"I guess "Jesus Walks" is catchy enough for some of y'all to forego your morals and basic decency. No other reason else fully explains why Kanye West has somehow made the Top 10 list of most-streamed artists of 2025 in the US, according to Spotify Wrapped. The Joe Rogan Experience also extended its reign as the top podcast for a sixth year, so at least some of y'all are consistent in your bad taste."
"Bands and other artists, we'll remind you, who haven't spent the last several years outwardly embracing Nazism and other alt-right beliefs/stances. Some of this can be traced to West's alleged substance-use struggles - he admitted to relapsing on nitrous oxide back in February - but West has also made it clear that his personal and professional choices are a deliberate extension of his own musical and creative exploration."
"Just in 2025 alone, West's been banned from entering Australia; caught flak for a truly "terrible" concert in Shanghai; and was threatened with arrest if he promoted Nazism during a proposed Brazilian show. His erratic behavior has been so bad, in fact, that ex-wife Kim Kardashian blamed their sustained divorce proceedings for her recent diagnosis of an actual brain aneurysm."
Kanye West placed in Spotify Wrapped 2025's Top 10 most-streamed artists, ranking below Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Tyler, the Creator but ahead of many others. Bad Bunny led globally with nearly 20 billion streams. West has over 65 million monthly Spotify listeners. His career has been marked by public controversies, including alleged alt-right and Nazi sympathies, substance-use relapses such as nitrous oxide, international bans from countries like Australia, a criticized concert in Shanghai, and threats of arrest related to promoting Nazism in Brazil. Ex-wife Kim Kardashian attributed prolonged divorce proceedings to a recent brain aneurysm diagnosis. West legally changed his name to Ye Ye in June.
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