Kanye West might have finally done it — he might have finally exhausted his own fanbase because frankly, it seems like nobody really cares about Yeezy anymore.
Especially when it comes to his music.
They were willing to put up with his random rants during concerts, chalking it up to his mental illness. Some could even stomach his White House meeting with Donald Trump last year while supporting the Jesus Is King album and his latest adidas collab.
But now? Now people are tired of him. They’re tired of hearing about his narcissistic run for president. They’re tired of his tear-filled, pro-life diatribes and seemingly endless, often incoherent Twitter sprees. In fact, Hip Hop fans barely batted an eyelash when he dropped his new single “Nah Nah Nah” on Tuesday night (October 14). Nobody’s talking about it. Nobody’s tweeting, “Hey, you hear that new Kanye?”
But if this was, say, 2005 and Kanye had just dropped Late Registration, Kanye fandom would be at an all-time high. Back then, he could do no wrong. That was Kanye in his prime. Kanye pre-Kardashian. Kanye pre-MAGA. Kanye pre-“We Miss Old Kanye” rhetoric.
But those days are over. Kanye has successfully alienated some of his most ardent supporters and in their place, detractors have sprouted up left and right, those who love to see Ye fail. Morally questionable or not, it’s more fun to mock Kanye than it is to jump on the Ye train in 2020.
And it’s showing in his album sales too. Ye’s aforementioned sophomore effort debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling over 860,000 copies in its first week. Subsequent albums Graduation, 808 Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Watch The Throne with JAY-Z continued topping the charts, resulting in millions of sales.
Over the last seven years, Yeezus, The Life of Pablo, Ye and Jesus Is King have also hit the chart at No. 1, but the first-week numbers were nowhere near where they were in the past. Ye, which was released in 2018, reeled in around 208,000 total album equivalent units while JIK hovered around 264,000. Sure, those are numbers any aspiring rapper would dream of having, but this is Kanye we’re talking about. A 21x-Grammy Award winner who urinates on them like it’s nothing. A relentless creative force — not just anyone.
Speaking of albums, Kanye has been dangling his 11th studio album — the tentatively titled Donda: With Child — in front of people’s faces for months. In early July, shortly after dropping the video for “Wash Us In The Blood” featuring Travis Scott — he touted a July 24 release date, only to disappoint whatever’s left of his fans again when it didn’t drop.
This has become a trend over the past few years as his album rollouts have become increasingly messy. The listening party for Ye was held at his Wyoming ranch in 2018 and all types of industry types flew out to hear this “masterpiece” Kanye thinks all of his albums are. But as the clock struck midnight EST, the project didn’t surface and instead of an album, people sat around listening to the sounds of crackling bonfires and fingers furiously typing on laptops for hours. While Ye ultimately popped up on streaming services the next day, that was time people couldn’t get back.
Then came Jesus Is King, which was arguably the sloppiest rollout of his career — multiple name changes, brief TIDAL exclusivity and songs getting tweaked after it was put up on all DSPs was enough to make Jesus Christ himself roll over in his tomb.
When Kayne does decide to unleash Donda: With Child, God’s Country or whatever the hell it’s going to be called, there will inevitably be some kind of snafu that will, once again, not surprise anyone.
Then there’s that whole “KANYE FOR PRESIDENT 2020” debacle. Ye infuriated a gaggle of Democrats (and likely some Republicans, too) on the Fourth of July when he announced he was running in the 2020 election as a member of (sigh) The Birthday Party — is he just trying to steal votes from Joe Biden to help get Trump re-elected? After all, he’s sported the infamous red MAGA hat on numerous occasions and never hid his admiration for the former (current?) reality television star. The White House meeting, the photo opps, the tweets … wow, Kanye was on one, right?
But during an interview with Forbes, Kanye proudly proclaimed he was “taking the red hat off,” seemingly disavowing his allegiance to the sitting president. But is it all a ploy? According to TMZ, California Republicans are eating this moment up and admitting to using Kanye to steal votes from Biden.
Earlier this month, Ye was actually chosen to run as Vice-President in the California election by the American Independent Party (AIP). Vice Chairman of the AIP Markham Robinson flatly stated party leaders chose Kanye to be on the ticket with AIP presidential nominee Rocky De La Fuente as an anti-Democratic strategy. They allegedly want to “help siphon” votes from Biden to increase the likelihood of a Republican remaining in the White House.
Cute, right?
While Kanye did elicit some mixed emotions (part pity, part “ugh”) after his wife Kim Kardashian addressed his bipolar disorder on social media, people’s willingness to ignore him has appeared to only increase — and that’s with his new partnership with Gap (which who knows if the company is kicking themselves for linking up with a loose cannon) and his god awful Yeezy slides.
