The American rapper who takes the cake on the trending topic list every year and so, the one and only, Kanye West is back at it again. As we might already know, Kanye--who now goes by Ye--is outspoken when it comes to voicing his opinions about things he's not fond of. In many cases, Kanye often called names out of the blue and blew big drama within the music industry. We've seen it all with the infamous Taylor Swift's VMA's speech invasion that quickly becomes the birth of conflict between the two stars.
Recently, he blew up social media (again). It started with an edit he created that borrows Marvel's Captain America: Civil War poster. In the edit he made, he replaced all movie casts with pictures of him and the people who are on his team, which consists of Drake, Julia Fox, Travis Scott, and Future. While the other side, depicting his 'enemies' are ex-wife Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson, Kid Cudi, Billie Eilish, and Taylor Swift. He may have already deleted the post, but it's all over the internet. The image of Kanye opening an editing application like Photoshop or Picsart and slapping cropped faces of his squad and enemies side is quite something to me.
The aforementioned artists who are his nemesis are the ones with whom he had conflicted, such as; Pete Davidson, Kim's new love partner, and Kid Cudi, a friend of Pete Davidson. Not long ago, Kanye released an ultimatum for Billie Eilish to apologize to Travis Scott. The story behind this was because of a gesture Billie did during her Coachella stage where she stopped her performance midway to give an inhaler to someone from the crowd. A news outlet then ran the story with the headline that says "Billie Eilish dissed Travis Scott at her concert after she stopped the show to give her fan an inhaler!' accompanied by an alleged quote from Billie: "I wait for people to be okay before I keep going."
Kanye then translated this occurrence with a thought in mind that Billie was referring to Travis Scott and the Astroworld concert tragedy. So, Kanye posted the article on his Instagram and demanded an apology from Billie, or else he refused to go on the Coachella stage.
It doesn't stop there, of course. He went onto Instagram and post a set of pictures of Kim Kardashian with their children, North West, Saint West, Psalm West, and Chicago West, with a caption that says, "GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER" in capslock. The month of love makes Ye reminisce about his family with Kim, perhaps?
Another Instagram post follows with a long caption in capslock, his typing signature I suppose, stating how Kanye didn't expect he will beat Superbowl on the trending topic list. After that, Kanye went on to say how he's fighting for his family and criticizing Pete Davidson, to which he wrote as, "SKETE", and is described as someone who, "LURKS IN EVERY DIRTY ASS ALLEY WAITING TO HELP DESTROY YOUR FAMILY AND WALK AROUND WITH CALVIN CLEINS AROUND YOUR CHILDREN." He finished the caption by tagging Kim Kardashian and said, "ALWAYS REMEMBER WEST WAS YOUR BIGGEST W".
This meltdown Kanye is experiencing truly becomes the talk of the town. While some of his supporters may have encouraged him, the common responses, especially on Twitter, are more likely making fun of his behavior. For instance, one tweet says, "Kanye's Instagram is what my spam looks like during a manic episode". However, a lot of people also show their concern about Kanye and think that perhaps he really needs serious mental professional help. What do you think about Kanye's meltdown? Is it just a one time thing, or is it the tip of the iceberg?
(HAI/MEL)