Kanye coming out made me think of his father, Dr. Cornel West so I looked him up to see what he’s been up to and found the following bitter, bitter takedown of the -bama administration from him in the Guardian. Interesting.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/barack-obama-legacy-presidency
I don’t think that Cornel West is his father - his father’s name was Ray West