Kanye indicated that Taylor Swift's victory over Beyoncé wasn't the only time he'd seen this. He recalled how, in 2007, Justin Timberlake and Cee Lo Green were poised to win Grammys, and both of them lost. How, even among all the success and praise they received for their work, one missed accolade told them it wasn't enough. These artists could have record-breaking albums, they could have sold-out arena tours, and they could still be considered a failure in one aspect of their art.
And isn't that, at times, the problem with celebrity culture in and of itself? Even outside of award shows, feuds are declared, shade is speculated on, and It girls are glorified while strugglers are unceremoniously cast aside. One artist becomes more "problematic" than another. Constant celebrity labels include the sluttiest, the coolest, the most beautiful, the most ageless, and we don't even think twice about it. But Kanye West does, it seems.
