Hey, what's up guys? I want to have a chat with you before we get into it. What we try

to do here on making is deliver you the story of an icon's rise to fame for all their

good and bad. But this figure is particularly tricky. Kanye West or Ye as he goes by now

means so many different things to different people. To some, he's a hip-hop hero. To others,

he's a divisive symbol of hate. To a lot, he's both. About a year ago, we decided to produce

a show on Ye. Then, just a few months later, his extremism turned into violent hate speech.

And we shelved it. We went back and forth on whether to put it out there. On one hand,

we don't want to give a platform to Ye's hate. And on the other hand, the more we researched,

the more his story became about a lot of deeper, destructive parts of our culture. And

for what it's worth, I think those are parts that we need to talk about. So if anything,

hopefully, these two episodes can do that. Hopefully, they can provide guide rails to

digest Ye and learn from his downfall. Well, anyway, that's a peek behind the curtain.

So here it is. The making and unmaking of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West.

Roll the tape.

Talent that hasn't been seen in hip hop ever before.

You can't retire and create a genius man. You retire Steve Jobs.

No figuring all of music history as controversial.

And I can't listen to him anymore.

One of the greatest artists of our age.

I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation.

From WBZ Chicago, this is making on Brandon Poe.

Today, it's making Kanye. Mr. West has won 24 Grammys.

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