Jul 15, 2015http://www.theguardian.com/music/mu...west-why-cant-rocknrolls-old-guard-handle-him
Check this out, this article pretty much explains why washed up old white people have really no reason to hate on Ye. LET'S *clap clap* f---ing GO!
"Rock’n’roll history is littered with egocentric mavericks whose bad behaviour was celebrated. So why do past greats expect Kanye to act respectfully?"
"Everyone – aside from the millions of people who buy his records, attend his live shows and devour his interviews – hates Kanye West right now. Whether it’s members of the public starting moronic petitions, or former boyband members declaring him “sh--”, nobody can stand the man (apart from the millions of people who have made him the biggest pop star on the planet, as I pointed out earlier)."
Crosby’s not alone. “Kanye West. Utter s---”, tweeted former Oasis singer Liam Gallagher after the rapper – backed by an entourage of UK grime stars – pulled off the most astonishing performance at this year’s Brit awards. At least it was an improvement on his brother Noel’s viewpoint: “Kanye West? I’d have knocked him out,” ran a recent NME coverline. Devoid of the guitarist’s usual comic wit, it seemed like a weirdly Neanderthal-like threat.
“Who’s the biggest rock star in the world? That must be Elvis Presley,” said the Who’s Pete Townshend from the stage the following night, failing to grasp Kanye’s use of the word “living”.
Could the reason creaking rock’n’rollers are getting all upset is that they see the “ownership” of rock’n’roll under threat? Ever since white guys got to rewrite rock history on their own terms (as Mos Def eloquently pointed out on his 1999 track Rock’N’Roll), they’ve been relatively content to pass down from white guy to white guy, but don’t seem to be able to handle it when it’s suddenly claimed back by a black man.
"The irony is that Kanye’s behaviour isn’t even bad – he’s a married man with a child who works obsessively and never seems to be out of control on drink or drugs. He’s better behaved than Justin Bieber! Sure, he likes to proclaim his own greatness a lot, but isn’t that what rock’n’rollers have been doing since the dawn of time? Wasn’t that part of the thrill of Oasis? Isn’t it the kind of thing even pondlife like Catfish and the Bottlemen get away with, week in, week out, on the pages of NME? So why is it OK for them but not for Kanye?"
"When it comes to rock’n’roll, it’s clearly Kanye’s world. All the other rockers are just whining in it."
