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Comment: TODO - Please incorporate info from sources to each section + find more sources demonstrating impact and legacy. Feel free to see this discussion for guidance if wanted. PantheonRadiance (talk) 02:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Kanye West is an American rapper noted for his cultural impact by various journalists and scholars.^[1]

Analysis

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In popular culture

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Fashion

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Influence on other artists

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bailey, Julius (March 6, 2014). The Cultural Impact of Kanye West. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-39582-5.
^ Richardson, Chris (February 10, 2011). ""Can't Tell Me Nothing": Symbolic Violence, Education, and Kanye West". Popular Music and Society. 34: 97–112. doi:10.1080/03007766.2011.539831.
^ Cullen, Shaun (February 17, 2016). "The Innocent and the Runaway: Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and the Cultural Politics of Racial Melodrama". Journal of Popular Music Studies. 28: 33–50. doi:10.1111/jpms.12160.
^ LaFrance, Marc; Burns, Lori; Woods, Alyssa (March 16, 2017). "Doing Hip Hop Masculinity Differently: Exploring Kanye's 808s and Heartbreak Through Word, Sound and Image". The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music and Gender. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-04204-4.
^ Monteverde, Giuliana; McCollum, Victoria (September 4, 2020). Resist! Protest Media and Popular Culture in the Brexit-Trump Era. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-317-04204-4.
^ Wright, Joshua K. (January 14, 2022). "Wake Up, Mr. West" Kanye West and the Double Consciousness of Black Celebrity. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-4440-0.
^ Curry, Tommy J. (2014). "Pessimistic Themes in Kanye West's Necrophobic Aesthetic: Moving beyond Subjects of Perfection to Understand the New Slave as a Paradigm of Anti-Black Violence". The Pluralist. 9 (3): 18–37. doi:10.5406/pluralist.9.3.0018. JSTOR 10.5406/pluralist.9.3.0018.
^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (May 2, 2018). "'I miss the old Kanye': what has happened to rap's most complex star?". The Guardian.
^ O'Neal, Sean (April 9, 2009). "South Park: "Fishsticks"". The A.V. Club.
^ ^a ^b ^c Complex (July 2022). "How Ye Changed Everything". Complex.
^ Twohey, Megan (October 27, 2023). "Kanye and Adidas: Money, Misconduct and the Price of Appeasement". The New York Times.
^ Caramanica, Jon (April 10, 2015). "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Kanye West". The New York Times.
^ Wood, Mikael (March 4, 2022). "As Coachella approaches, Kanye West's legacy hangs by a thread". Los Angeles Times.
^ Bry, Dave (June 18, 2013). "Kanye West Is the Most Important Artist of the 21st Century". Complex.

[Bailey-1] Bailey, Julius (March 6, 2014). The Cultural Impact of Kanye West. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-39582-5.

[Richardson-2] Richardson, Chris (February 10, 2011). ""Can't Tell Me Nothing": Symbolic Violence, Education, and Kanye West". Popular Music and Society. 34: 97–112. doi:10.1080/03007766.2011.539831.

[Cullen-3] Cullen, Shaun (February 17, 2016). "The Innocent and the Runaway: Kanye West, Taylor Swift, and the Cultural Politics of Racial Melodrama". Journal of Popular Music Studies. 28: 33–50. doi:10.1111/jpms.12160.

[LaFrance/Burns/Woods-4] LaFrance, Marc; Burns, Lori; Woods, Alyssa (March 16, 2017). "Doing Hip Hop Masculinity Differently: Exploring Kanye's 808s and Heartbreak Through Word, Sound and Image". The Routledge Research Companion to Popular Music and Gender. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-317-04204-4.

[Monteverde/McCollum-5] Monteverde, Giuliana; McCollum, Victoria (September 4, 2020). Resist! Protest Media and Popular Culture in the Brexit-Trump Era. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 978-1-317-04204-4.

[Wright-6] Wright, Joshua K. (January 14, 2022). "Wake Up, Mr. West" Kanye West and the Double Consciousness of Black Celebrity. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-4440-0.

[Curry-7] Curry, Tommy J. (2014). "Pessimistic Themes in Kanye West's Necrophobic Aesthetic: Moving beyond Subjects of Perfection to Understand the New Slave as a Paradigm of Anti-Black Violence". The Pluralist. 9 (3): 18–37. doi:10.5406/pluralist.9.3.0018. JSTOR 10.5406/pluralist.9.3.0018.

[Beaumont-Thomas-8] Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (May 2, 2018). "'I miss the old Kanye': what has happened to rap's most complex star?". The Guardian.

[O'Neal-9] O'Neal, Sean (April 9, 2009). "South Park: "Fishsticks"". The A.V. Club.

[Complex1-10] Complex (July 2022). "How Ye Changed Everything". Complex.

[Twohey-11] Twohey, Megan (October 27, 2023). "Kanye and Adidas: Money, Misconduct and the Price of Appeasement". The New York Times.

[Caramanica-12] Caramanica, Jon (April 10, 2015). "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Kanye West". The New York Times.

[Wood-13] Wood, Mikael (March 4, 2022). "As Coachella approaches, Kanye West's legacy hangs by a thread". Los Angeles Times.

[Complex2-14] Bry, Dave (June 18, 2013). "Kanye West Is the Most Important Artist of the 21st Century". Complex.

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