Many great artists from history were, in some ways, despicable humans. Ernest Hemingway was a cross dressing wife beater. Stephen Tyler, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley married/banged teenaged girls. Matthew Broderick and Laura Bush killed people in car accidents and god knows MANY of the biggest movers and shakers from the early 20th century were well known antiSemites, from Henry Ford to Charles Lindbergh.

Art is art and, as far as I'm concerned, you enjoy it or you don't. You can separate the art from the artist.

That’s up to you to decide. Personally I’m strictly anti-nazi so unless he changes his stance, I’m out. And it’s a bummer, cus I love graduation, but I won’t support hate speech. So it’s ultimately a personal decision, boycott him, or don’t.

Those who are without sin should produce the first song...

of course you can separate art from artist, but why would you want to? if my favorite artist says some foul shit that I have a moral/ethical issue with, why would I want to separate their art. and how does that separation work? don't you hear the person's voice & the sound of the voice makes you think of the person & if you think of a person who makes you sick, it's gonna remind you how much they make you sick. so yeah, you can say you separate it, but realistically how much do you actually separate. now if you were just a follower who was boycotting an artist because everyone else was, I guess it's easy to separate it, but if a person actually offends you on a moral level, separation isn't so easy

It seems like you really want to listen to this album, so listen to it.

Pretty sure this guy has been saying crazy things for years, this is just the latest. He’ll say something crazy next month and I’m sure everyone will be talking about whatever that is. The routine seems to work, he’s always at the top of the news feed.

I’ve never listened to any of his stuff because I find the routine incredibly annoying, and I think discussing it just makes the routine stronger, but…here I am, talking about it…

Anyway, do whatever you want, just don’t look to any celebrities for any real world guidance

Whatever makes you feel like a better person. I think life is way too short to eliminate the things that make me happy because I disagree with the artist. This notion that everyone who disagrees with you is despicable and worthy of cancellation will be the death of our culture.

The purpose of laws protecting free speech is specifically to protect the speech that offends you. To listen to many people these days this is no longer a value worth defending. That's very sad and will spell doom for our future.

> don't you hear the person's voice & the sound of the voice makes you think of the person & if you think of a person who makes you sick, it's gonna remind you how much they make you sick. so yeah, you can say you separate it, but realistically how much do you actually separate

I find this depends on what the artist is singing about. If it's something completely incongruent with their behaviour or beliefs, like say Chris Brown singing about women, I have to switch the song off.

But if it's something entirely unrelated, I don't really tend to get those thoughts as much.

Nazis don't need a spotlight.

Do whatever the hell you want

Shouldn't of had him there in the first place. Has always sucked.

Why are you seeking approval of others on this matter?

No. Don't give him anymore money.

You’d also have to boycott all the tracks he produced. and Roc-a-fella records and Def Jam records.

Or Instead of boycotting music because the artist is a shitty person, you could boycott major corporations like Amazon or Facebook. That might actually matter.

Yeah he’s cured now

Hemingway was not a cross dresser but regardless why are you saying that makes him a despicable human? Wtffff???

You'd have to be a BITCH to let other people make decisions for you.

You do you.

Why do you need approval from others?

Besides don’t believe what the MSM are saying about Ye, he speaks truth and now they’re trying to cancel him! He is not Anti-Semitic

What a dumb question.

It’s because he’s a fucking asshole, Johnny.

Do what you want - this is reddit, not your mum.

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For all of those who care: The reason why I am asking others, is because I don't want to seem like a douchebag to people if it ISN'T fine. If you're not going to answer the question, don't comment.