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Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century Podcast: Kanye West (No. 7)
Our new Greatest Pop Stars of the 21st Century Podcast episode is on Kanye West, who has towered over nearly the entire 21st century.
7 of our list with a producer-turned-rapper-turned-all-consuming-celebrity, who has been unavoidable in pop culture for the last two decades — often for his artistic brilliance, sometimes for his business ventures or personal life, and particularly in recent years, frequently for his harmful statements and actions. Host Andrew Unterberger is joined by Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B writers Angel Diaz and Michael Saponara to recap the always-eventful last 25 years in Kanye, which took him to a producer hustling just to be taken seriously as an MC, to a longtime rap and pop superstar excised from many corners of mainstream entertainment (but still proving majorly impactful from the fringes). In between, we remember the virtually unparalleled brilliance of Kanye’s run of classic albums from 2004 to 2013, as well as the countless unforgettable pop culture moments he was at the center of over that period, and how his impact ultimately spread to the worlds of fashion, reality TV, tabloid gossip and even politics.
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