Get past the obvious differences between The Kanye and The Trump. Beyond the likelihood that a fan of one is most likely not a fan of the other. Beyond the fact that one is married to Kim Kardashian and the other is married to Melania Trump. And beyond the fact that one is a rapper famous for the song “Gold Digger” and the other a real estate mogul famous for speaking brazenly about women. Once we strip them down, Kanye Omari West and Donald John Trump are basically the same person.

Some similarities are immediately obvious. Both of these men are celebrities that live in the public eye. They also both have huge egos: Kanye West has compared himself to Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo, and created an album titled Yeezus, Donald Trump has called himself the “world’s greatest builder” and has said, “Show me someone without an ego, and I’ll show you a loser.” They also have poured money into questionable business ventures: Kanye West has pushed his fashion brand to compete with Nike and Adidas, where Trump has invested in Trump Steaks, Trump Magazine, Trump Airlines and Trump Mortgage. They also have both been in considerable debt. Donald Trump has been famous for his flirtations (and use of) bankruptcy and has also supposedly been “eight billion dollars” of debt. Kanye on the other hand has tweeted (with a possible misuse of the word “debt”) that he is in 53 million dollars worth of debt.

Perhaps the most troubling similarity is their relationship with the public in general. A significant portion of the general population in the United States write off Trump or Kanye. They both have a rambling (sometimes incoherent) and unfiltered Twitter account and they have a love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with the press. However, what is dangerous is that both presidential candidate Donald Trump and future presidential candidate Kanye West (Kanye says he plans to run in 2020) have dedicated, die hard followers that refuse to believe that the focus of their praise can ever be wrong. In Kanye West’s case, his fans (likely less in number that Trump’s hoard) believe he is undoubtedly a musical and universal genius. I know this because I am one of those fans. Kanye’s huge ego, his refusal to bend to the media, his production of brilliant albums and songs (check out The Life of Pablo now) and also his blatant refusal to be humble in any way in the face of humbling circumstances is hilarious, entertaining and in some strange way thrilling.

Despite my support for Kanye’s music and even Kanye himself, his similarities with Trump are disconcerting. Kanye’s ego and his sometimes illogical, gravity-defying personality is a lot of fun for rap. On the other hand, Donald Trump saying statements that have questionable relation to reality but are spoken to gain some sort of political and public reaction feel wrong. So putting Trump’s policies and Kanye’s music aside: it is wrong when we follow somebody because of a cult of personality rather than their actual character based on actual actions.