But Lowe pressed on, and struck a nerve with West in discussing the societal barriers West faces in his art.
Some call them ‘Ye’s drawn out speeches “rants,” but Kanye calls them “motivational speeches.” “I got to a point that Michael Jackson did not break down,” he says. “I have reached the glass ceiling, as a creative person, as a celebrity… I’ve been at it for 10 years and I look around, and I say, ‘Wait a second, there’s no one around here who looks like me, and if they are, they’re quiet as fuck.’ That means, wait a second, now we’re seriously in a civil rights movement.”
Kanye drops a couple hints that breaking into architecture and such has been on his mind lately, but his forays into high fashion get him into a controlled rage at interview’s end. “Rap is the new radio,” he announces, before continuing: