Kanye West: "I Am Not What I Would Consider Truly a Musician, I Am an Inventor, I Am an Innovator"

Kanye talks helping younger generations of artists, his family life, and more.

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Paper Mag, the same publication that Kim Kardashian posed nude for last year, just released an informative look at the life of Kanye West. As transcribed and told to Gabby Bess, Kanye speaks about his role as an artist today, and how he feels he needs to help the younger generations moving forward. "I think it's so important for me, as an artist, to give Drake as much information as I can, A$AP, Kendrick, Taylor Swift, any of these younger artists as much information as I can to make better music in the future," West said.

He also revealed that it's tougher for him to make music right now than it has ever been during his career because he doesn't want to make something that people have seen or heard 1,000 times before. "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 am not what I would consider truly a musician. I am an inventor. I am an innovator," West revealed.

'Ye also defended his fellow artists involved with Tidal, and said that's he tired of people associating the Illuminati with musicians. "Fuck all of this sensationalism. We gave you our lives. We gave you our hearts. We gave you our opinions," West said. The full feature can be read here.

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