I never thought he was a 'genius' and never got why people did.
He is not my favourite rapper nor my favourite producer. His career went to shyt when he moved away from his usual collaborators and his music went to hell.
Watching his documentary it seems his mom first started the 'he is a genius' stuff and he just followed.
People act like he did so,thing magical but at the end of the day he is just another musician who made a product
Jay Z: Rapper then started selling products which made more money
Dr Dre: Rapper / product who started selling products which made more money
Rihanna: Singer who started selling products which made more money
Diddy : Rapper who started selling stuff / managing talent which made more money
I see nothing unique about him frankly other than unlike his peers he is mentally ill.... hence the 'genius' outbursts. However he is a rapper producer who made a shoe like many before him.......
You just unintentionally posted a bunch of people who had to compromise & sell their image/likeness for wealth.These people would bend if/when the puppet masters tell them to & they can’t rock the boat.
Like/loathe him, Ye did it on his own without a puppet master & anyone controlling him. So he can do/say whatever he wants. The names you listed can’t. And as a black man - that’s why he’s a genius. Elon Musk who’s also very opinionated won’t rate him if he weren’t.
BTW, Ye is richer than all of them.
P.S: I don’t support his shenanigans.