Or is it “mar-kuhwan-ye”, rhymes with Kanye (West)?

So my view of him from my vantage point is that he’s unoriginal, and needs other peoples work to survive.

I’m a huge rap fan and this is 100% correct.

Although, not for the reasons you listed. Having a huge hit that leans heavily on an obvious sample of an older hit song isn’t necessarily awful. But the guy writes corny shit, is a terrible rapper and is just not very talented. He built an empire off of surrounding himself with amazingly talented people and exploiting them in the worst possible ways.