Kanye, Kurt Cobain, and the Wish Fulfillment of a Musical Genre

Kanye West isn't a real person. He's the unfortunate manifestation of the ideals set forth in his musical genre. He joins a tragic and unique group, which includes Tupac, Sid Vicious, and Kurt Cobain. Each musician's life culminated in the hyperbolic embodiment of one of their genre's core ideologies. Tupac was murdered in a drive-by which, although undeniably unjust and sad, is not surprising considering he had "Thug Life" tattooed across his stomach. Sid Vicious was a hard partying punk rock s...