Ok, so Kanye West, the rapper who has sold over 32 million albums worldwide has made an idiot out himself publicly on TMZ, March 1, 2018. Much of the world is quitting on Kanye west after his comment, "Slavery was a choice", which disappointed many black influencers of our time: T.I, Steven A. Smith, Will.I.Am, Don Lemon, Janelle Monae, and many other powerful black people of the 21 century. Many powerful black influencers have supported the ridiculous comment: Lupe Fiasco, Slim Thug, Louis Farrakhan, to name a few, all having different views on the matter, which we will get to later in the article. What would cause Kanye West to irresponsibly make a fool out of himself on TMZ, which gets over 2.77 million views of its televised shows. Many blame the Kardashian curse, which has proven to take down many male figures who have ever dated a Kardashian: Bruce Jenner, Lamar Odom, Reggie Bush, the list goes on. Click here to find out who else was allegedly a victim of the Kardashian Curse. Some claim that Kanye West hasn't properly grieved over his mother's death. Some claim that this act by Kanye West is just to sell records. There are many opinions as to why Kanye West has not only publicized the comment "Slavery was a choice" on a large platform like TMZ, but has supported Trump in the process. Despite all of what we've witnesses from Kanye West in this outrage, he is still a King♛and the crown should not be taken from his head.
Kanye West's Album Sells
How many hip hop artists can honestly say that out of at least 5 albums dropped, in their career, at least 80% has sold over 1 million copies with 40% selling over 3 million? In 2004, Kanye West's College Drop Out album beat out OutKast's Speakerbox, G Units' Beg for Mercy, Beyonce's Dangerously in Love and Twista's Kamikazi albums, only falling behind Usher's Confessions, Alicia Key's The Diary of Alicia Keys and Jay Z's The Black Album. This was his debut album with hit songs that we will vibe to for many years: "Through the Wire", "Slow Jams" featuring Jamie Fox and Twista; "All Falls Down" and the most breakthrough song of our century, "Jesus Walks", which was played in non-Jesus theme clubs and enjoyed as any other cub banger and "The New Workout Plan".
He would succeed at multiple platinum albums thereafter, including his followup album [The College Drop Out that would peak number 11 on the 2005 Billboard R&B/Hip Hop charts - number seven in hip hop - during a year dominated by 50 cent [which held the number 1 spot] and G unit which 50 Cent's protege, the Game, came in at number 5 and his label's [shady aftermath] founder Eminem came in at the 4 spot. With six successful studio albums reaching platinum status thus far out of the seven released,Yeezus being the exception, we are definitely in the dark as to how well his eighth studio album will be received, especially after his TMZ comment on slavery. Below is his album sales over the course of his career thus far.
Album Name Album Sales
The College Drop Out 3,358,000
Late Registration 3,100,000
Graduation 2,700,000
808s and HeartBreak 1,700,000
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 1,300,000
Yeezus 750,000
The Life of Pablo 2,000,000 (1500 streams = 1 album sold)
Controversy
Kanye West has been a controversial figure throughout his career. Involved in many outbursts that made the public scream, laugh and scratch our heads in wonder as to what the heck is wrong with Kanye, totally shocked by his actions. The list of outbursts has started all the way back in 2004 (the start of his career) to reaching present more recent times, totally forgivable, to say the least, but with the recent outburst on "slavery was a choice", well this one may be unforgettable and a career killer for Kanye, but that's beside the point. Kanye West has made many huge mistakes in his life that has been publicized, but we still managed to have a heart to forgive him and say, well hey, "That's just Kanye West" or "Kanye West is at it again"! We tend to anticipate what Kanaye West will do next and some hate Kanye and, well, the majority of us love him.
To describe Kanye West, we say genius, confident, ambitious, talented, curious and brave. Others may describe Kanye West as an idiot, stupid, foolish, ignorant, an a-hole, well, the point is well establish here, to each his own. No matter how you describe Kanye, he is a king♛ who has accomplished outstanding numbers in the hip hop industry, has had some incredibly influential one liners in his music, such as "I know you're happy, 'cause I can see it, so tell the voice inside your head to believe it" (Only One); "Everything I'm not, made me everything I am" (Everything I am) and "I'm trying to right my wrongs, it's funny, the same wrongs helped me write this song (Touch the Sky) and has contributed to 20 charities abroad, including, but not limited to: Common Ground Foundation, Make it Right, Red Cross, Stand up to Cancer Live 8 and Save the Children. Kanye West has been a huge influence on the hip hop culture [and any one else who decided to take a chance to lend an ear to Kanye West's music or lend an attentive eye to the good he contributes, overall]. Below is a list of the many mistakes that has caused much controversy among the public as a result of Kanye West's actions, from 2004 - 2012.
