Only Gospel from here on out.]]" So far he's made on that promise, with ''Jesus is King'' and ''Donda'' containing traditionally religious overtones (even the latter despite [[DarkerAndEdgier its relatively stark and experimental aesthetic]]), so it could be safe to assume that Kanye may be [[SubvertedTrope eschewing this notion altogether]].
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** Chance The Rapper expresses these sentiments towards him in his verse on "Ultralight Beam".
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Ye[[note]]yes, that is currently his legal name; he had it changed in late 2021, reportedly inspired by the prominent use of the word "ye" in Literature/{{the Bible}}[[/note]] (born Kanye[[note]]Pronounced "KON-yay" and NOT spelled [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "Kayne"]][[/note]] Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois (born in Atlanta, Georgia). While he has become one of the most polarizing musicians of the 21st century, few can claim to have impacted the medium and wider pop culture as a whole in the way West has, by means of both his artistic statements and a long, ''long'' list of controversial actions.
Originally a producer in the mid-90s for local Chicago artists, eventually making it big as arguably the secret ingredient to Music/JayZ's CareerResurrection come the TurnOfTheMillennium, West started dreaming of becoming a rapper. However, his emphatically middle-class background -- being the son of a photojournalist and an English professor, and partly raised in the suburbs -- didn't fit the profile for the GangstaRap popular at the time, and as a result he was long pigeonholed as an illegitimate "producer-rapper" before being reluctantly being signed to the label he was an in-house producer for, Jay-Z's Roc-a-Fella Records.
Originally a producer in the mid-90s for local Chicago artists, eventually making it big as arguably the secret ingredient to Music/JayZ's CareerResurrection come the TurnOfTheMillennium, West started dreaming of becoming a rapper. However, his emphatically middle-class background -- being the son of a photojournalist and an English professor, and partly raised in the suburbs -- didn't fit the profile for the GangstaRap popular at the time, and as a result he was long pigeonholed as an illegitimate "producer-rapper" before being reluctantly being signed to the label he was an in-house producer for, Jay-Z's Roc-a-Fella Records.
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Ye[[note]]yes, that is currently his legal name; he had it changed in late 2021, reportedly inspired by the prominent use of the word "ye" in Literature/{{the Bible}}[[/note]] (born Kanye[[note]]Pronounced "KON-yay" and NOT spelled [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "Kayne"]][[/note]] Omari West; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois (born in Atlanta, Georgia). While he has become one of the most polarizing musicians of the 21st century, few can claim to have impacted the medium and wider modern pop culture as a whole in the way West has, by means of both his artistic statements and a long, ''long'' list of controversial actions.
Originally a producer in themid-90s mid-'90s for local Chicago artists, eventually making it big as arguably the secret ingredient to Music/JayZ's CareerResurrection come the TurnOfTheMillennium, West started dreaming of becoming a rapper. However, his emphatically middle-class background -- being the son of a photojournalist and an English professor, and partly raised in the suburbs -- didn't fit the profile for the GangstaRap popular at the time, and as a result he was long pigeonholed as an illegitimate "producer-rapper" before being reluctantly being signed to the label he was an in-house producer for, Jay-Z's Roc-a-Fella Records.
Originally a producer in the
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+Music/{{Drake}}, Music/KidCudi, Music/{{Adele}}, Music/JustinBieber, Music/NickiMinaj, Music/TravisScott, Music/{{Lorde}}, Music/{{Halsey}}, Music/JuiceWRLD, Music/LilyAllen, Music/JamesBlake, Music/LilUziVert
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: "Black Skinhead" contains the infamous bars, "Keep it 300 like the Romans/ 300 bitches, where the Trojans?" 300 is a number associated not with the Romans but with the Spartans, and the Trojans were not, in fact, the enemies of Rome but of Greece.
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** ''Late Registration'' had lusher, more textured production than ''College Dropout'', and wasn't as reliant on samples.
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** ''Donda'' sees him continue to explore the gosple sound he started to use on ''Jesus Is King'', while also adding in other genre shifts such as TrapMusic and New York Drill.
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* PovertyForComedy: Satirized throughout the skits of ''Late Registration'', which follows Kanye's participation in a black fraternity called "Broke Phi Broke", where the members take a strange pride in the absolute destitution they live in. Kanye ends up ousted from the group when they discover he'd been secretly breaking several of their rules, including [[FelonyMisdemeanor buying a pair of shoes, making beats for cash on the side, as well as eating and showering on the regular]].
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* MommasBoy: Kanye had a loving relationship with his mother, Dr. Donda West, once calling her his "best friend in the whole world," with the song "Hey Mama" off of ''Late Graduation'' being a direct tribute to her. He was naturally heartbroken by her sudden death in 2007, which ended up being one of the major catalysts in shaping [[DarkerAndEdgier the drastically cold, anguished tones]] of ''[=808s=] and Heartbreak''. In the many years since, Kanye has remained reverent of her, up to naming both [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DONDA his creative content company]] and his tenth album after her. It's often believed that her death is one of the factors to Kanye's erratic behavior (aside his later on diagnosed bipolar disorder), as he carries heavy dedications to her and even once said he blamed himself for her passing.
