--- title: This is What a Kanye West TV Drama Would Look Like description: Kanye West's personal brand is never dull, which makes him the perfect candidate for being a part of a television drama. canonical: https://time.com/4514515/kanye-westworld-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-30T14:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:11.976Z og:title: Kanye West Did a Hilarious Westworld Parody og:description: Welcome to Kanye Westworld og:url: https://time.com/4514515/kanye-westworld-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e9c6d8adc7990e1/6988a833e20a870612a929be/kanye-west-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Kanye West In Concert - New York, NY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kanye West Did a Hilarious Westworld Parody twitter:description: Welcome to Kanye Westworld twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e9c6d8adc7990e1/6988a833e20a870612a929be/kanye-west-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kanye West Parodied _Westworld_ So You Can Experience the Drama of the Greatest Television Series of All Time > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Kevin Mazur—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 30, 2016 2:39 PM UTC From his [spirited Twitter statements](http://time.com/4196396/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-spree/) to his [notorious sartorial endeavors](http://time.com/4483104/kanye-west-yeezy-season-4-fashion-show/), Kanye West is no stranger to controversy. This is, after all, the man involved in what could reasonably be viewed as [the greatest feud of our generation](http://time.com/4411055/kanye-west-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-feud/). So it should come as no surprise that West’s vocal, [Shakespearean-levels-of-drama outbursts](http://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/) make the perfect plot for a television series — and we’re not talking _Keeping Up With the Kardashians_. On _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, Kimmel imagined what the upcoming HBO science fiction thriller series _Westworld_ would be like if it was _Kanye Westworld_ and although it’s parody with found footage of West spliced in, the results are surprisingly compelling. West’s sense of urgency and impassioned ad-libs might just be the winning ticket for cable television. 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