I’m a veteran of many Kanye wars. I’ve seen some shit. I’ve heard some shit. From all sides of the spectrum. Some are rational, others are sheepishly inane regurgitations of something they heard on facebook. Others are straight up unintelligible blabbering. War, war never changes.

I have no problem with the “I dont like his personality” people. Guy is a grade-A douche and there’s no denying that. But you should hear the stupid shit some people say to justify their hatred of him. People treat him like he is a rapist antisemite that kills dogs on the weekends by slowly hitting them with wooden spoons or something. The guy is just a bit of a loud mouth, that’s all.

And let’s be real here, founded on a kind of rational base or not, him being popular definitely does come into play when it comes to him being specifically targeted. Do you know how many rappers have the same kind of braggadocious persona that Kanye has? Fucking many. From Jay Z, to Danny Brown, passing through people like Drake. They all have history of bragging themselves to mount olympus. I mean, Eminem’s latest hit? Literally “Rap god”. And yet you will see some of the people that hate kanye for being a douchey self centered arrogant asshole simultaneously praising people that have made songs where they explain how they invented sex or some shit like that. Now, some people just outright dismiss rap in general and with those I have nothing more to say. At least they are consistent in their irrational hate. The others is the ones I don’t get.

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely understand the complain. Most of those braggy rappers drop the act outside of their songs while Kanye doesn’t. Kanye acts publicly like he hired the world’s worst PR manager. Even for the most die hard Kanye fan, his actions are impossible to defend.

What gets me is that people are not willing to see through that facade and get into his music. I mentioned I would have plenty of dollars if I had one everytime someone rolled their eyes at my Kanye fandom. I would also have a whole bunch of dollars for everyone of those people I’ve convinced he is actually a really freaking good musician and entertainer by showing them his music. I must have heard the line “Wow, I didn’t know Kanye produced that song!” or “this is actually pretty alright, I didn’t know he made this” dozens of times.

When I say “throw ignorant and unfounded vitriol” I mean it. I cant count the number of people that hated Kanye that hadn’t heard more than 2 songs by him. Those are the ones I’m talking about. And yeah, there were tons of people in team “I hate him because of his personality” too.

All in all, my point is; there’s all levels of Kanye hating and he gets a lot because he is famous and kind of a low hanging fruit. Doesn’t change the fact that he is actually a pretty goddamn gifted musician that has been churning out hits and influencing the rap game for more than 11 years. I don’t know about you but that’s goddamn impressive to me for someone who is 38 years old.

Now I’ll retire back to my corner before some fuccboi comes in here and prompts me to ride Kanye’s dick harder.