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Jeen-Yus: Why Everyone Should See The Kanye West Documentary on Netflix
Life lessons in self-belief, creativity and determination
I have a confession.
I am slightly addicted to Netflix. When I am not watching Narcos for the umpteenth time, picking up the very finest swear words in Spanish, I am on the look out for mind blowing documentaries, which is never in short supply on the streaming platform.
It was with this in mind, that I proceeded to check out the latest output on Kanye West.
Kanye West, these days, seems completely off his rocker. One minute he is busy stalking his ex-wife — Kim Kardashian, the next minute, he is berating her for being a bad mother and these days he is out and about with someone who looks exactly like the mother of his children.
But what this documentary does is to cut away from the nonsense we have seen lately and take us to what the man was all about and how he changed the world of Rap and hip hop forever.
What this article does to give you a few life lessons from the genius documentary.
Lesson 1: Never Let Anyone Define You
By the late 1990s, Kanye West had produced a few hit tracks for prominent rappers such as Mos-Def, Talib Kweli and Mason Bertha, better known…