If I had never discovered Kanye, I wouldn't have pursued any interests I had in fine arts and haute couture etc. Being from the hood there was never any inspiration around for those kind of dreams.

My ppl always think you're not being yourself when you don't allow the limitations of your environment to define who you'll be which is funny to me now.

P.S. I remember when I was 19 telling my mom I want to explore my talents as a creative and Can't Tell Me Nothing was playing on MTV in the back during our convo lol

probably would be hell of a boring life without my love for music and hip-hop

I would probably be a lot less humble

crying like a little b****

i'd be clean

pssssstttt

i’d just be a s***

same as you @op much smaller chance of me having my dreams and aspirations in the arts. I would have still had them, but not as much of a drive or passion as I have now.

I used to be a huge Kanye stan, so same as the OP. Not listening to Jay-Z & Nas, I would never truly learn to appreciate the lyricism of rap. Various other rappers helped me with my ear for beats, so without them, my ear for beats would be trash.

I wouldn’t be a weirdo on KTT

i would not listen to any current music at all if not for hov i'd probably still be listening to future funk or some s***

probably would have got around into more music later but with hov and the neptunes s*** opened my eyes and made me realize how much good music there is

same

probably would've never been as comfortable dressing and being different honestly.
have to thank Pharrell, Andre and Ye for that.

that's a holy trinity happy for you tbh we should all strive to be comfortable being ourselves

Unstable and unhappy

So nothing different

so touched seeing a lot of y'all saying you feel the same as I do or relate to the story <3 that's so heartwarming.

don't sleep on your dreams, kids 💙 the world is yours

I always think about this...

I really got into Vampire Weekend when I was like 10 or 11. I would listen to interviews of theirs and would listen to artists they mentioned or worked with. This built my musical taste and one of these artists was Kanye. Through Kanye, I got into hip hop in general and became interested in fashion and really started developing a visual taste outside of music. I got into people like Pusha, N.E.R.D., Tyler and odd future, James Blake, etc. a lot of these artists helped build my confidence and always gave me things to look forward to. Overall, it helped develop my personality and the communities I found through my favorite artists made me feel less alone in high school.
I discovered KTT as a result and I also met a lot of friends through Kanye. It started a web of different things I’ve gotten into like other artists, movies, etc.

Music really changed my life

Maybe I'd be into something else like movies

S*** would be different that’s all I know

If I had never discovered Lupe Fiasco naming his mixtape a Rhyming Ape and XV boasting about being a square I dont think I would have ever had the idea, the courage and even consider the possibility of making music myself. Which is my favorite thing in this world and my only life goal.

Been into music for so long I can't even imagine how I would be without it lol

But I remember that in my early teens I started developing some ideas about society and then when I discovered certain artists it gave me assurance that I wasn't crazy, bc no one I knew irl at the time could really understand and support me.

I saw myself in them a lot more than family members or friends I grew up with.

It gave me more confidence to be myself and to be bold.

Pretty much everything my whole childhood was based around my fav artists since i didnt have role models growing up tbh