The struggle is real.

Fortunately, I don't have that level of debt. Oh, right, white male privilege. My bad.

And don't forget how he cries racism whenever he gets the chance:

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

"White publications need to stop talking about black music"

etc.

Yep, as IRA Darth Aggie just said - white privilege.

Just saw that "white publications" thing last night. Unbelievable.

"If there was some way of donating money that would ensure he had less money, I would donate in a heartbeat...."

You can probably do that by donating to Kanye. He will just borrow against it and spend everything.

Few things would bring me more joy than watching all his possessions sold at auction to pay his debts. Won't happen, of course, that's for us little people, but a girl can dream.

Kanye is useful as an example of what pop music has degenerated into. Back in the day, people like Sinatra or McCartney or Bono would spend hours rehearsing and doing take after take, trying to get it just right. Today, although there are exceptions, the pattern is for the "artist" to show up at the studio with entourage in tow, spend hours making a bunch of demands about how things should be set up and what amenities should be provided, then blow through the track one time (maybe twice if they're feeling especially inspired), and then it's time to go... got to be on time for the Conan taping! Putting it together and making it actually sound good... that's a job for the producer (and a bunch of software). Of course the producer will get no credit from the artist. The producers don't mind, though; they're laughing all the way to the bank.

I have a certain amount of sympathy for artists who wind up in debt because they spent a lot of money on their art. You can say it may not be smart, but at least they were trying to achieve something. Artists who make scads of money, and especially those who make a lot of money despite having little talent like Kanye, and then blow it all on lifestyle... they can go jump.

Wow! I also missed that Kanye referred to Swift in his new album:

"I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / Why? I made that bitch famous"

And she seems to have called him out for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJwChW1NXx8

So just where are the feminists and other Social Justice Warriors on Kanye's behaviour?

Or maybe this is all about making each other famous by fabricating public spats? Seriously, I wouldn't have really heard about/cared about either one if it weren't for these rants by Kanye.

Here's Kanye's famous Tweet forbidding "white publications" from commenting on "black music."

Kanye, get fucked.

I can't figure out how someone could blow through that much money and debt. Do they take baths in Cristal?

I await a cleverly worded Zuckerburg tweet telling him to piss off, although I doubt he has the time or interest to be involved in such nonsense.

I read the theory somewhere that this is just a ploy promoting his new album. Either way, though, fuck Kanye West.
...and on the whole Taylor Swift rivalry situation... I have little girls; we're obviously on team Taylor.

I can't figure out how someone could blow through that much money and debt. Do they take baths in Cristal?

Oh, probably the same way Mike Tyson was broke pretty much after he stopped fighting: hiring the wrong accounts who couldn't do much more than come up with accounting irregularities.

Also poor investments in ventures that didn't have a strong plan, or more likely didn't have any plan.

I almost feel sorry for the Kardashians...

Here's Kanye's famous Tweet forbidding "white publications" from commenting on "black music."

DEER LORD. Demand that your music not be played on white radio stations while yer at it...

Disney never needed to beg for money because he spent it like an idiot. Kenye has Aspergers

Demand that your music not be played on white radio stations while yer at it... ~ Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at February 16, 2016 10:33 AM

Are you kidding me? If it weren't for white suburban teenagers, rap would still be street music in the ghetto.

Don't forget, the first commercial rap song was by a whiter-than-white group, Blondie.

How the heck to you blow through $53 million?!!

Buy a franchise or two. Buy a car dealership or stock portfolio. Invest your money in things that make money.

Maybe he should take some advice from a business-savvy music star, like Taylor Swift.

http://mashable.com/2015/06/22/taylor-swifts-apple-music-savvy-businesswoman/#.MDNhf6QGSqm

"George Bush doesn't care about black people."

At least not the ones who are $53 million in debt.

I'll bet G-dub isn't sitting around laughing at Kanye's predicament, the way Kanye would be laughing if Bush were broke.

"All you dudes in San Fran play rap music in your homes but never help the real artists." He added that they were more interested in opening schools in Africa. "like you really helped the country", than - by implication - giving money to the one of the world's most high-profile celebrities. "All you guys had meetings with me and no one lifted a finger to help," he concluded.

Buying the album, that's how all the "dudes in San Fran" lift a finger to help the real artist. By the way, Kanye, we hate "San Fran" - it's "San Francisco").

@kanyewest Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas

Invest?

I don't think that word means what West thinks it does.

He sounds like he's losing his mind.

"He sounds like he's losing his mind. "

Well, Jesse Jackson showed up at the Ferguson riots and asked the locals to give him some money, so no, not crazy. Just ... shameless.

"Let's talk more about how superior we are to Kanye and Trump." - Dopey losers with no personal brand or understanding of marketing.

Also: you're assuming that Kanye is telling the truth. I'm not convinced he is.

"White publications need to stop talking about black music."

If white publications didn't talk about "black music" he'd be calling them racists for not covering black music.

Is this rap?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ9U4Cbb4wg

(The train scene from The Music Man)

I'm this generation's Disney

Just when you thought it wasn't possible for someone to have a bigger ego than Trump...