There aren’t enough adjectives in the English language to adequately characterize Kanye West’s impact on pop culture. Over the previous two decades, he’s been a visionary artist, a fearless provocateur, and a possible future Mr President, and he’s been involved in a slew of contentious issues. His recent split with influencer Kim Kardashian has dominated the news, and for good reason.
Their relationship has been the subject of intense media attention and criticism since the outset. Of course, they were both well-known media figures before they married, but as a power couple, they blasted into the public awareness like no other. Naturally, the news of their divorce slammed into the rest of the globe like a tonne of bricks.
The signs had been there for a while, but none of us thought they’d go through with it. It’s seldom just one thing that causes a marriage to break up, and Kim and Kanye have been open about what went wrong. This doesn’t stop the media from portraying Kanye as the aggressor, the villain in the situation who most likely caused the split.
While we can’t excuse Kanye’s errors or miscalculations, we can applaud him for owning up to them. Kanye West spoke about the circumstances behind his divorce and his expectations for a future with Kim during a visit to Skid Row in Los Angeles. “We’ve made blunders in all of these relationships.” “I’ve made mistakes,” he admitted right away.
