Can you believe we’re talking about Kanye West again? | CNN

The artist formerly known as Kanye West may be enjoying a triumphant return to the stage, but not everyone is clapping. Ye, as he is now known, was recently banned from traveling to the United Kingdom amid continued concern over his past antisemitic remarks and the festival he was due to headline there was canceled because of the ban. That decision came days after two sold out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, in support of his new album “Bully,” which just debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Clips of those concerts — showing other celebs jamming to his tunes and Lauryn Hill joining him on stage on a set designed to look like the literal top of the world — went viral. The dichotomy of a star both banned and celebrated perfectly encapsulates Ye’s decades long career. While other celebs have maintained their fan base in the face of controversy, few have managed to pull off maintaining the continued support he has — especially given the cycles of him offending swaths of people, offering contrition and then doing it all again. Che Pope, a longtime collaborator and friend of Ye’s, said the man who has done everything from producing some of the biggest name