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The One Person Kanye West Follows on Twitter Says Fame Is 'Vacuous'

by Amar Toor on August 4, 2010 at 03:10 PM

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When recent Twitter convert Kanye West chose to follow the account of a kid named Steven Holmes, everyone struggled to comprehend why Mr. West would want to follow a relatively anonymous student -- and no one else. Surely this kid must be the world's most rabid Kanye fan, right? Or perhaps he's another struggling musician who's been chomping at the bit for his one shot at fame? Well, not exactly.

"The funny thing is I like his music but I'm not his biggest fan," the media student tells his local Coventry Telegraph newspaper. "Before this weekend I thought it would be cool to have a celebrity following me on Twitter but now I think it's really not worth it." Ever since being anointed as Kanye's "Chosen One," Holmes has accumulated upwards of 3,000 followers, and has been barraged with messages from aspiring artists, filmmakers and musicians, "as if I have some sort of influence over Kanye West." He's also received a slew of interview requests from major media outlets like the BBC, New York Magazine and CNN. And he's refused every single one. "I didn't want to talk to any of them," Holmes says. "Fame has never appealed to me. It's vacuous."

You've gotta admire the way Holmes tirelessly sticks to his anti-celebrity principles -- especially when arguably the most fame-obsessed person in the world is following his every tweet. Perhaps Kanye, in his infinite wisdom, was completely aware of the irony of following someone who loathes today's "obsession with celebrity culture." But we sort of doubt it. [From: Coventry Telegraph, via: The Guardian]

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