It’s funny that Kanye West is a “proud non-reader” considering his mother was an English professor. I thought that she would have influenced him to read while he was growing up, but maybe she did, and that’s what turned him off on the subject. The article does not determine what caused West’s hatred of reading.
The fact that West is a “proud” non-reader shows that he is glad he doesn’t read and he is not afraid to let people know. I have nothing against him being a non-reader; he is free to do anything he wants. Books are not always the most exciting things to read, but to call himself a non-reader is bad influence on children who listen to his music and look up to him. They will hear that he does not like to read and decide that they don’t want to read either. Kanye West’s announcement that he does not like to read was a bad social choice on his part.
Kanye West’s statement, “Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy” shows how his lack of interest in reading affects his speaking skills. To be a sufficient speaker and writer you have to read good examples from books, which he obviously hasn’t.
Kanye West’s quote, “I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life” sets Kanye West in the present and not the past. Some books represent real life. You can’t talk to people who have passed away and eventually the stories passed on by word of mouth will get contorted and incorrect as opposed to the written versions. West will never learn about correct history if he doesn’t read.
I find it a comical coincidence that the author of this article spells Kanye West’s name wrong in the fifth paragraph, but since Kanye is a non-reader, he is never going to read their inadvertent error (unless a reader points it out to him).
Kanye West is hypocritical because he supports non-readers but he expects us to buy his book? And read it? No. I’m happy to say that I won’t be putting that book on my Christmas list.
