Kanye West, now known as Ye, makes an extraordinary comeback catapulting the Rap genre into the stratosphere with an out of this world light show on top of fantastic stage displays, appearing almost holographic, of planet earth and its moon with amazing performances by himself and guest artists including Lauryn Hill, Zion Marley, Travis Scott and daughter North West before sold out audiences of 80,000 over two nights in one of LA's largest concert venues. Other artists appearing over the span of two nights on different days were Cee Lo Green, Andre Troutman and YG Marley.
It is estimated that Ye raised a record 33 million from ticket sales alone from what some critics have described as a cultural takeover.
Two of the corporate sponsors decided to bail out when they learned they were backing Ye. Obviously because of his past media antics promoting Nazis, putting down Jews and making outlandish remarks about some of his closest friends and allies like Hova and Beyonce. However, Ye went back to all apologizing, receiving acceptance from a Jewish rabbi, forgiveness from Jay-Z and begging for forgiveness for his mistakes, blaming his erratic behavior on a traumatic brain injury he experienced, the result of a car crash he had been involved in years ago. We all remember that. He had to have his jaws re-wired and could not talk or eat any solid food for months.
For more information on Ye's journey on the road to seek forgiveness for past transgressions that led to his being ostracized by his peers, the Jewish community and allegedly banned from concert appearances in the US, watch the following Instagram reel by long time friend, Grammy and Emmy Award winning producer Malik Yusef at this link.
For more history about past incidents that have resulted in Ye being called out on the carpet for his behavior towards fellow recording artists like Taylor Swift concerning a Grammy award win dispute involving Beyonce and ultimately forgiven by Swift see my prior blog post at the following link:
https://cynthiadwilson2.blogspot.com/2010/09/song-for-kanye-its-about-forgiveness.html?m=1
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FOR MORE posts on forgiveness in this blog follow these links:
https://cynthiadwilson2.blogspot.com/2026/03/15-year-anniversary-of-chris-browns.html?m=1
https://cynthiadwilson2.blogspot.com/2007/05/on-forgiveness.html?m=1