So most know my feelings here. We’ve had heated conversations over this. My favorite artist ever. ye still hit me in a way all of his past stuff has, I truly love that record. And I wouldn’t be surprised if YANDHI does the same. I will listen, in some capacity (re:illegally) However. I think I’ve also reached the point where I can no longer support him financially. Buying music and tickets is probably out of the question from here on out. He would literally have to use the SNL stage to denounce every single one of these individuals he has propped up. That includes pissing on that stupid red hat mid performance. Edit: watching Ford go through what she went through today while Kanye is parading around in that fucking hat was enough for me.
Gonna be a supremely shitty weekend with the Kavanaugh vote tomorrow and Kanye appearing on SNL/releasing his latest album that features a song about a woman’s worth being based on the elasticity of their vagina.
Feel like this wave of what seems like literally everyone in music praising him is being so forced now.
Sounds like a lot of artists (J.Cole in particular) felt like he had a message and the desire/potential to become a better person, which, given the brutality of his crimes, is...yikes.
my friend actually sent me this video yesterday, it's a good overview of everything. It's relevant to this convo
So many people that I appreciate and have considered decent people are Pro-XXX. It's gotten to the point where I can't even get upset about it because then I'm upset with everyone. Like, Daniel Caesar posted about a XXX vigil on Instagram and he's someone I'd otherwise consider a stand-up dude. Everything around XXX is so bizarre. If people don't want art to be used to explain an example of how an artist is a bad person, it shouldn't be used to show that they're good. Art is expression but it's also a projection of what an artist wants us to see.
I mean, XXX was about to be all over everyone’s album regardless of what happened. He was right on the brink of being featured everywhere and now it’s happening.
The mourning of XXXTENTACION shows just how influential teenage social media activity really is. It's depressing how many abusive people are influential amongst the youth and are held up by them.
idk, i saw some stuff the victim was saying after xxx passed that really made me second guess coming down so hard on everyone that was sad he died. its still fuck xxx but fuck everyone who says anything positive about xxx isnt really the move. because that includes the victim.