One name has dominated the debate around this year鈥檚 festival more than any other, just as he has dominated music debate for the last 10 years. Arguably the most famous (and infamous) man in music right now, Kanye is not the first rapper to headline Glastonbury - but he鈥檚 got just as much to prove. And as Jay, Beyonce and Metallica have all realised in previous years, as far as Glastonbury is concerned you鈥檝e got to go big or go home.
Thankfully, we鈥檝e got the right man for the job. A true triple threat of raw nerve, forthright opinion - as aired eloquently in Radio 1鈥檚 two long-form interviews with Zane Lowe - and a tireless need to keep thwacking away at the outer parameters of what hip hop means and what it can be. And the ace in his pack is that he鈥檚 had more hits than a boxer鈥檚 face - Jesus Walks, Stronger, Gold Digger, Black Skinhead - and is blessed with the kind of mercurial stage presence it鈥檚 impossible to tear yourself away from.
He won鈥檛 stop until we鈥檙e all as convinced of his genius as he is. And he may well succeed.
One name has dominated the debate around this year鈥檚 festival more than any other, just as he has dominated music debate for the last 10 years. Arguably the most famous (and infamous) man in music right now, Kanye is not the first rapper to headline Glastonbury - but he鈥檚 got just as much to prove. And as Jay, Beyonce and Metallica have all realised in previous years, as far as Glastonbury is concerned you鈥檝e got to go big or go home.
Thankfully, we鈥檝e got the right man for the job. A true triple threat of raw nerve, forthright opinion - as aired eloquently in Radio 1鈥檚 two long-form interviews with Zane Lowe - and a tireless need to keep thwacking away at the outer parameters of what hip hop means and what it can be. And the ace in his pack is that he鈥檚 had more hits than a boxer鈥檚 face - Jesus Walks, Stronger, Gold Digger, Black Skinhead - and is blessed with the kind of mercurial stage presence it鈥檚 impossible to tear yourself away from.
He won鈥檛 stop until we鈥檙e all as convinced of his genius as he is. And he may well succeed.
