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Are Kanye West And Michael Scott From 'The Office' The Same Person? Yes.

The Internet has a great way of merging pieces of pop culture that may seem disparate — to wit, one Kanye West fan is using scenes from the hit NBC comedy to review the Chicago rapper's discography.
Kanye West performs at The Meadows Music & Arts Festival October 2016 in Queens, New York.

An enterprising YouTube user, MrBroks00, took the time to make a primer on Kanye West's sonically disparate discography by using a selection of timeless scenes from The Office as conceptual analogues.

There's a profound discovery to be made when these strange bedfellows link up — Michael Scott and Kanye West, it turns out, are two peas in an idiosyncratic pod. Michael'sand Kanye West's overall public persona.

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