"How Sway" is Kanye West's response to something DJ Sway said although no one can remember now what that was. But everyone remembers the response. Maybe it was because the words flowed so well, "How Sway?" That's it. That's all. And now it's an iconic response to someone stating the impossible or just a cool thing to say.
Reaction to someone doing or saying something that is completely impossible. Unheard of, not realistic or hard to understand.
How Sway? = "How is that possible?"
"How Sway?" was invented by Kanye West during his rant to radio host, Sway.
Please see Kanye West and Sway interview: Raw and Real on Sway in the morning Kanye repeatedly yells, "How Sway?"
Example #1: Jimmy has no job but is able to pull model chicks with money. How Sway?
Example #2: Donald Trump has no political experience but is leading in the presidential nomination 2016. How Sway?
A phrase used in the context of someone saying something so irrelevant/ignorant that it prompts you to ask them to explain their logic. Credit to Yeezus.
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”