This Rapper Is More Politically Dangerous Than Kanye West | HuffPost Opinion - Action News
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Posted: 2022-10-20T09:45:01Z | Updated: 2022-10-20T09:45:01Z

Kanye Wests antisemitic, anti-Black, misogynistic dribble is exhausting. Or, as writer Damon Young pointed out, its boring . That doesnt mean it shouldnt be addressed, but its also nothing new. He is a Black man who believes himself a prophet. He mistakes his master craftsmanship for that of a genius and uses his platform to espouse his hate. Weve seen this before. This hate is not new. Its a well-worn, tired and beaten path. At this point, the Chicago rapper is a Pentecostal preacher who lost his way or a Black Israelite with a self-written, heat-filled Bible.

Either way, Wests (now legally goes by Ye) megaphone appears forever tuned to invidious indictments against Black people. Not to mention, his voice is nauseating, reckless and fraught. His stream of conscious rants are as divisive as they are nonsensical.

From his easily dismissible insidious claims to the antagonizing hurtful comments about slavery and the holocaust, the famed music producer has turned into an outlier yelling from the balcony to resuscitate his relevance and career. But for everything the self-proclaimed, non-reading Ye lacks, hes just as easily ignorable for the same reasons. Hes not informed. And despite being passionate, he doesnt know what the hell hes talking about. As a Texan would say, Hes all hat and no cattle.

And then there is Michael Santiago Rendor, also known as Killer Mike, one-half of the political rap group, Run the Jewels. Hes complicated, enigmatic and calculated. And he is vastly more dangerous than Ye.