Who Is to Blame for Kanye West's MAGA Hat?

It may seem to some as though Kanye West’s recent Donald Trump rally iscomeuppance for fans and critics who gassed him up as a genius over the years. This is the wrong take. Almost from the start, the Kanye West conversation, among all but the most slavering fanboys, has been critical of West the man even as it has praised West the musician. The people who have hated him have been louder than the people who have loved him, and among the people who loved him it was largely love Barack Obama’s: “He is a jackass. But he’s talented.”