Kanye Buys the Gay Away

Australian Artist Scott Marsh painted a building-side mural of an Internet meme that depicts rapper Kanye West kissing himself. The second Kanye in the painting has Kim Kardashian’s body though not necessarily the same STDs. West’s people reportedly reached out to Marsh and offered him money to paint over the mural. If voodoo were real, the mere act of white-washing the image might make Kanye’s gay disappear. Marsh asked for $100,000 and a lifetime supply of West’s Yeezy sneakers.

This story justifies a modicum of ISIS’s rage. It’s a swirl of Kanye’s massive ego, thin skin, and a derivative artist’s entitlement and greed in equal measure. There’s no one to root for here. West shouldn’t get what he wants because he’s a tantrum-throwing child who doesn’t think anyone is on to him when he mentions at midnight that he’s going out for a bologna sandwich. But you also shouldn’t negotiate with a millennial artist and reinforce his delusional belief that stealing someone else’s Internet joke is his own original art. The best we can hope for is that Kanye meets Marsh in a dark alley with a suitcase of cash and they both get The AIDS from all the fucking that ensues. Should’ve used a condom. And more tongue in your mural.

Photo credit: Scott Marsh / Instagram