Sep 12 2005

Kanye West marketing genius?

By Jeremy Schoemaker 6 comments

2 weeks ago most of you would have said Kanye who? But now you know who Kanye west is. I have known who he is because I am from the hood and listen to rap music but I am guessing the majority of you did not know who he was until he said George Bush hates black people.

This is marketing 101 for those taking notes. Find something you think a lot of people would jump on the bandwagon about then state it publicly. I don’t agree with Kanye West but the marketing is ingenious.

TheRick said on September 12th, 2005 at 10:11 pm

Interesting way to look at it…. I think this Kanye is a total idiot

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Andrea said on September 12th, 2005 at 10:46 pm

i agree that short of cussing he couldn’t have said anything worse for the moment

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ViciousSummer said on September 13th, 2005 at 3:56 am

Kanye who? I live in the barrio so I am forced to listen to the mariachi (see I can even spell it) madness. Plus I never leave my house…I’m so sheltered ;).

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Jason Golod said on September 19th, 2005 at 7:38 pm

Shoemoney doesn’t like black people.

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Ken Savage said on April 9th, 2006 at 11:40 pm

Worse would have been… “Where the white women at”

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Esther Baxter said on December 8th, 2006 at 2:56 am

kanye west…

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