2004
* Outraged after losing to country star, Gretchen Wilson. Kanye West felt as though he was the best new artist and he expressed his disapproval in a sore loser type of way.
2005
* States that "AIDS is a man-made disease" during a Live 8 benefits concert.
* States that "George Bush doesn't care about black people", during a Hurricane Katrina relief concert.
2006
* After losing the Best Hip Hop trophy for his music video, "Touch the Sky", he rushes the stage claiming that his video "costed 1 million dollars" and because of this loss, "the awards show loses credibility" .
2007
* Rants about not being chosen to open for the 2007 MTV Video Awards, claiming that "they don't want a black man in that position". MTV chose Britney Spears that year.
2008
* Takes offense to Entertainment Weekly, giving him a B+ grade for his Glow in the Dark concert tour. He would take to his blog and write explicit content about the matter.
2009
Storms the stage of a Taylor Swift acceptance speech for a Best Female Video award and gets on the microphone and claims that "Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time".
2010
Cancels his musical performance on the Today show after tweeting that Matt Lauer cut parts of his interview off while he spoke on George Bush ,with a clip from the VMAs.
2011
He takes to Twiter about abortions. He states that "Gold diggin' bit**es be getting pregnant on purpose".
2012
West compares hisself to Hitler during a performance at England's Big Chill Festival.
The Slavery Was a Choice Comment and its reactions from many celebs
Now this Slavery is a choice comment seems to have taken the cake among the public. Many celebs aren't looking to get past the statement and says that they are done with Kanye: Eve; Willie D, Famous Dex are a few, leaving many others puzzled and confused on what to think and some just trusting the Kanye West process. What really seems to be the matter with Kanye West? Celebs address the "slavery was a choice" comment made by Kanye and here are some facts stated by each celeb from their respective interviews.
Janelle Monae (WPGC)- Disrespected. He has to educate himself a little bit more.
Many other of celebs had taken to YouTube and has expressed their opinions on the matter. Check out responses from Snoop Dogg, Gabrielle Union and Bill Bellamy.
The Kardashian Curse
So, it is a rumor circulating that the recent slavery comment by Kanye west was a product of the Kardashian curse, which has had many major negative affects on the men who have dated a Kardashian. Kanye West is currently married to Kim Kardashian. The two currently have three beautiful kids together:
As the past has revealed many unfortunate occurrences with the men of the Kardashians, we will dive into a few cases.
Some of the supposed victims of the Kardashian curse (their curses explained in a shortness of words):
Click here for a complete list of the Kardashian victims and how they were affected.
Kris Humfries, Akon and Brandy are a few celebrities who have gone on record to believe that the Kardashian curse is real.
The Lost of Kanye West's Mother
Marketing
Could Kanye be pulling a stunt to sell his new and upcoming album? As his new album is set to hit the market in June of 2018, this is the perfect time to create a buzz. Not sure if this is the type of buzz that he needs, as Kanye West has lost 9 million followers from, not only the slavery comment, but because of his support of trump. If you're losing that many followers there is a good chance that you are gonna lose some album sells as well. He may pick up a few new supporters with his statement [possibly], but how true is that comment? As those who are slave history savvy will tell you that the comment by Kanye West on slavery was completely idiotic, what does this say about his new album? A new song that he has teased the public with, titled, "Scoopity Poop" is...well, just ponder on the title for a minute.... and make your claim. Not sure about Kanye or his new album, but Charlmagne the God supposedly had heard cuts from the album and he says that it is a good album that talks about real life matters. We'll see!
Still a King ♛
Now to my main point of this article, Kanye West is still a king♛, should remain a king♛ and shouldn't have his crown taken. Let's take a look at some of the black celebrity influencers in the past and some of the accusations that they were faced with and the reason why we can honestly take their crown from them.
O.J. Simpson - Murder
Kanye West - ?????...oh yea, that's right, saying "Slavery was a choice". Yea, go screw yourself! Kanye West is still a king♛!
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