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Tweet Analyeezis

Every now and then, Kanye breaks the metaphysical boundaries set by tweeting standards, and this is a prime example of his craft.

Kanye calls his tweet “contemporary art.” Much of contemporary art has the hallmark of being self-referential and metaphysical. Here, Kanye is demonstrating that very attribute in his tweet. It is this mastery of demonstrating a modern art concept in 140 characters that makes Kanye the visionary he is today.

In this specific tweet, he references the critics and others, as is a recurrent theme in many of his tweets. Here he calls them the “people telling [him] what to tweet and not to tweet.” The parallelism here is striking as the “people” are not only trying to stifle his creativity by keeping him silent, but they are also attempting to manipulate him. They are telling him to say things that he may not really mean.

Kanye is portraying the burden of the artist. The same people that are trying to keep him quiet are those that are also attempting to use him as a mouthpiece. In one tweet, Kanye has illustrated the dichotomy of the artist’s dilemma.