He rapped: “And for that paper, look how low we’ll stoop / Even if you in a Benz / You’re still a n—– in a coupe.”

I loved everything about that album, and that song in particular. Looking back, however, West seems to have been foretelling his own tragic fall from what he once was.

West has now reached the pinnacle of access to the White fashion world, something he begged for publicly, and pathetically. Now, he has “made it,” and so what does he go and do? During a surprise fashion show for his line “Yeezy,” West and conservative Black provocateur Candace Owens wore shirts that said “White Lives Matter.” Some of the models also walked the runway in “White Lives Matter” shirts. West then proceeded to post “Black Lives Matter was a scam” on his Instagram, causing an online furor.

Owens and West have this in common: They are Black public figures in the business of providing a lot of shock but little substantive value.

The stunts have…