So if Kanye’s disastrous album rollouts, temper tantrums and failed promises weren’t enough to make fans run the other way, his bid for president had to do it. That is, unless some of you actually want a racist narcissist to remain in office.
Either way, Kanye continues to be a spectacle — mental illness or not — but it’s a spectacle people are ready to kiss goodbye.
Ye in general we just don’t care about
Thank you. Kanye is played.
Read Rick Wilson’s book Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever and you’ll see why the people have given up on him, that’s the root. Kanye aligned himself with the wrong person.
Rick Wilson is a FAILED Republican strategist that ran Mitt Romney’s campaign like an idiot and lost and then was broke and having his house foreclosed on so he found a new hustle: Getting money from liberal billionaires to run Anti-Trump Lincoln project “ads” on Twitter while pocketing millions for himself and even wrote a crappy book to cash in on Democrats desperation further. Rick Wilson also proudly flew the confederate flag on his Twitter account and on his wife’s Twitter account and posted about “south will rise again” until those pics were noticed by Trump supporters and Rick Wilson was told to eff himself after which he removed those pics and pretended they never happened. When you bought his book you supported a RACIST that wants “south to rise again” so of course Rick Wilson supports Joe Biden because Joe Biden’s best friend in the Senate was Democrat Senator and KKK Grand Dragon Robert C. Byrd and Biden wrote together with Byrd the 1994 crime bill and all the laws on drugs, prison, crime, sentencing under Reagan, George H.W. Bush and first two years of Clinton because Democrats had MAJORITY and as a result Biden was the Senate Judiciary Committee leader.
lol shut up bitch
Your mad
Butthurt kile
Kanye richer than jay z and he isn’t even a heartless businessman like jay is . This articles opinions literally irrelevant
There’s a whole lot of fact in here though bruh.
You’re crazy. Kanye is finished and you’re on his nutzzzzzzzzzz ahaaha
Kanye does what he wants because he can. That’s absolute freedom. We all fight for it don’t we? Yet when a man speaks something we don’t agree with, he’s done. This world ain’t going nowhere. You only want to hear what you want to hear, and that is why you get what you deserve. Fuck you.
There is no such thing as absolute freedom because true freedom comes with responsibility. Time for a lot of folks to grow up.
No. With true freedom you do whatever you want to do. How your actions are received or judged depends on the law, ethics and common sense of the people in the society you live in, and that may vary. Free is free.
I don’t have to agree with his views to acknowledge this guy is a genius.
He more of a penis than a genius bruh…
I agree. Nobody cares about this guy anymore. Even if he had a bipolar attack and ran down the street naked in nothing but a red hat and yeezys, nothing can save him as a rapper again. At least he still has Kim. But that might not last if he becomes a bum.
I thought Jesus is King was a decent album. I’m getting tired of hearing about drip, trap houses and brands that don’t support us. I’m sick of Megan stealing everyone’s beats. She’s a cover rapper. I’m sick of hearing about Cardi B’s WAP, that wasn’t WAP enough to keep her man from creepin. I love me some Nicki though, she’s got talent and a sick flow. If it wasn’t for Ye I wouldn’t have been bumping Christian music in my whip. He brings a newness to a crazy world. People need to just let him live his life and if you don’t like what he is saying, hit the mute button. Don’t follow him. Keep it pushin!
“Wasn’t wap enough to keep her man from creeping” gold
“Kanye West Doesn’t Care About Black People”
Is this pol!tically driven? Kanye is a rapper, producer, and has been in the game for a very long time – you guys should show a bit more respect, regardless of who he votes for
Kanye is hands down a legend in hip hop but in politics Nobody cares. I agree with the article ???
i would think that nobody caring about him would be a blessing in disguise for the brother. and so be it, because he has more money than a lot of people will never have and people will still love him and his music. his music will always be there for people to listen to and enjoy. don’t listen to the hater kanye.
Nah, you dont care about him and the cucks online follow suit but overall people care about and love him. Last album was beautiful, and I’m not even religious. This last song wasnt that good, the song before was flames. His recent success both musically (JIK is only 1 year old) and in fashion indicate that people still care about him.
As a conservative, if I stopped listening to every artist who had liberal views, I’d have barely any music to listen to. If you don’t like Kanye because he’s pro-life, you’ve got some serious privilege. Enjoy it!
Jesus is not rolling around in the tomb, He is alive. Even if that was intended as a joke- it’s false and demonic. I pray you could come to embrace the (exclusivity) of Christianity.
So, you’re saying he’s a 2020-year-old dude chilling somewhere out there? Also, Christianity is not the only religion there is, so I don’t know about that exclusivity either.
