10 Things That Kanye West Made Cool
Will 'Ye make his Miley Cyrus remix the next big thing.
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The 10 Things That Kanye Made Cool - After reports circulated that Kanye West and Miley Cyrus skipped the VMA post-parties to record a remix to his "Black Skinhead," a collective "What?" resounded throughout the Internet. Sure Miley already has her own sizable following, and has rap stamps from Big Sean, French Montana and Juicy J, but does adding her vocals to Yeezy's "I woulda been blacked out on your a--"? make the former Hannah Montana star's a-- and sass campaign officially legit? It might. Orchestrating those kinds of left turns is what 'Ye does, and as controversial as his choices may be, he's become an undeniable trend setter. On this eighth anniversary of his Late Registration release, check out 10 things that he's made cool.(Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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Listening to Chief Keef - Kanye made listening to Chief Keef the thing to do when the Chicago native gave his already buzzing "I Don't Like" the G.O.O.D. Music touch. He sealed Keef's musical legacy by placing him on Yeezus, an album that's sure to be talked about for years to come as one of his most experimental.(Photo: Courtesy Facebook via Chief Keef)
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The Hip Hop Mascot - Jamiroquai may have had the buffalo man and Young Jeezy the snowman, but 'Ye really gave life to his symbol, the Dropout Bear, who danced off his album covers into music videos and the clothing sold on his online store.(Photo: Courtesy Roc A Fella/ Def Jam Records)
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Louis Vuitton Backpacking - Kanye has been honest about how contradictory he can be since the beginning, but there's nothing more telling of that than the Louis Vuitton backback he's sported — who else can use a single accesssory to express what it's like to be both a god in a french restaurant and the grimey underground of hip hop?(Photo: Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
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Speaking Off Script - Saying "George Bush doesn't like Black people" might have been "the worst moment" in G-Dub's presidency but Kanye uttered the concern of many Americans, and he did so on national TV, unscripted and unexpected. He later apologized (which Russell Simmons, Jay-Z and Ice Cube didn't think he needed to do), but continued to follow his own trend, working off script in other moments when he felt race relations needed to observed, like at awards shows.(Photo: Courtesy of NBC/ Getty Images Entertainment)
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