From the moment Ye, formally known as Kanye West, broke out with his monumental debut album in 2004, The College Dropout , contrarianism has been his calling card. We saw him enter as the pink polo-wearing Chicagoan who stood in contrast to the then-dominant hypermasculine imagery of gangster rap, echoing the sentiments of Black people across the country during Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago, proclaiming “George Bush doesn’t care about Black People.” In the wake of the Black Lives Matter (BLM)