Kanye West (who goes by Ye now) and Drake have gone by way of a long time of creative appreciation for one another and occasional feuds. The ultimate season of beef between the 2 would possibly come to an finish in 2025. The “Energy” rapper just lately opened up about his excessive opinion of Drake on X (previously Twitter).
What did Kanye West say about Drake?
Kanye West went on an X posting spree and included his ideas about Drake. He acknowledged that “jealousy” overtook him earlier than. Nevertheless, he can now recognize Drake’s artistry. Ye posted (and later deleted) on X, “I really like Drake. I’ma say this once I die, I want you to talk at me [sic] funeral.”
He additionally talked about watching a video of Drake. The “Elevate Off” singer gushed in all caps, “I noticed a video of Drake strolling by way of his home and exhibiting he had a library of rhyme books. Man, I want I might have seen and remembered this when my jealousy overtook me.”
Drake and Ye’s connection goes again to the early days of the “Donda” crooner’s profession. The Canadian artist confirmed appreciation for Ye in a 2009 MTV interview. The “Thank Me Later” maker mentioned, “Earlier than I ever obtained the prospect to fulfill him, Kanye West formed a whole lot of what I do, so far as music goes. We all the time, all the time, all the time took the time to hearken to Kanye’s music and recognize it past.
We searched the samples and we discover out the place his inspiration got here from, as a result of he has top-of-the-line ears in music, interval. He is aware of acknowledge nice music that’s not his. He is aware of make the most of nice sounds and nice music.”
Ye turned the favor by praising Drake’s bars on Younger Cash’s “Each Woman.” The 47-year-old artist posted on Kanye Universecity weblog: “Drake mentioned, ‘Do you want women like I do?? Les-bi-honest!!!!!’ Finest line of the yr up to now!”
After a long time of mutual appreciation, the duo’s feud grew to become more and more inevitable within the latest few years. Drake took a dig at Ye at “Purple Button,” rapping, “Each time you want me for a lift, I by no means hesitated/ Each time that Yeezy referred to as a truce, he had my head inflated/ Thinkin’ we gon’ lastly peace it up and get to levitatin’/ Understand that every little thing premeditated.”
Ye obtained again at Drizzy in 2024 on the remix to Future and Metro Boomin’s Kendrick Lamar-assisted Drake diss quantity “Like That” on April 20. The tune, out there on Ye’s website, allegedly references Drake’s licensing deal with Lucian Grainge’s Common Music Group.
