Kanye west is a man of many talents. He is a musician, songwriter, record producer, film director, and fashion designer. West suggests that his music is more advanced than any other of our time. He’s going to raise above our culture limitations and revolutionize the bar for good rap music. But should Kanye West be the leader of the zeitgeist? Yes Kanye should be the leader of the zeitgeist because he captures the zeitgeist of the modern male, he is larger than life in an endearing human way, and he lives by his own morals.
Kanye is shaping the way male in his generation dresses. In his XXL article multiple Grammy winner Kanye West says “I even do the ultimate ta boo of hip-hop and actually wear my pants on my waist”. West image has gone against what hip-hop traditionally considers normal, and he has influenced a lot of what define the normal male look. Kanye also has good taste. The clothes he wear are what male of this generation think are fashionable. Kanye said ‘’ my biggest goal is to be anchored in taste and beauty; He had done bad things but he will start to apply good taste.” He is strinving to be the best at what he does. Kanye will continue to change people’s view of hip- hop and he will continue to define the modern day male.
Changing the look of modern male isn’t all West is good at doing. He is good at seeing himself as bigger than life and making people believes that he is. At the VMA in 2009, when West interrupted Taylor Swift and said “Beyonce had the best record of the year she should have won.”This was yet another episode on a growing list of outrageous self aggrandizing scenes. Most people were angry at him for doing that, but it’s moments like this that make West seem so endearing. He is a character, but people still see themselves in him. By saying what he said, West was being god in his own way. He was thinking just because he say what he believed, it might changed the outcome but he just came out looking like an egotistic person. His...