A world without Kanye West is a world difficult to imagine. The entertainer single-handedly helped the news, music, and fashion industry flourish through his contributions. Positive, negative, liked, or unliked, West remains an important entity that continues to trend with or without being in the spotlight. The singer has remained underground in the past few months. But fans do not cease to discuss him even in his absence.

The rapper began gaining fame right in the early 2000s, beginning with his career as a producer, and slowly moving to rapping. On the way, the ambitious artist collaborated with multiple upcoming and classic artists. While his own career began with Jay-Z boost, here is how the world would’ve been if he never existed.

How the world would have been without Kanye West in it

Kanye West undoubtedly changed the way hip-hop was made and perceived. But Luca and Anthony of NFR Podcast discussed how the world would have been different with no Kanye West in it. As per them, the artist has given opportunities to several new comers who then went on to become big rappers. Travis Scott, Kid Cudi, Chance The Rapper, Big Sean, etc were newcomers whose talent was first found by Ye.

The industry itself has thrived through collaboration and bringing in new talent. Unlike ‘gangsta rap’, Ye’s music is more sophisticated and revolves around the ideas of capitalism, minimalism, and more. Plus, he was the one to bring auto-tuning big-time into the rap scene. His views, even political, started leaking into his music, even influencing his fans to an extent. The pop culture scene is often shaped by certain icons, and he was one of them.

Today, he remains one of the most controversial artists and has garnered a huge fan following despite the backlash.

How his Jeen-Yuhs documentary showed the entertainer’s importance

Kanye West’s 2022 Netflix documentary covered one of the biggest collaborations, which was his album ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’. The show also depicted how his 2009 VMAs incident set him back in his career, but he still made a comeback. It was Rihanna that took the stage for this year’s Superbowl Halftime performance, but fans kept wishing for Ye to turn up on the stage. He proved that one need not be a gifted singer to sell 35,746,884 copies successfully.

How do you think the rap world would have been without Kanye West in it? Share your thoughts in the comments.