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Why the Rehabilitation of Kanye West Says So Much About America

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Why the Rehabilitation of Kanye West Says So Much About America
Variety
Why the Rehabilitation of Kanye West Says So Much About America
After three years of antisemitic hate speech, Kanye West's album is at No. 2 and he played for 140,000 fans in LA. What does that say about America?
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holyfruits Apr 7, 2026 +32
He’s not rehabilitated at all. If you see video of his concerts, he’s been considerably marginalized
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pasterhatt Apr 7, 2026 +21
He's still pretty widely condemned. His anti semitism makes him an welcome figure on the extreme right, Candice owens types, but that's it. He's never getting another shoe deal for instance, he'll never headline a massive sponsored event ever again.
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No-Stranger2936 Apr 7, 2026 +4
He's also nearing 50 which means room to grow is pretty slim. Not that I think him being younger would help that much, but age is certainly a factor.
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DeLoresDelorean Apr 7, 2026 +11
He’s not rehabilitating. He gave a free concert. The audience was a large majority of randos that couldn’t even name any of his songs.
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blackhxc88 Apr 7, 2026 +2
wait, those shows were free? o.O
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Luci-Noir Apr 7, 2026 +1
That makes me feel a lot better, lol.
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Ryster09 Apr 8, 2026 -1
The show was not free lmao His concert on April 3rd was the highest grossing rap concert of all time and one of the highest grossing concerts of all time. Over 18 million in ticket sales alone
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Luci-Noir Apr 8, 2026 +1
Source?
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Ryster09 Apr 8, 2026 -1
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-05/kanye-west-concert-breaks-records-with-18-million-night Might be paywalled. He still is the biggest act in rap in the world & despite everything, could sell out probably anywhere. Supposedly he wanted to do coachella for free but they said no, not quite sure how true that is.
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Luci-Noir Apr 8, 2026 +3
Holy shit. Thank you. This line made me laugh though: “His Friday show earned more than $18 million in ticket sales, said the people, who declined to be identified because the data hasn’t been cleared for public release.” Said the people, lol. I’m not doubting you or anything, what is that!?
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Ryster09 Apr 8, 2026 +1
The venues usually release the official numbers to billboard within a few days of the show. I’m assuming the numbers may not be completely finalized & someone wouldn’t wanna lose their job over something stupid like revealing ticket sales. Wireless’s presale sold out in about an hour this morning (the festival he was set to headline for 3 days but got cancelled in the UK) no doubt it would’ve been a complete sell out.
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VisualLawfulness5378 Apr 7, 2026 +3
Bullshit. He just needs money.
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SomewhereNo8378 Apr 7, 2026 +2
he’s worth like $400 million
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JoeBagANachos Apr 7, 2026 +3
FORGET KANYE WEST
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Independent_Tie_4984 Apr 8, 2026 +3
Clickbait stories about reputation rehabilitation do not equal rehabilitation. Unless rehabilitation is almost nobody giving a shit about you.
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Difficult-Fig745 Apr 7, 2026 +1
Because popularity and money beats accountability every time
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