“He doesn’t represent either side. But he doesn’t want to be told what he should be.”— Kim Kardashian West, vogue.com
“Kanye always has his family around and people who look like my daughter—that’s important to me.”— Kim Kardashian West, interviewmagazine.com
“No offense, I just feel like a dead nun or Samara from 'The Ring' is going to pop out of the corner at any moment.”— Matt Stopera, buzzfeed.com
“If the dome was to be built, the port-a-potties would have to go — and that wasn't going to happen.”— Christopher Luu, instyle.com
“We can’t spend years celebrating West for his free thought then wonder why the women in his life aren’t able to rein him in.”— David Dennis Jr., theundefeated.com
“Dr. Cox: And Gandheroo, I need you to talk to a young, pregnant black girl who will not let me call her mom. Turk: Why would she listen to me? Dr. Cox: I may have told her that you were Kanye West.”— Eren Celeboglu, Perry Cox, John C. McGinley, imdb.com
“What’s central to appreciating what Kanye West has meant to the culture is to acknowledge that both sides of him are inextricably connected. He is amazing because he’s terrible.”— Tim Grierson, melmagazine.com
“It is often easier to choose the path of self-destruction when you don't consider who you are taking along for the ride.”— Ta-Nehisi Coates, theatlantic.com
“Kanye is betting on anti-blackness to gain him power and notoriety in non-black circles. He is selling out his own people because he knows that non-black people really love to think that black people are oppressed because they want to be.”— Ijeoma Oluo, medium.com
“It don't matter how much money you got or you lack/When that check clear don't forget your children is still black.”— CHIKA, twitter.com
“Kanye West is still an avid Donald Trump supporter... you can process that however you like but if you’re waiting for him to say 'my bad' about his trump statements — don’t hold your breath.”— Peter Rosenberg, twitter.com
“Kanye West in the streets, Mae West in the sheets said Mindy Lahiri at a staff meeting to a chorus of boos.”— Mindy Kaling, twitter.com
“As an estimated 4,000 people crowded the streets outside Webster Hall in the East Village at 2 a.m.. The crowded conditions outside the hall led dozens of fans to stand on cars, damaging several of them. Despite the chaos, the concert never took place.”— Chris Harris, people.com