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Can you separate the art from the artist? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As the title says, I am wondering if people are able to separate the art from the antics of the artist.

The reason I ask, is I wrote Kanye West off many years ago, that and me drifting away from Hip-Hop for a minute means I never heard MBDTF.

MBDTF -> My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Well, I’ve been on a hip-hop trend again and decided to listen to something other than UK Drill and go back to the states. I wanted to listen to the most critically acclaimed albums, and Kanye was first. Next is Kendrick.

OMG. What an album MBDTF is. Like out of this world for production value. I need to listen a few times to focus on the substance but god damn every track is a banger.

Nobody IRL gives a shit so thought I’d ask here.

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[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 10 months ago

I can relate to this. A LOT of very successful people have varying amounts of skeletons in their closets.

I would probably not be able to buy an album or recommend it to anyone in that case but grudgingly accept that they make great art is on the table for me.

To determine the best course of action, I‘d analyze their transgression (aiding a seditionist, working towards disinforming people about a deadly disease, the latter which constitutes murder in my book) and if thats not enough, exchange it for more heinous and obvious crimes to check what my moral compass says then. If it spikes (and I know it does for me) I‘d keep away from that artist but accept if I start vibing when they’re played in the radio.