Aside from congress, Kanye West is about as polarizing as people get when it comes to media and entertainment today. He’s a magnanimous prick, seemingly begging for people he doesn’t know to hate him every time he makes a headline.
Tuesday was no exception as Kanye (or, Kanye’s lawyers) officially forced the shut down of Coinye West, the digital crypto-currency named after the self-proclaimed god himself.
[jump]Much like Bitcoin, the untraceable form of online currency (and ideal way to pay for drugs, hitmen, and space travel over the hidden internet), Coinye West was poised to become the next greatest way to buy shit online while maintaining that precious sense of anonymity.
That was, until, Kanye filed the legal paperwork in New York City to stop the currency’s creators from marketing and selling his digital money namesake, TMZ reports.
After fighting it at first and opening the sale of the virtual currency early to the public last week, the Coinye creators apparently couldn't hold out any longer, and shut down website operations early Tuesday morning. The site now reads "COINYE IS DEAD. You win, Kanye."
As he's apt to do, Kanye over-dramatized what anyone else would deem flatteringly humorous at best, and weirdly devoted at worst, stating, “With each day that passes, [my] reputation is irreparably harmed by the continued use of the Coinye West marks."
And because just shutting the site down isn’t enough, Kanye’s also filing an injunction against all involved parties and seeking a piece of the Coinye profits which, after a week of existence, probably equates to the price of a wax and detail for one of his two $1.2 million armored vehicles.
Say what you will, but Kanye keeps himself at the cultural forefront better than anyone out there today — all the while maintaining a wrought-iron sense of artistic integrity and a healthy dollop of narcissistic delusion. If that’s not American, I don’t know what is. Sue on, you crazy diamond. Sue on.