How has everyone forgotten that this happened? Everything that rapper and rampant egotist Kanye West does makes the news, and so we'd expect people to remind him that he once rocked the long hair look on a daily basis. Instead, we all just pretend it never happened.
Here's West in 2008, borrowing his hair, his jacket, and his gloves from Michael Jackson's wardrobe. He persisted with the style for about three months, and then ditched it and went back to normal. It was a good call.