And even in his worst moments, like the now-infamous Taylor Swift interruption, he still dominated the conversation, even launching any number of new memes in the process.
In just the past couple of months, he made a surprise appearance at the Offline festival, replaced a row of teeth with diamond implants, brought Justin Bieber and Raekwon together on the same track and performed an impromptu a cappella set on an airplane.
Despite whatever bad behavior of which he’s been guilty, he’s never been guilty of being boring. However, the idea that Kanye West is anything less than a spectacular celebrity is nonsense. Bush’s eight years of bad decisions, Kanye’s insinuation that he was a racist was the absolute nadir. Of the countless bits of insight and hilarity that Kanye West has posted on his insanely amusing Twitter page, one of the most puzzling was his confession to not being a “good celebrity.” In context, this admission arose after a year of having to apologize for an awards show stunt, botched interviews and the fact that, of George W.