His albums quickly ate up the storage on my Samsung Dart I’d listen to his albums on repeat as I worked in the library after school.
From then on, I carried his worlds and stories with me everywhere I went.
What was lost in the transmission of bass and beats that night I found in subdued synths and piercing lyrics as Lost in the World ushered me into a new reality. I struggled to keep my earbuds in, but the sound still managed to flow into my ears over the roar of the bus engine. I was 12 years old, on my way to a wrestling tournament, when I first discovered Kanye West.