Analyze This: Kanye's ego, is it really that big of a deal?

Earlier today, I was perusing through some blogs (I love reading blogs for the writers opinions) and came across a few comments that focused on something not relevant to the post. The post was a video of Kanye performing one of his songs live but the comments shifted from "good video" to "I can't stand his ego", is it really that big of a deal?

When Kanye first came out I adored him. I loved his style, his pizazz, the fact that he said exactly what was on his mind, and just the fact that he made it cool to just be yourself, kind of like what Biggie did. As of late, I have grown to adore Kanye more not so much for his music but for his "ego". Why you ask? I feel in this type of business you have to do either two things, fight or flight.

In a conversation held over the weekend between me and my future hubby, we spoke about the way we react in certain situations. One of the things I said was that I tend to get a little in-your-face when I feel threatened by people as appose to crawling up in a corner. He described that as choosing to fight versus choosing to flight, which is run. I feel in Kanye's situation he feels he needs to be a little "arrogant" to remain strong and relevant in this ever changing music biz. Instead of being public insecure and unsure of himself (flight) he chooses to put up a familiar wall to keep him focused (fight).


Lets be real here, artists are built up by the media like god's and then broke down and damn near become regulars in rehab by the same media that was praising them, just to be replaced by another unsuspecting rising star. If you don't pat yourself on the back, really who will? It seems that people feel a lot better if artists, or people for that matter, beat themselves up and have nothing but negative things to say about themselves but if they do the complete opposite and give themselves a little love and say how amazing they are they are in the wrong; that is some straight up twilight zone ish, no?

With that said, can we not agree that Kanye has reason to be cocky? Yes, he may take it a little far sometimes but this is really how he's always been. Maybe this is his defense mechanism in surviving. I don't know about the rest of y'all but I can appreciate a person that says exactly what is on their minds more so over a person I just don't know because they choose to keep their thoughts hidden (I still haven't gotten over the "George Bush doesn't like black people" vomit of the mouth, so classic...). I am sure there are a lot of entertainers-if not all-that were pissed that they did not receive an award they knew they deserved, they just choose to play the politics; something Kanye obviously fails to do, thankfully.

Kanye's got a big ego, but I think we all would be feeling ourselves too if we were putting out countless hits for ourselves and others, trust. Plus, aren't you supposed to be your biggest fan anyway?