# Do you like Kanye West?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228 "2016-02-15T22:08:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/1 "2016-02-15T22:08:15Z")
Simple question with four answers provided. Expand on the choices as you see fit.
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### Author:  [@heartsplayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heartsplayer)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/2 "2016-02-15T22:13:17Z")
In a word, absolutely never! ☹
Oh, that was more than one word. so short answer? No.
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### Author:  [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/3 "2016-02-15T22:21:34Z")
Is this “Do you like Kanye West (the person)?” or “Do you like Kanye West’s music?”
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### Author:  [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/4 "2016-02-15T22:23:42Z")
No to the person; indifferent to the music.
But the industry is full of people I don’t like, and I give them all the same shrug of meh.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/5 "2016-02-15T22:28:20Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#):
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> Is this “Do you like Kanye West (the person)?” or “Do you like Kanye West’s music?”
Your choice. If you like one and not the other you could say so in a post and explain which of the two persuaded you to check what you did among the options.
In case it’s not obvious yet, this poll is in response to
> **[Kanye West begs Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion on Twitter](https://www.cnet.com/culture/kanye-west-begs-mark-zuckerberg-for-1-billion-on-twitter/)**
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> Technically Incorrect: Claiming he is $53 million in debt, the rapper also pleads with Larry Page for a contribution.
and associated articles elsewhere…
I see I’m not alone in my evaluation of this individual and his contribution(s) to the world today!
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/6 "2016-02-15T22:32:27Z")
I know who he is. I’m pretty indifferent, but lean negative without much justification. I know nothing about his music and don’t know if I’ve ever heard any of it.
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### Author:  [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/7 "2016-02-15T22:38:01Z")
Used to like his music. Don’t like much of it any more. Indifferent on the guy himself.
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### Author:  [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/8 "2016-02-15T22:40:03Z")
The guy seems like a dick; no real interest in his music but that’s the genre as much as just his stuff.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/9 "2016-02-15T22:41:00Z")
Progress report. Who will break down and own up to a YES first?
View Poll Results: Do you like Kanye West?
This poll will close on 03-06-2016 at 04:09 PM
```auto
Yes 0 0%
No 14 70.00%
I am 100% indifferent 4 20.00%
Who? 2 10.00%
```
Voters: 20
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### Author:  [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/10 "2016-02-15T22:43:19Z")
I guess he does the music of some sort? 100% meh.
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/11 "2016-02-15T22:45:46Z")
I have no opinion about his music because I have no idea what it sounds like. All I know of him is what I hear or read in the news, and it’s all convinced me that he’s a class-A, self-important jerk. So, no, I don’t like him.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/12 "2016-02-15T22:54:00Z")
It happened!
View Poll Results: Do you like Kanye West?
This poll will close on 03-06-2016 at 04:09 PM
```auto
Yes 1 3.23%
No 20 64.52%
I am 100% indifferent 7 22.58%
Who? 3 9.68%
```
Voters: 31
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### Author:  [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/13 "2016-02-15T23:07:06Z")
I actively despise him, I’m tired of his social media whoring. I know the Grammy awards are tonight, I know he’ll be involved in some sort of ‘controversy’ that I won’t be able to escape in the news tomorrow or on social media.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/14 "2016-02-15T23:09:53Z")
Honestly, he’s fine with me. His music is pretty damned good. He’s a media whore but, well, who cares? I kind of love the way he grates on people.
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### Author:  [@black\_rainbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rainbow)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/15 "2016-02-15T23:10:52Z")
I like his music but think he’s an arrogant douchebag.
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### Author:  [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/16 "2016-02-15T23:11:49Z")
Indifferent to his music. Man himself is an arrogant prick.
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### Author:  [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/17 "2016-02-15T23:15:38Z")
Like his music, dislike him as a person. Getting a dozen great songs for someone being annoying on twitter is a pretty easy trade if you ask me.
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### Author:  [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/18 "2016-02-15T23:23:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> I have no opinion about his music because I have no idea what it sounds like.
Yeah, right, I totally believe you’ve never heard Gold Digger on the radio (or TV, or anywhere else).
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### Author:  [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/19 "2016-02-15T23:26:39Z")
^
If I did, the sound will just get tossed into the mental bin labeled “degenerative sounds.”
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-kanye-west/746228/20 "2016-02-15T23:29:59Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> Yeah, right, I totally believe you’ve never heard Gold Digger on the radio (or TV, or anywhere else).
I have no recollection of ever hearing such a song. If I had, I doubt I would have known it was Mr. West singing anyway.
That does not imply he’s not great/good/awful, but if it’s not on “70’s on 7,” or “The Bridge” I’m not likely to hear it. Pop culture is pretty invasive, but not universal by any means.
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