Fans Congratulate 'New' Artist Paul McCartney on Kanye West Collaboration; Twitter Reacts

Fans of Kanye West have been praising West's latest altruistic action: launching the career of an unknown artist named Paul McCartney.

After West released his latest single, "Only One," featuring the Beatles star, Twitter users posted mostly joking tweets making fun of the generational divide between the two iconic artists.

I usually don't pay much attention to Kanye West, but it's cool he's launched this 'Paul McCartney' dude's career pic.twitter.com/1iaTOLRkr9

- Oliver Age 24 (@OliverAge24) January 3, 2015

It is unclear whether many of these were serious, but anyone over the age of 40 Beatles fans dearly hope the answer is none.

If you don't know who #PaulMcCartney is, you don't deserve your ears.

- Eric Vale (@ericvale) January 3, 2015

In all likelihood, this is mostly the work of music fans who want a good laugh rather than ignorant young people.