This is the point where he lost me forever as a fan. I knew, I fucking knew, when he put out that single it was inauthentic, disingenuous, and just some woke, brownie points nonsense. And I got SHITTED on in whatever circles I called this out on.

"You should be happy it exists" https://twitter.com/wowthatshiphop/status/1249909831508557825

"You should be thankful people think about you at all"

"All that matters is he's spreading the message, look at all the people he saved"

The last thing is the only legitimate counterpoint, but the positive results doesn't make the shady intentions less so.

Then the new songs-

-came out. All those 1-800 bars flexing about the money he got co-opting mental illness and using it to show off how "sentimental" he is, and the Ye bar about being bipolar... that FUCKING bar. If I didn't feel righteous about knowing it was fake from day 1, I would be furious.

I can take rappers saying stupid things like wishing people to die in a pandemic like Gucci

I can take rappers pedalling conspiracy theories like Royce and MIA being anti-vaxxer idiots

Using suicide and mental illness as a prop to stroke yourself? Eat my ass and relate to that.