Why I’ve Finally Given Up on Kanye West

Unlike artists like Michael Jackson or R.Kelly, whose controversies sat in the shadows until they were outed, Kanye West has, for years, been airing out his dirty laundry on a public clothesline.
In the last month or so, Kanye broke a streak of social media silence by appearing at Paris Fashion Week sporting “White Lives Matter” slogan tees aside populist right-wing pundit, Candace Owens. A few days later he’d air private conversations with Supreme’s Tremaine Evory on his instagram, distastefully discussing the late designer Virgil Abloh. Then, a barrage of...