Kanye West doesn’t want journalists to call him a ‘rapper’

Music is an art form. When reporters call me “the singer,” the rapper" or even the "pop star" there’s an air of condescension and patronization. Those kinds of journalist are acting like they’re better than us.

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 15, 2018

According to Kanye, these kind of descriptions restrict musicians especially the contributions they make to society. More than anything he went on to express how he felt like this was an example of ‘elitism and classism’.

Kanye went on to add that musicians such as Prince and Michael we’re referred to as “recording artists” and perhaps this is how anyone working in music should be referred to.

“It’s just another example of elitism and classism. If you read Prince or Michael’s Wikipedia their title is recording artist. Moving forward anyone working in music should be referred to as a recording artist.”