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Why does the paragraph about Kanye West his early life say Donda West served as his manager instead of worked as his manager? That sounds outdated and biased. 62.145.193.161 (talk) 13:48, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
“He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop musicians of all time, as well as one of the greatest musicians of his generation.”
We are not saying that he is one of the greatest and most influential. We are saying that he is widely regarded as such, which the citations show. – Muboshgu (talk) 02:45, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Umm Was gonna totally ise this point. It is widely debated his cult status of "greatest and most influential"
This is a ridiculous argument, like saying "Timmy didn't say he was the coolest in the world...HIS CLASSMATES say he's the coolest in the world"
Unless there is a clear consensus stuff like this shouldn't be included in the opening paragraph The Introvert Next To You (talk) 01:54, 28 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The issue here is that he is not widely regarded. Your sources are a no-name website, and a USA Today article with a. Clickbait title where they are debating whether he is or not.
"One of the greatest musicians of the 21st century" is clearly hyperbole and is also too vague. Music is a very broad category that includes classical, jazz, opera, etc. Budapest Joe (talk) 21:01, 11 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This article is primarily about Kanye West, before he legally changed his name. Names such as "The Louis Vuitton Don", "Konman", "Yeezy" and "Ye" were at the time merely nicknames. --Bejnar (talk) 14:46, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. I would like to suggest that in the begining line of the article: Ye, born Kanye Omari West, better known by his birth name Kanye West, is an..." be reformatted to omit the repition of his birth name and to instead reflect the following: "Ye, better know by his birth name Kanye Omari West, is an...". 2600:100C:B24A:6EE0:175B:8ABB:F387:AAE5 (talk) 03:33, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Can we wait for other sources or see what becomes of this? We are not the news or tabloid and not sure if we should include every tweet that receives coverage. The subject says and tweets alot of stuff. Thoughts? Malerooster (talk) 14:43, 9 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Under the Personal views section, should there also be some mention of material that was edited out (and leaked) from the original interview? For example, the fact that he said he is vaccinated, among other things? Here are some sources:
During the infamous 'Slavery Was a Choice' interview back in 2018 West confessed his love for Adolf Hitler. He said something like, ‘I love Hitler, I love Nazis.’