Introduced as a “super hero,” a “super genius,” a “fashion icon” and a “visionary,” Ye disagreed with none of those superlatives while announcing he would be “shamelessly name-dropping” celebrity friends such as Ralph Lauren, Steven Spielberg, Hilary Clinton and Oprah Winfrey, all in one eight-word sentence. “We could become the first civilization to become civil.” Ultimately, though, Ye said that Drake is an artist who has added greatly to the culture, whose music is possessed of great sophisticated melody, and that he and Drake are on the same team. “One of the lines I said that was legend was, ‘I’m worth more than all of y’all on this text combined’… I had this conversation with Drake that’s like, ‘I never fucked Kim,’ but I was like, ‘But you acted like you did.'” He said he texted Drake, “Did you ever DM her? you know, because it ain’t about just the actual act of it.” He’s gonna go and DM every single girl in your family, every single girl around your family, all your girls.” He talked about confronting Drake in a group text that included Kid Cudi, Pusha T, Jay-Z, Travis Scott and others. “Drake don’t do an outright diss song… He’s going to set it up like war,” he said. “He’s gonna do stuff like live five blocks down, from you. “You know what? I bit his ear,” he said, alluding to Mike Tyson biting Evander Holyfield’s ears in a 1997 boxing match. He further comparing his rivalry with Drake to a sports rivalry. “Nothing could go against ‘Dark, Twisted Fantasy’ though,” he said, referring to “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” from 2010. He even suggested that he could even go against himself, album Verzuz album, name change Verzuz name change. Ye also offered the idea of him doing a month worth of Verzuz where he would battle artists in categories such as producers, songwriter and rappers. West continued, “No, I’m saying that the worst thing I’ve ever done is sign Big Sean.”īefore those comments went public, Big Sean went on Twitter to say, “I just got asked to be on the next Drink Champs so I’m assuming Ye talking crazy.”Īsked whether he’d ever go on Verzuz, West went into joking hyperbole mode, saying, “Absolutely, but I would need about like four people to go against me at one time.” Specifically: “It would be Drake, right?” asked Ye as to who most people want him to battle against during a Verzuz. When one of the hosts murmured a seeming approval. I already decided that when I die, on my tombstone it’s gonna stay, ‘I deserve to be here because I signed Big Sean’,” Ye said. West elaborated on his feelings about Big Sean in a closing quick-fire round, with one of the questions asking him to state his preference between Pusha, who is still on West’s label, and Big Sean, who departed. And I don’t rock with neither of them and I need my apologies.” Both artists, he said, “got used quick by the Democrats to come at the boy who actually changed their life. Political differences figured into what he described as a sense of disappointment with Big Sean and John Legend, both formerly signed to his G.O.O.D. Although that wasn’t literal, he said, “I might not got it on, but I’ll let y’all know where I stand.” “I still got a red hat on today,” he said. “She’s still my wife,” he said, as long as there’s “no paperwork” to seal his divorce from Kardashian West.Īlthough not much of the talk was political, and there were few mentions of West’s presidential bid last fall, West made it clear where he stands. West suggested that he hasn’t given up on his marriage, despite the apparent finality. You know, power-hungry maniacs and just control. And also, there’s women who’ve been through very serious things, pulled in alleys against their will that’s different than a hug, but it’s classified as the same thing. “They’ll hit you with the accusations or somebody who you was with 10 years ago. “All the ‘Me Too’… like, when I sit next to Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, right after both of them got canceled, for five songs, you know, it’s like they can’t cancel a song,” he said. West said he had invited Marilyn Manson, who is facing four lawsuits for sexual assault, to his Sunday Service worship, and defended having given the rocker and DaBaby, still under fire for homophobic comments, to perform alongside him and appear on his latest album, “Donda.” “I’m gonna take myself public and create a universal basic income… a basic universal wealth,” he promised. (Sir) Lucian (Grainge), how you like that one?”) to the sublime (“Collectively, we are God,” West said, adding some new wrinkles to his Christian theology). Subjects ranged from the mundane (“I love Drake. West frequently pointed out during the interview that he knew it would raise controversy, as in a portion of the chat where he said that Black History Month should be abolished, because being historically minded focuses on the subjugations of the past, when there should be a Black Future Month.