Analyzing Kanye West's Stereotypes

In the cartoon of the music video, Kanye West is a taxi driver and meets different people every day. He picks up a woman with her son. The woman is smoking in the taxi and then goes to gas station to buy lottery ticket. Then, the boy takes her mom’s cigarette and starts smoking. After he finishes up, the boy throws the cigarette outside the window. The gas station explodes and they all pass away.

Kanye West made the song not to entertain audience but to share his opinions and educate them . The scene in the cartoon is a metaphor criticizing people dreaming about money endlessly and passing bad habits to their kid. Thus, this song is not only a great song in terms of its rhyme and lyrics, but more importantly its conducts Kanye’s opinions