Since mbdtf, which is the holy bible people saying that he's unknown outside the US are so ignorant, I went to see him live in Glastonbury 2015, most people were singing along his songs and stanning for him really hard
Maybe he is a legend in the US, but no one care about him outside
This is a LIE and you know it. I even go to a French school and legit everyone (at least all the boys and some of the girls) stan him. He is a critically acclaimed legend and no controversy will ever change that.
Kanye is a legend (or will be one when he retires) because he has visible, long-lasting impact on the new generation of rappers. Outside of Britney and Beyonce, no popstar to debut this century has more impact than him. This isn't a matter of how much he's sold (since that is completely irrelevant to how much impact an artist has made). This is a matter of whether or not artists look to him as a source of inspiration. Taylor has sold way more albums than him, but has zero impact on any actual artists. Katy has sold way more records, but has no impact either. When will ATRL realize that numbers don't matter
You've got the biggest rapper of the decade, Drake, who started out by emulating the sing-songy style Kanye used on 808's and Heartbreaks. You've got J Cole, another big rapper, who has been trying to emulate Kanye's sound from the College Dropout with many of his past releases. You've got new comers like Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper and Vic Mensa emulating his style and actively vying for his attention as well. Like what's not to get.
TLDR; Kanye became a legend with MBDTF, has more impact than all of ATRL's faves, and you can all deal with it
But I can't deny his impact...he's definitely a rap icon or even Legend (though I'd say give him one more era or 5 years + to say this). He's had huge impact so he's even very influential.
I just wish he wasn't as much of an insufferable clown on social media. Oh well.
You baby bottoms can't even speak confidently on Truvada/PrEP. What can y'all know about POWER? Influence?
Stick to not painting on that "verse top" you think actually loves you.
Internal hate is so edgy, keep it up.
OT: Well in my country he most definitely isn't, but we're not that keen on hip-hop anyway.
In the US he is though, and I think that came with the acclaim of MBDTF.