Most successful creators end up selling out.
They sacrifice the ONE THING that made them successful to chase money and fame.
The only mainstream exception?
Kanye West.
Here's how Ye uses this ONE THING to outperform everyone else.
Story thread time 👇👇
They sacrifice the ONE THING that made them successful to chase money and fame.
The only mainstream exception?
Kanye West.
Here's how Ye uses this ONE THING to outperform everyone else.
Story thread time 👇👇
The one thing I'm talking about?
An insatiable curiosity.
Crazy as it sounds, even though Kanye is best known for his music, he's not *really* a musician.
“I’m a creator. Like Walt Disney or something. Like rap is just a chamber of my thoughts."
It's this voracious hunger...
An insatiable curiosity.
Crazy as it sounds, even though Kanye is best known for his music, he's not *really* a musician.
“I’m a creator. Like Walt Disney or something. Like rap is just a chamber of my thoughts."
It's this voracious hunger...
to satisfy his natural curiosities which makes him such an enigma, even to his most loyal fans.
Every time Kanye drops a new album says something wild, or announces a new project?
We hear the same complaint
"I miss the old Kanye"
Why?
Because...
Every time Kanye drops a new album says something wild, or announces a new project?
We hear the same complaint
"I miss the old Kanye"
Why?
Because...
most people don't understand what it's like to live and think creatively.
Kanye's entire life has been about chasing his natural curiosities.
This is a huge problem because curiosity is by nature chaotic.
And when you're working with a Kanye West the last thing you want is...
Kanye's entire life has been about chasing his natural curiosities.
This is a huge problem because curiosity is by nature chaotic.
And when you're working with a Kanye West the last thing you want is...
chaos.
Eg: Kanye struggled for years to persuade Roc a Fella to launch his first album College Dropout.
"You can't rap about Jesus on the radio!" they said.
They wanted another cookie cutter rapper to rap about bling and b!tches.
But Ye being Ye asked the same question...
Eg: Kanye struggled for years to persuade Roc a Fella to launch his first album College Dropout.
"You can't rap about Jesus on the radio!" they said.
They wanted another cookie cutter rapper to rap about bling and b!tches.
But Ye being Ye asked the same question...
which has defined his entire career
"Why can't I?"
Why CAN'T a rapper rap about Jesus on the radio?
Why CAN'T you drop out of college to chase your dreams?
WHY CAN'T a rapper design shoes?
Why CAN'T a rapper run for President of the USA?
This is why I love Kanye West....
"Why can't I?"
Why CAN'T a rapper rap about Jesus on the radio?
Why CAN'T you drop out of college to chase your dreams?
WHY CAN'T a rapper design shoes?
Why CAN'T a rapper run for President of the USA?
This is why I love Kanye West....
I may not enjoy everything he creates but I will always respect his refusal to let society label him as just another rapper.
"I will die for the art, for what I believe in, and the art ain’t always going to be polite.”
One more thing.... 👇👇
"I will die for the art, for what I believe in, and the art ain’t always going to be polite.”
One more thing.... 👇👇
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