OldFrill
He's written at least one book.
His mother was an American educator and chair of Chicago State University's Department of English, Communications, Media, and Theatre. His father was a black panther and a noted photo-journalist.
I watched the documentary (thank you Chestnut for the link) it's thought provoking as Kanye has 30 million+ followers and is fighting back after having been 'cancelled' for anti-Semitism. Also emphasised he's supposedly bi-polar.
Here's the link again
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001nc6f/the-trouble-with-kanye
'Celebrities' who push the boundaries - or become celebrities because of it - will always attract "followers".
Personally, I'm all for it - if the protagonist has something meaningful to offer (and yes, I know that what is meaningful to me is subjective).
However, tweeting to his followers that he was going death con 3 on Jewish people; and suggesting that African-American slavery was a "choice" made by black people who were forcibly shipped from Africa to the US in the 17th-19th centuries - you could be forgiven for questioning the mentality of his 30 million followers. And not being as impressed as it appears we're supposed to be by the number of them.
Also, boasting about never having read a book, in effect dismissing centuries of authors - some of whose minds were and are far superior to his, indicates a complete lack of self-awareness coupled with stunning arrogance.
So what is his talent? As a rap-artist, he's creative and novel (if you like that kind of thing) - but he's not the bloody Messiah - which is how he seems to see himself!
I suspect the book he wrote was ghost-written.
Personally, I prefer our own Professor Green as a rap artist whose "Read All About It" with Emeli Sande examines his abandonment by, and later suicide of, his father. This led him to be part of a very moving TV programme which explored the reason behind the biggest killer of men under 45 - suicide.
Of course, that's just a personal preference. But it does make me question what, exactly, Kanye West has done to garner so much approval.