Who Gets to be a Black Genius?

“Is there room for a self-proclaimed ‘backpack rapper’ in Roc-A-Fella’s Bentley hit parade? Meet Kanye West,” says MTV News VJ Gideon Yago while introducing a 2002 You Hear It First episode on the then-rising rapper. The journey to getting that episode on air is briefly covered in the first installment of Jeen-Yuhs, the three-part documentary on West’s rise to fame, available on Netflix. Viewers get a brief view of West’s quest to get on MTV for what was then one of his biggest press moments to date. He’s shown asking MTV VJ Quddus for advice, and the camera catches a… Read Full Article