Social Networking and Star Persona

Social networking is an important tool for getting your music out to potential listeners. To show how important a tool it can be, we have taken some screenshots of the social networks of Kanye West, a successful rapper similar to our star persona.

Twitter

Kanye West's Twitter features his musings on day to day life, as well as a link to his official website. As you can see, with almost 9,000,000 followers he has been quite successful on this front.

Facebook

A quick search on Facebook reveals no official Kanye West page, but hundreds of unofficial, fan-made pages, ranging from thousands of likes to hundreds of thousands of likes.

Official Website

Kanye West's official website goes for quite a minimalist theme, featuring no information about the artist other than featuring a collection of his newest songs and videos to stream, along with links to buy the tracks, and invitations to share on Facebook and Twitter.

Last.fm

Kanye West's Last.fm page shows an impressive amount of 'scrobbles' - effectively a play count - and listeners. The profile also features photos and a biography of West, allowing us an insight into his persona.