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Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

This is about more than ye— the line between sympathy and turning a blind eye | On The Record

Addison Schmidt October 21, 2022
There’s a strong division that has to exist between sympathizing with the difficult side effects of Ye’s disorder and turning a blind-eye to the damaging behavior that occurs as a result of it.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Graphic Artist

Ye’s contradictory, hateful statements ignite a media fire, intentionally | Editorial

Editors October 6, 2022
Ye's stunt at Paris Fashion Week caused a lot of uproar. How do we move forward, and how should we understand his art?
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Philosophical Soup: Like the art, hate the artist

Max Ferrandino April 8, 2021
Problematic artists like Kanye West can be valued and criticized at the same time.
American rapper Kanye West performs in Santiago, Chile for the 2011 Lollapalooza. West released his ninth studio album on Friday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS.

Review: “Jesus is King” comes short of greatness

Nathan Lederman October 31, 2019
Rapper, designer, entrepreneur and undisputed pop culture icon Kanye West released his long-awaited ninth album, “Jesus is King,” on Oct. 25 after a whirlwind of rumours and delays.
Vince Staples’ third studio album “FM!” dropped Friday. COURTESY OF THE COME UP SHOW/ FLICKR

REVIEW: Vince Staples’ surprise ‘FM!’ album drop disappointing work of otherwise-remarkable rapper

Kai Hellberg November 4, 2018
Vince Staples’ new album “FM!” was released Thursday and is easily his least original release to date.
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