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There’s been a lot of talk lately about separating art from artists. This has been spurred, as it always is, from the latest stunt by Kanye West. As I’m sure everyone is already aware by now, Kanye got up on stage at the Grammy’s while Beck was accepting his award for best album. While it looked as though Kanye was joking, he later made statements in interviews saying he was dissatisfied with the decision, and felt as though the award should have gone to Beyonce.
Now Kanye has since apologised and the whole thing has pretty much blown over. Kanye certainly hasn’t gotten as much hate as he did when he pulled the same stunt at the VMA’s in 2009. But the whole incident got me thinking about the bigger conversation surrounding the incident; when, if ever, should we separate art from artists?