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** ''Donda 2'' is probably the most extreme case yet for Ye as due to the nature of the album itself -- released exclusively through digital download via a custom Stem Player product -- there's no actual packaging to support any cover art, and as a result, it's straight-up nonexistent.
* MommasBoy: Kanye had a loving relationship with his mother, Dr. Donda West, once calling her his "best friend in the whole world," with the song "Hey Mama" off of ''Late Graduation'' being a direct tribute to her. He was naturally heartbroken by her sudden death in 2007, which ended up being one of the major catalysts in shaping [[DarkerAndEdgier the drastically cold, anguished tones]] of ''[=808s=] and Heartbreak''. In the many years since, Kanye has remained reverent of her,up to naming both [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DONDA his creative content company]] and his tenth album after her. It's often believed that her death is one of the factors to Kanye's erratic behavior (aside his later on diagnosed bipolar disorder), as he carries heavy dedications to her and even once said he blamed himself for her passing.
* MommasBoy: Kanye had a loving relationship with his mother, Dr. Donda West, once calling her his "best friend in the whole world," with the song "Hey Mama" off of ''Late Graduation'' being a direct tribute to her. He was naturally heartbroken by her sudden death in 2007, which ended up being one of the major catalysts in shaping [[DarkerAndEdgier the drastically cold, anguished tones]] of ''[=808s=] and Heartbreak''. In the many years since, Kanye has remained reverent of her,
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** 'Lights', across multiple albums and used in multiple contexts - in song titles alone, ''Graduation'' has "Flashing Lights", ''808s and Heartbreak'' has "Street Lights", ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' has "All of the Lights" and ''The Life of Pablo'' has both "Low Lights" and "Highlights".
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: A couple instances on ''The College Dropout''. Music/ArethaFranklin would only clear the sample for "School Spirit" if Kanye guaranteed the resulting song would be clean, so it's edited even on the explicit version. Less clear is why this also happened to the single swear on "Through the Wire" (left in on the single version) and ''half'' of the principal's profane rant in "Graduation Day".
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** A couple instances on ''The College Dropout''. Music/ArethaFranklin would only clear the sample for "School Spirit" if Kanye guaranteed the resulting song would be clean, so it's edited even on the explicit version. Less clear is why this also happened to the single swear on "Through the Wire" (left in on the single version) and ''half'' of the principal's profane rant in "Graduation Day".
** A couple instances on ''The College Dropout''. Music/ArethaFranklin would only clear the sample for "School Spirit" if Kanye guaranteed the resulting song would be clean, so it's edited even on the explicit version. Less clear is why this also happened to the single swear on "Through the Wire" (left in on the single version) and ''half'' of the principal's profane rant in "Graduation Day".
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* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Throughout ''The College Dropout'', Kanye periodically alludes to his history of working retail while searching for his big break, and it's often portrayed as a dour experience. "Spaceship" specifically references his time working at The Gap, being worked as a greeter because [[TokenMinority him being black would make them look progressive]], all while he made so little and dealt with abusive management that he resorted to StealingFromTheTill.
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* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Throughout ''The College Dropout'', Kanye periodically alludes to his history of working retail while searching for his big break, and it's often portrayed as a dour experience. "Spaceship" specifically references his time working at The Gap, being worked as a greeter because [[TokenMinority him being black would make them the store look progressive]], all while he made so little and dealt with abusive management that he resorted to StealingFromTheTill.
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* SoulSuckingRetailJob: Throughout ''The College Dropout'', Kanye periodically alludes to his history of working retail while searching for his big break, and it's often portrayed as a dour experience. "Spaceship" specifically references his time working at The Gap, being worked as a greeter because [[TokenMinority him being black would make them look progressive]], all while he made so little and dealt with abusive management that he resorted to StealingFromTheTill.
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** When Music/BritneySpears ' single "Hold it Against Me" beat Kanye and Jay-Z's single "H.A.M" to number one, Kanye posted a tweet which said "Yo Britney, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you be #1, but me and Jay-Z's single is one of the best songs of all time!"...which he promptly deleted when people got [[DisproportionateRetribution upset]].
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** When Music/BritneySpears ' Music/BritneySpears' single "Hold it Against Me" beat Kanye and Jay-Z's single "H.A.M" to number one, Kanye posted a tweet which said "Yo Britney, I'm really happy for you and I'mma let you be #1, but me and Jay-Z's single is one of the best songs of all time!"...which he promptly deleted when people got [[DisproportionateRetribution upset]].
