@limneticvillains I agree. And it might sound harsh, but in an industry where one in three is a drug addict and one in ten is a pedophile, I rarely get particularly excited about the people themselves or their personalities; even if we know nothing about them, it’s usually just the music for me :/ Anyway, I’ve got an opinion about "artist vs. his art", so ig that's a nice opportunity to tell about it here? Imagine a small, democratic town where public meetings are held every day to discuss local issues. And imagine that, for one of these issues, for example, a global catastrophe, some maniac and murderer who’s been released from prison, he proposes a genius, workable solution. Should we reject the solution just because it was proposed by a bad person? I don’t think so, of course, if there’s no hidden agenda in it that benefits the maniac. It’s the same with music. If it’s good and doesn’t reflect that bad side of a bad person (even despite if this man is terrible and there's no good sides), then what the difference does it make for music? For example, Wagner was an anti-semite, and his music was later used in fascist crematorias; I’m against that, but there’s nothing wrong with his music or operas themselves. Wagner was also an anti-capitalist and took part in the 1848 revolution; it is unlikely that he would have supported fascism; true, he didn't like Jews just for their nationality and stereotypes. But his music expresses the most profoundly human emotions, and some passages can even move you to tears if you really delve into them, it doesn't express hate towards nation. This was written by a depraved man, but I wouldn’t judge music by the depravity of the person in this case. I separate this aspect of Wagner from his music in this case, and it makes sense for me. At the same time, other depraved people write some shitty rap about how they’d fuck whores and make a money, and that sort of shit could certainly be judged by the depravity of the person. For example, Kanye West’s desire to shock has led him to shock the public by claiming he loves Hitler, so it makes sense to criticise his provocative works(but I wouldn’t do that with his early albums, btw, but I'd definitely do this with Yeezus). I’m not comparing rap to classical music, classical music can be awful too compared to rap, I just used it as an example. I'd just recommend toask the question what's the music you're listening to is about. And it has no connection to this artist in your post, I know nothing about him, but just used it as an opportunity to share this opinion.