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Summary <p>The rapper seemed to have blown his career up two years ago with a string of offensive comments. But now he has another album at No 1</p><p>Over the course of about a month in late 2022, Kanye West seemingly blew up his career for ever. Weeks of increasingly erratic behaviour culminated in a slip into full-blown reactionary populism with a series of offensive stunts, including but not limited to: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/04/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-t-shirt-paris-fashion-week">wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt</a>, reviving hoary antisemitic tropes about Jews controlling the media, and threatening on X (then Twitter) to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/09/kanye-west-ye-instagram-twitter-accounts-locked-antisemitic-posts">go “death con 3” on Jews</a>.</p><p>Within weeks, West’s record label and publisher – Universal Music Group and Sony Music Publishing, respectively – terminated their contracts with him; he was dropped by his agency, CAA; and Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap canned their continuing collaborations. The vast majority of his $2bn (£1.6bn) net worth evaporated overnight. <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kanye-west-antisemitism-backlash-1234617665/">Kanye Is Never Coming Back From This</a> read the headline of one Rolling Stone article at the time.</p><p>Shaad D’Souza is a freelance culture journalist</p><p><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tone/letters"> letters</a> section, please <a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.">click here</a>.</strong></em></p><p><br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/03/kanye-west-rapper-career-comments-album-no-1">Continue reading...</a>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-03 14:39:10.000000000 Z carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: US general21 macro_region: USA image: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a7ee7021eead0225a6ee2f38579b38fb7b7b067a/0_33_3600_2160/master/3600.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=8537b2687092b8ea849a23f3ab42dee6 entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier guid: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/03/kanye-west-rapper-career-comments-album-no-1 title: Kanye’s back – labels might care about his misdeeds, but the public doesn’t seem to | Shaad D'Souza categories: - Kanye West - Music - Culture - Pop and rock - Hip-hop - Rap - US news - World news summary: '<p>The rapper seemed to have blown his career up two years ago with a string of offensive comments. But now he has another album at No 1</p><p>Over the course of about a month in late 2022, Kanye West seemingly blew up his career for ever. Weeks of increasingly erratic behaviour culminated in a slip into full-blown reactionary populism with a series of offensive stunts, including but not limited to: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/04/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-t-shirt-paris-fashion-week">wearing a White Lives Matter T-shirt</a>, reviving hoary antisemitic tropes about Jews controlling the media, and threatening on X (then Twitter) to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/09/kanye-west-ye-instagram-twitter-accounts-locked-antisemitic-posts">go “death con 3” on Jews</a>.</p><p>Within weeks, West’s record label and publisher – Universal Music Group and Sony Music Publishing, respectively – terminated their contracts with him; he was dropped by his agency, CAA; and Adidas, Balenciaga and Gap canned their continuing collaborations. The vast majority of his $2bn (£1.6bn) net worth evaporated overnight. <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/kanye-west-antisemitism-backlash-1234617665/">Kanye Is Never Coming Back From This</a> read the headline of one Rolling Stone article at the time.</p><p>Shaad D’Souza is a freelance culture journalist</p><p><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tone/letters"> letters</a> section, please <a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20with%20your%20letter%20below.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author%27s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20where%20necessary.">click here</a>.</strong></em></p><p><br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/03/kanye-west-rapper-career-comments-album-no-1">Continue reading...</a>' rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - image url: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/03/kanye-west-rapper-career-comments-album-no-1 author: Shaad D'Souza

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