So far, it seems the democratization of the media via social media platforms like Twitter has basically been the professional media (if you count a lot of barely paid bloggers as professional) reporting on the every missive a celebrity decides to tweet. Why bother? It’s called curation, something us “media professional” like to do in an effort to prove we’re still valuable because we act as a “filter.”
Well now Kanye West is stepping on those toes as well, publishing his own “Cool List” as a tweet. And who is cool to Kanye? “Sade, Ali, Jay-Z, Johnny Depp, Ralph Lauren, Sean Penn, Mos Def, Lil Wayne, Angelina Jolie, Thom Yorke, Ellen, Spike Jonze, MIA.”
No arguments here on Yeezy’s list (ok, maybe Ellen) but it’s not like he really dug deep either. The list is about as profound as a list of “Top Four Members of the Beatles.” Come on Kanye. Wow us with some dope new artists or rapper or designer who isn’t already at the top of the heap. Otherwise we’ll start calling you Kanye Weekly.
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