It was a funny punchline though … I kinda like this version of Kanye, he’s embraced the psycho within. He’s being honest, he doesn’t care about anything but himself and that is not easy. He’s literally acting like he doesn’t give a fk about opinions but those opinions have turned him into a psycho … Kanye is literally the male version of Azalea Banks with better music … PnL
What kinda smear campaign article is this . Kanye is a legend and we love him !
Word up, I’m real tired of him these days. He’s running for president but hasn’t even shared any of his policies, beliefs, etc. Just drop music and make overpriced clothes bro
Apparently the morons who comment on DX don’t know what “Editorial” means.
Then again you live off smearing him
Just ignore him-there are nutts all over the world
“THE KANYE WEST NOBODY CARES ABOUT” / Best article EVER! don’t be surprised if he calls you out during his next rant though … PnL
It’s true, go on Twitter and 90% of ppl who follow him and comment are annoyed af by him including myself.
Kanye West jumped the shark 15 years ago. It’s actually astounding that some people have been checking out his shit for this long after all the dumb shit that’s spanned over a decade. Fuck it, even Kanye probably unfollowed himself by this point!
I been off Kanye for a while now. His solo music is trash, I don’t wear yeezy’s and quite frankly I don’t like him as a person. The antics are annoying and unnecessary. Attention becomes more valuable currency when you’re monetarily rich.
Id urge people to listen to his words instead of listening to people like this. This is an opinion piece and not reflective of his actual trajectory. GAP are kicking themselves for increasing their value by over a billion? He’s had one song that people didn’t care much about and that’s enough to write off a 15 year career? Wait until donda drops before writing him off. Of the Dre Collab. Listen to him speak. And don’t listen to the spin
The Kanye West noone cares about. Except as wrote an entire article about him. You’ve dirtied him here for clicks. It’s ugly.
Because his views dont align with yours, nobody cares about him? That makes 0 sense. He’s a legend, still makes good music overall. His brand value has never been higher (because people care about him), he claims he is trying to end homelessness with his dome city business. He’s always been “out there”, he’s always gone against the grain and people loved it. He continues to be out there, he continues to go against the grain and now he’s hated because you just want someone thinks like you, not someone who thinks freely. I dont care if you are left, right, white or black; think for yourself and appreciate others with their diverse opinions. So his millions of followers and customers would highly disagree with you. If nobody cared, how could he potentially steal votes from Biden? Why worry if nobody cares about him? This site is full of clowns, and it’s fine, be a clown, but dont put your clownness on everyone else.
Slavery was a choice
He is a jack ass ,Obama called him a jack ass ,and it was perfect he is a ego maniac ,
Why do you guys delete comments like for real their just words!! Are you that triggered off the comments?
This article got put up as the main story on this site for like 30 seconds before it got buried under all the other boring shit you guys post. That’s what happens when you totally misjudge the situation. What a trash ass article.
Koonye Stans on here hard! Defending their ManGod! Pathetic! Become Shepherds you bitches and stop being SHEEPLE! Bleeting away like new born lambs springing to the defence of two narcissists, one who worship the other and the other who couldn’t give a fuck about his crazed boot licker house negro because he hates sharing the stage with anyone! Koonye is a disgrace right now who needs to change his meds and seek urgent therapy outside of the public eye!
Wow bruh you need a hug!
What an awful pile of garbage that this article is. I would seriously reconsider my career choice after writing something as ridiculous as this shit.
So no one cares about him yet you’re here writing a whole article about him?
So you going to defend, a black man that supports a racist White supremacist ? trump bought and paid for with a check and ppp loan . A long with a few other washed up rappers.
Your an idiot trump is not the racist one stop listening to the slave cast
Dont know why anyone listens to this guy anymore. His music sucks hard ass and his antics to seek attention are even more PATHETIC. An old man trying REAL hard to stay relevent. Legend my ass. If you think this guy is ‘legendary’ you’re just as idiotic as he is. Pandering to the religious crowd is his last stand. PANDERING. If he’s got a mental illness and you want this guy as president again, you’re an idiot and you can fuck off. You shouldn’t be voting.
I didn’t even post , your post said it all ? couldn’t have said it better myself .
Yeah that’s not how democracy works. Pandering is what you called it. Of anything it risked alienating his fans. Not pandering to them. Take off your shades.
You can’t think for yourself? He is mental because he can be a man and show his emotions to the world? Turn the slave cast off bro it rots your brain and is full of lies…
one thing should be clear from this: Jesus Christ is not in his tomb. He is risen. Thank you for your time.
This is crap. Let Ye be Ye. The man actually has the right to do whatever he wants and supports whoever. Some salty liberals in the comments saying hes cancelled and trash. The man is and always will be more than whatever your favourite artist has ever been. If he passes, see how everyone would jump on the Ye train.