Suggested by: theRumpDiary
theRumpDiary would like us to remember Kanye's career, pre-fame, and says that “some of his production in the late 90s was fantastic, and it's worth remembering that he was around before the ego was" Photograph: youtube
Suggested by: ohforfsake
ohforfsake gets chills listening to Runaway, the second single from 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. He says the song is “defiant, funny and heartbreaking all at once”, and that Kanye “celebrates being not just a tosser, but the king of tossers”. A pretty bold statement Photograph: PR
Suggested by: lotusblue and londoni
lotusblue responds to other readers' comments on Kanye's flamboyant behaviour: “I think Kanye West 'plays' the press and a lot of what he says is just a put-on to get column inches. Don't take his public persona too seriously and try to listen to his music more objectively” Photograph: Anthony Harvey/PA
Suggested by: escoppycoppy
Readers pointed out that one of Kanye's major distinctions is his unique style, and that he changed the hip-hop scene by “not being very gangster”. Instead of the commercialised gangster-style that predominates in the genre, Kanye has become something of a fashionista and style icon across the globe, bringing niche labels to public attention Photograph: WireImage for H&M
Suggested by: judeanpopularfront and Adrian S
Adrian S wonders aloud: "No mention of his South Park appearances? His best moments by far!" One of the readers' favourites was part of the episode The Hobbit, in which Kanye shows up at school to defend Kim Kardashian against the accusation that she is in fact a hobbit… Photograph: Youtube
Suggested by: lotusblue
The virtues of albums …Dark Fantasy and Yeezus are extolled by lotusblue. He goes on to say that “Kanye is a bit of a nutter but I think the mainstream badly needs colourful characters like him. He reminds me of Prince – eccentric but a genius when it comes to music. More power to him!” Photograph: PR
Suggested by: judeanpopularfront, grunwald66, Adrian S and marcreinard
A number of readers made oblique references to "Gay fish"; which happens to be another, earlier South Park parody of Kanye's eccentric persona, back in season 13, in which “Kanye” misinterprets a joke and comes to believe that he is a “gay fish” Photograph: PR
Suggested by matherd1
matherd1 boldly claims: "Never has any one artist been so artistically dominant in Anglo-American pop music. Although that's more a reflection on the competition than his own (great) records." He points to an article in The Village Voice that says that Kanye has topped the Pazz & Jop critics' poll as many times as Bob Dylan: "It's Kanye's fourth album in six that's stunted all over Pazz, making him the most successful and consistent artist in the history of the poll" Photograph: Benjamin Lozovsky/Rex Features
Suggested by: sabian
Despite his apparent pretensions to near-Godliness, not everyone is a Kanye fan, it seems. In an unguarded moment, President Obama responded to Kanye's behaviour during Taylor Swift's MTV acceptance speech by calling him a "jackass" Photograph: Rex Features
Suggested by: wewillnotbesilent
And finally, the video for this embarrassing incident, in which Kanye was caught on camera walking into an innocuous “Wrong Way” sign, went viral and prompted 448,000 views in under 24 hours Photograph: PR
