Twitter User Has A Conspiracy Theory That Explains What Kanye Is Up To
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You're probably best to sit down for this one because it's going to take a lot of concentration, at least it did for us anyway, because it seems someone has figured out the reason behind Kanye's bizarre behaviour at the moment.
We've seen him chat about slavery being a 'choice', which caused uproar with fans and fellow celebrities and we've also watched him and Trump become some sort of BFF's. His Twitter is all mysterious recently and we're trying to get out head around it all.
One Twitter user has helped in this quest (or potentially hindered - we're not sure just yet).
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Twitter user @Snowcone965 came up with the conspiracy theory and it's preeetty long winded to say the least. It runs over more than 24 tweets put it that way.
But the general sense of it is that Kanye's behaviour - that we've seen all too much of recently - has come about because he's in the middle of a performance art piece. Yes, really.
Bear with though, it might not be as daft as it initially sounds.
So, the original tweet from Spencer Wolff, reads: "Get your tinfoil hats and red string, I've got a conspiracy theory: @kanyewest is in the middle of a performance art piece and the clues are right in front of us. A thread:"
So he get's us hooked and then we just read on from here.
1. First we need to establish who @DenimTears is. Forgive me if this is well known info, I'm not great at keeping up with every celebrity. His name is Tremaine Emory. He's a collaborator and friend of Kanye. pic.twitter.com/aI0S5SUUMU
- Snowcone (@Snowcone965) May 2, 2018
Tremaine Emory is a pal of Yeezy, he's spoken about him in interviews and he was apparently around his table in his 'tomb-like' mansion days ago for a 'meeting'.
Swiftly moving on, Kanye tweeted some pictures after rejoining Twitter. They include artist David Hammons and performance artist, Joseph Beuys.
5. So let's start with the first two images involving David Hammons. After Kanye tweeted these images, Tremaine quote tweeted them with this emoji: :spades:. I believe this is referring to Hammons work which aimed to "turn racist cliches (spade) on its head." pic.twitter.com/HF0Qaqjcxd
- Snowcone (@Snowcone965) May 2, 2018
The pictures of Joseph Beuys was from an art installation he did in 1974 called 'I Like America and America Likes Me', where he locked himself into a room with a coyote for three days.
Apparently, the purpose was to hopefully make the coyote 'tolerant and accepting through Beuys' desire to heal'. You still with us?
Wolff believes that Kanye is doing a modern take on Beuys' piece with the coyote. Wolff said: "He's embraced what might be considered the coyote of today. Gotten close to it. Trump, Candace Owens, Alt Right. Maybe he sees this as a better chance to 'tame' the coyote than more traditional methods."
10. To me, there are two clues that are most important. The first one is this tweet from Kanye. This picture, posted six days after the others, again shows Beuys, Hammons, and now introduces what appears to be a drawing of Andy Kaufman. pic.twitter.com/Yr26mtdnOe
- Snowcone (@Snowcone965) May 2, 2018
Andy Kaufman was an American performance artist who would put himself in uncomfortable situations in wide view of the public eye.
15. The other most important clue in all of this was Tremaine's response to this Kanye tweet. Tremaine quote tweeted it with the caption "The prestige :spades:♂️♂️." pic.twitter.com/xll9MC5ekC
- Snowcone (@Snowcone965) May 2, 2018
Apparently, the symbol used by Tremaine represents the MAGA hat, a symbol of perceived racism.
19. In the movie (idk if it's true or not) the prestige is the reveal to the illusion. You take an ordinary thing (Kanye's usual stance) make it something extraordinary (supporting trump) and then the prestige turns it back into something ordinary. Is the album his prestige?
- Snowcone (@Snowcone965) May 2, 2018
We can just about see the light at the end of the tunnel here. Wolff says: "So my theory is this: Kanye (most likely with help from Tremaine and/or others) is in the middle of a performance art piece. What is the overall goal of it? Idk. Maybe holding a mirror up to the world and forcing us to talk about some things. Maybe the album will explain."
He adds: "Or I could be completely wrong and looking way too much into this. But I don't think I am. Is it such a stretch to think one of the greatest artists of our time (imo) who has had a hand in music, shoes, real estate, fashion, etc, would try his hand in performance art?"
Probably not.
At the end of his installment, Beuys hugged the coyote. At TMZ, Kanye hugged @VanLathan and said "I think we have to get next to everyone." He also noted the definition of insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result"
- Snowcone (@Snowcone965) May 3, 2018
Wolff also said: "Maybe most importantly he [Kanye] said 'I know I disappointed the black community when I wore the hat, but like I just told J Cole on the phone ITS A BIGGER PLAN and I'm just doing what the universe told me'. As I said, Kanye is doing a modern take on I Like America and America Likes Me."
Whatever you say, Spencer, whatever you say. But I think we owe you a round of applause.
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