The “Great” Genghis Kanye
Written by Andrew Hwang
To this day, Kanye West has been notorious for his ubiquitous online presence, whether it be through his circuitous rants, outlandish video captures of him “in the moment”, South Park cameos, or even hilariously mean-spirited Twitter hoaxes. Last May, Kanye unabashedly launched into a Twitter tirade, in the paranoid wake of several doppelganger accounts and the heads of Twitter consciously letting it slide. By revealing to his loyal fanbase that he only blogs 5% of what he’s doing since he’s “BUSY BEING CREATIVE MOST OF THE TIME”, Kanye positioned himself as a musical workaholic with just a very loud caps lock key.
However, yesterday marked Kanye’s first day on Twitter under his eponymous handle. And he already had 50,000+ fans by the end of the work day. Now, he’s closing in on a quarter of a million. West kicked off his tweet-spam with: “Up early in the morning taking meetings in Silicone Valley,” before correcting himself an hour later with, “Lol I spelled Silicon wrong ( I guess I was still thinking about the other type of silicone ITS A PROCESS!! : )”
Many of the following tweets thanked bloggers for posting about his surprise performance for the Facebook offices. And we’ll admit, that was very well-played. Surprisingly, though, there seems to be no trace of capitalization anywhere, just endless complaints about the size of private jets, the luxuries he self-indulges in, and the stuntastic tweeting opportunities he missed before yesterday.
If he continues this trend, his tweets may be just as loud, if not louder, than his lit-up caps lock. Consider yourself warned.
