DISCLAIMER:

THIS PROJECT WAS CREATED IN AUGUST 2021, BEFORE YE WEST USED HIS FAME AND POWER TO SPREAD HATE SPEECH. I KNEW MAKING A PROJECT BASED ON ONE OF THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ARTISTS OF OUR TIME WOULD BE A BOLD DECISION, I CLEARLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GETTING INTO. WHEN I MADE THIS PROJECT IN 2021, I THOUGHT KANYE WAS A GENIUS, MY POSITION HAS SINCE CHANGED.

I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT REMOVING THIS PROJECT FROM MY PORTFOLIO. HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THINK OF THIS PROJECT, AN EXHIBITION OF WEST’S CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS, AS A TIME CAPSULE. KANYE’S WORK MEANT A LOT TO MY PEERS AND I, HIS DOWNFALL IMPACTS US DEEPLY. WE ARE EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED BY THE WORDS AND ACTIONS OF A MAN WHO WE ONCE (MAYBE MISTAKENLY) IDOLIZED. THIS PROJECT IS LIVING PROOF THAT THIS MAN ONCE MEANT SOMETHING TO ME, HE MEANT SOMETHING TO MANY OF US. HIS RECENT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN A COLLECTIVE TRAUMA THAT WE ALL SHARE.

AS AN ARTIST MYSELF, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I PUT OUT INTO THE WORLD.

WHEN I MADE THELIFEOFYE.COM, IT WAS AN HOMAGE TO AN ARTIST I RESPECTED. NOW, IT IS A ROSE ON A TOMBSTONE. IT IS THE ART, INSEPARABLE FROM THE ARTIST.

WEBSITE HOMEPAGE DESIGN

MOBILE + WEB COMPOSITES

SPECIAL FEATURE: GENIUS MODE

SOME WEBSITES OFFER THE FUNCTION OF A "CHAOS MODE" OR "CRAZY MODE" WHERE THE INTERFACE CHANGES IN A FUN AND INTERESTING WAY. HOWEVER, KANYE'S "CRAZY" IS OFTEN INTERPRETED AS GENIUS. "GENIUS MODE" IS A FEATURE THAT PAYS HOMAGE TO KANYE AND HOW HE IS OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR BEING CRAZY YET IS ALSO ACCREDITED FOR BEING A GENIUS.