Kanye West has been seen as a controversial artist for a while now, but what he just did might top it all. Friday night, West released his newest video for his song “Famous”. This is the first video released from his newest album The Life Of Pablo.
In the video, he did a remake of Vincent Desiderio’s “Sleep” painting. Instead of using just anybody, he wax figures of used well-known celebrities that have been in the news lately and ones that he’s had public issues with. These are just my guesses as to why they were featured in the video, as I don’t know the exact reason behind West’s decision.
From right to left he has George Bush, Anna Wintour, Donald Trump, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift, himself, Kim Kardashian West, Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner, and Bill Cosby.
Now, a few of these people have been involved in issues with West. First being George Bush. In 2005, Kanye West was on NBC for a benefit concert that was being put together for Hurricane Katrina survivors. While on air, standing next to Mike Myers, West says “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” He said this because he felt Bush was not acting fast enough to aid the people of New Orleans because it is an area where there are more black people than white.
As for Trump being in the video, well, I think most of us have a problem with him. Next is Rihanna and Chris Brown. He didn’t have a “beef” with them but since Rihanna was featured on the song it only seemed right for her to be in the video. Brown was there because a few years ago, him and Rihanna had a very public, nasty, and violent breakup. Since then they have been cordial, but the world will always remember what happened.
Next is Taylor Swift. I’m sure we all know why she was in it. One, because he mentions Swift in the song itself, but also because of the infamous moment where he got up on stage and interrupted her accepting an award. After West himself and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, we have Ray J. Ray J is Kardashian West’s ex-boyfriend and together, many years ago, they made a sex tape that was leaked and it became very popular. West also mentions Ray J in another song off the album called “Highlights.”
Then we have Amber Rose, West’s ex-girlfriend. There was a small Twitter beef between the two earlier this year. That started because West was “subtweeting” Wiz Khalifa, who is Amber Rose’s ex-husband, saying he let a stripper trap him. As for Caitlyn Jenner, she was featured as an in-law, but also because she has been in the news a lot after coming out as transgender.
Now, I can’t quite figure out why Anna Wintour was featured and unfortunately, we all know what Bill Cosby has been accused of. He has also been in the news a lot.
This video is very interesting and I think it is very creative that West recreated a painting, showing how much he does enjoy art. Again, these are just my ideas as to why these people were featured in the video.