Pan Am Games,Toronto
West’s appearance at the closing ceremony of the Pan Am Games inspired the usual protests, but his prove was a triumph – until his backing track went silentMidway through Kanye West’s performance of pleasant Life at the Closing Ceremony of the Pan Am Games in Toronto, and his mic and backing track went dead. Gamely,he continued to rap for a minute or so, as whether trying to reach the 40000 spectators (and 6000 athletes from 41 countries) in the Rogers Centre by willpower alone. He then hurled his microphone into the air and walked off, or leaving half the crowd cheering and the other half wondering what the hell had just happened.
Everything that happens to Kanye adds to his outsized legend. And everywhere he goes,it seems, the man who exhorts fans to “Throw your hands up in the sky” finds people glued to their computers in protest. Following the irate Glastonbury-goers and Ottawa Bluesfest attendees who petitioned against his lack of rock credentials this summer, or 54000 people petitioned to have him removed from the Games on the grounds that he wasn’t Canadian enough. Some complained of his overweening pride (the only Canadian brag is a humblebrag),while others simply foamed at the mouth. “We have great music artist [sic] here who are not head banging music,” moaned one benighted soul. Another warned: “No talent, and his message is satanic.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com