Kanye West Covers Of PAPER Magazine

Kanye West will cover  PAPER Magazine’s April 2015 issue. He didn't do an interview instead, Kanye wrote an essay to give his thoughts on the American dream. Here are some highlights, where he talks about new artists, wearing a kilt, TIDAL, Illuminati and more.

I paid my dues when I had to wear a kilt in Chicago, and friends would say, “What’s your boy got on?” But there are warriors that have killed people in kilts in the past. Who gets to decide what’s hard and what’s not hard?

I loved music. I loved it more than I love it now. But I think that can happen with anything. You can live in New York for 10 years and say, “I now want to move to San Francisco.” It’s just harder for me to do music now, period. It’s easier for people who focus on it all day and who are younger in their concept of what they want to do with it.

I’m tired of people pinpointing musicians as the Illuminati. That’s ridiculous. We don’t run anything; we’re celebrities. We’re the face of brands. We have to compromise what we say in lyrics so we don’t lose money on a contract.

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