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8 Great Points Kanye West Made That Were Overshadowed by His Brash Delivery and Reputation

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Kanye West performing

Lack of Creativity in the Music Industry

When West launched one of many on-stage rants, the world was more focused on the fact that they found his rants disruptive and annoying than they did on the fact that he said what many had been thinking all along — where is the creativity in much of today’s mainstream music? As he pondered on this question himself, he also pointed out that the control over mainstream media is forcing artists to become bland and “homogenized” in hopes that they can get their music on the radio. For that very reason, West said mainstream media isn’t where he wants to be anymore. “But it’s still sometimes like there’s no good ideas,” he said as he took the stage at the London Hammersmith Apollo in 2013. “And no real ideas and nothing sincere left. And everything has been so homogenized. And it’s all big business and it’s no creativity … Honestly, at this point, when I listen to radio, that ain’t where I wanna be no more.”

North West and Kanye

Fear of Privacy-Invading Drones Becoming Dangerous

Last fall, West opened up about an unusual fear, but it wasn’t long before one reporter did some extra digging to discover that the hip-hop star’s fears weren’t as irrational as everyone made them seem. The fear was drones electrocuting his daughter. West has spotted drones flying nearby before, and it actually is possible that a pilot could make an error and send the electronic device plunging into a pool where North West might be learning how to swim. “Is your daughter stalked by, like, drones?” the hip-hop star asked Nate Goldberg, the lawyer of the paparazzo West allegedly attacked. “Are there drones flying where she’s trying to learn how to swim at age 1? Wouldn’t you like to just teach your daughter how to swim without a drone flying? What happens if a drone falls right next to her? Would it electrocute her?” Fox News admitted they were surprised to be admitting West was right about anything before reporting that he made an “excellent point” because the “FAA estimates there will likely be 7,500 or more hobbyist drone operators within five years” and “we’re seeing the tendency” to use them to spy on celebrities.

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