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Kanye is a ‘slave name’? Not since Sean Combs, A.K.A. Puff Daddy, morphed into P Diddy has a name change spawned so much derision. However, this time, the mockery is laced with pity, even sadness. Kanye West’s chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, demanded in a letter that the rapper be referred to as Ye and not… Read more.
Jay-Z channels but does not ape Kanye I’ve been pooh-poohing The Grammys for years. To attest, I need only share the titles of three previous commentaries: “The Grammys? A Friggin’s Snoozefest” on February 9, 2015 “The Grammys Fading into Irrelevance. Even Drake Says So” on February 11, 2019 “The Grammys: Not only Irrelevant but Rigged!” on January… Read more.
Dr. Cornel West is a celebrated philosopher, activist, and public intellectual. He is to academia what Kanye West is to music. That might be seen as damning him with faint praise. But the shoe fits. And it’s the best way to understand West, that is, Cornel. Cornel West announces Kanyesque campaign Dr. West is running… Read more.
The answer is simple. Democrats are as hooked on Twitter as teenagers are on TikTok. Musk is Trolling Democrats Put another way, Democrats sticking with Musk is like Republicans sticking with Trump. That might be a more apples-to-apples comparison. Democrats spent years denouncing Republicans for sticking with Donald Trump. Republicans were only interested in the primary votes and fundraising dollars. Trump’s… Read more.
Podcast Episode 100 What does it profit a man, if he gains political power, but his country loses its soul..? Alas, for men like Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump, their profit is worth the country’s loss. Netanyahu began his “reign” by giving former President Jimmy Carter just cause to admonish him about turning Israel into… Listen.
Kanye is a Jackass Thirteen years ago, former President Obama called Kanye West a Jackass. In a commentary last week, I delineated the many ways Kanye proceeded to prove Obama right. Now Kanye’s new BFF Candace Owens is using him to prove the age-old adage that a fool and his money are soon parted. Kanye West is going into business with… Read more.
I am loath to comment on the antics and rantings of a mentally disturbed man. But when that man commands as much media attention as Kanye West does, it would be malpractice for any social critic to fail to comment. Well, that was my justification for previous commentaries like “President Obama Is Right, Kanye Is… Read more.
When Donald Trump first began commanding media attention with talk about running for president, I wrote the prescient commentary “Trump for President? Don’t Be a Sucker!” April 8, 2011, hence today’s title. One name explains why Trump ran, and why Kanye might run: Barack Obama. With respect to Trump, the die was cast when Obama… Read more.
President Trump billed Kanye’s visit to the White House a week ago today as a summit to discuss urban development, vocational training, black unemployment (notably Colin Kaepernick’s), and criminal justice reform. Unsurprisingly, it was anything but. Here in essence is what Kanye said during a 10-minute, stream-of-consciousness rant in the Oval Office, which played out… Read more.
Have you noticed Kanye is already sporting blonde hair, man boobs, and (sometimes) blue eyes…? This might explain his antic love for Donald Trump: After all, to paraphrase Kanye’s most famous political statement: Donald Trump doesn’t care about black people. Then again, to paraphrase Obama’s take on him: Kanye is a Jackass, whose talent gives… Read more.
