KANYE West has issued a lengthy apology for his anti-Semitism, blaming his mental illness. But the world has yet to forgive him for these:
Shuttershades
To launch his third album, Kanye decided to rip off Daft Punk, rip off anime Akira in the video and to wear shades which combined all the style of a Venetian blind with all the visibility afforded by a stuck Venetian blind. A generation of impressionable dickheads went out in them. Those who lived through that era are still recovering.
Yeezys
Realising any mass-produced plastic shit he promoted would be wildly popular, Kanye launched his own shoe line and was proven right. Subnormal sneakerheads entered lotteries to win the chance to pay £120 for a big pair of swirly Crocs. The damage caused was mitigated by most buyers being too precious to ever wear them.
Making all rappers think they’re interior designers
With the knock-on effect that every rapper, previously content with banging on about how they got shot once, became convinced they too were a genius at interior design or fashion. Leading us to Pharrell Williams, a man who spent years in shorts and T-shirts so large it was as if he’d been unwittingly shrunk, becoming creative director for Louis Vuitton.
Glastonbury
In 2015, Kayne headlined the festival. His British fans tuned in gleefully, ready to see their hero demonstrate what makes him so brilliant to mum and dad, ready for a parade of famous guests. They were disappointed on both counts as a man alone on stage in paint-spattered denim did a shite set with an even shiter version of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Making a video where he killed his ex-wife’s new boyfriend
Fully in the territory of madness now, but an apology for the video for Eazy where Kim Kardashian’s new fling Pete Davidson was buried alive is in order. To Pete for the intimidation, to the world for the shite animated video which wouldn’t have been shown on Screen Test and to his fans for the f**king song.
Making his wife be naked
Fashion? No fashion designer is selling nudity because it costs nothing to buy. And much as a certain proportion of the population appreciated Bianca Censori’s various looks, when she is naked and Kanye is swathed in head-to-toe opaque black it’s a vision of fashion taken from a 12-year-old’s masturbatory fantasies. Fantastic boobs, yes, but still.