Kanye West for Time Magazine’s The 100 Most Influential People Issue

Kanye West covers Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People Issue.
Elon Musk on Kanye West: “Kanye West would be the first person to tell you he belongs on this list. The dude doesn’t believe in false modesty, and he shouldn’t. Kanye’s belief in himself and his incredible tenacity… got him to where he is today. And he fought for his place in the cultural pantheon with a purpose.… He’s not afraid of being judged or ridiculed in the process. Kanye’s been playing the long game all along, and we’re only just beginning to see why.”
Also on the list: President Barack Obama, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Kim Kardashian, Misty Copeland, Alexander Wang, and Diane von Furstenberg.

THE COMPLETE 2015 TIME 100 LIST
Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, novelist
Björk, musician, artist
Martin Blaser, director, New York University Human Microbiome Program
Jerry Brown, medical director, Eternal Love Winning Africa Hospital, Monrovia, Libera
Muhammadu Buhari, President-elect of Nigeria
Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida
Raúl Castro, President of Cuba
Dr. Tom Catena, surgeon, Mother of Mercy Hospital, Nuba Mountains, Sudan
Chai Jing, Chinese journalist
Emmanuelle Charpentierand Jennifer Doudna, biologists
Brian Chesky, CEO, Airbnb
Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State
Tim Cook, CEO, Apple
Bradley Cooper, actor
Misty Copeland, ballerina
Bob Corker, U.S. Senator, Tennessee
Laverne Cox, actor
Lee Daniels, director
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Beji Caid Essebsi, President of Tunisia
Obiageli Ezekwesili, activist, former Minister of Education, Nigeria
Aura Elena Farfán, activist, founder, ­FAMDEGUA
Tony Fernandes, CEO, AirAsia
Pope Francis, Pontifex
Tom Frieden, director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control
Ina Garten, chef, author, TV host
Rula Ghani, First Lady of Afghanistan
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
Kevin Hart, actor, comedian
Mustafa Hassan, aid worker
Mellody Hobson, president, Ariel Investments
Reid Hoffman, co-founder, LinkedIn
Elizabeth Holmes, CEO, Theranos
Bob Iger, CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Kim Kardashian, reality star, businesswoman
Scott Kelly, astronaut
Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea
David and Charles Koch, industrialists, political financiers
Chanda Kochhar, CEO, ICICI Bank
Sarah Koenig, producer, Serial
Marie Kondo, author
Jimmy Lai, media mogul
Lei Jun, CEO, Xiaomi
Jorge Paulo Lemann, investor
Marine Le Pen, president, National Front Party, France
Richard Linklater, director
Joanne Liu, president, Médecins Sans Frontières
Lu Wei, regulator, Chinese cybersecurity and internet policy
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder, Mary’s Meals
Julianna Margulies, actor
Mitch McConnell, U.S. Senator, Kentucky
Audra McDonald, actress, singer
Tim McGraw, singer, actor
Gabriel Medina, surfer
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
Danny Meyer, restaurateur
Lorne Michaels, creator, Saturday Night Live
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Julianne Moore, actor
Haruki Murakami, writer
Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft
Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel
Christopher Nolan, director
Barack Obama, President of the United States
Chris Ofili, artist
John Oliver, host, HBO’s Last Week Tonight
Kira Orange Jones, executive director, Teach For America, New Orleans
Vikram Patel, psychiatrist
Thomas Piketty, economist, author
Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Chris Pratt, actor
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
Jorge Ramos, news anchor, journalist
Pardis Sabeti, geneticist
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
Anita Sarkeesian, activist, blogger
Amy Schumer, comedian, actor
Abubakar Shekau, head of Boko Haram
Adam Silver, commissioner, National Basketball Association
Jill Soloway, producer
Bryan Stevenson, founder, Equal Justice Initiative
Taylor Swift, musician
Rudolph Tanzi, neuroscientist
Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister of Greece
Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer
Abby Wambach, soccer player
Alexander Wang, fashion designer
Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
Emma Watson, actor, advocate
Kanye West, entrepreneur
Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia
Reese Witherspoon, actor, producer
Susan Wojcicki, CEO, YouTube
Xi Jinping, Preisdent of the People’s Republic of Chiina, General Secretary, Communist Party, China
Janet Yellen, chair, Federal Reserve
Malala Yousafzai, author, activist
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran
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