Kanye West dragged J. Cole and praised Drake in a string of tweets that reignited outdated rivalries and revealed new private frustrations.
Kanye West lit up social media with a chaotic mixture of reward for Drake and harsh criticism of J. Cole in his newest tirade.
On Monday (April 1), the divisive rapper reposted a clip from Drake’s “Nokia” video whereas reflecting on their strained relationship.
“How I hate Drake and I’m workforce Drake on the identical time,” he tweeted. “Life is humorous like that It’s the bizarre factor the place I really feel closest to Drake outta any physique in rap.”
West adopted up by sharing a submit that merely learn, “Drake #1.”
West then pivoted to Cole, unloading a collection of insults blasting the North Carolina rapper’s music and trade presence.
“I hate J Cole music a lot It’s like between Kendrick and J Cole,” he wrote. “I guess you trade vegetation requested J Cole to diss Drake then we’d have been accosted with a J Cole Tremendous Bowl business with no SZA track to put it aside.”
He didn’t cease there. “Nobody listens to J Cole after loosing their virginity,” West added.
He additionally revealed that in a previous assembly with Drake, he voiced frustration over Cole’s affect.
“Once I met up with Drake throughout Donda a lot of the convo was me telling him he was hurting hip hop by giving J Cole a platform,” West claimed. “I used to be saying how a lot I liked Future.”
The rant didn’t finish with Cole. West additionally took goal on the late dressmaker Virgil Abloh, expressing lingering resentment over Abloh’s rise.
“Think about a n#### steal your dream and is given your crown as a result of he ain’t put on a pink hat after which the tradition you constructed mad at you talking up on it,” he acknowledged. “My very own associates that knew how dangerous it harm me got here tryna test me for talking up. I hate when n##### attempt to inform me what the f### I can say.”
In a latest interview, West doubled down on his admiration for Drake, calling him “1,000,000 instances higher” and “1,000,000 instances extra essential” than Kendrick Lamar.
He credited Drake with shaping the sound and route of contemporary Hip-Hop, spawning artists like Future and Younger Thug.
Simply final month, West admitted he felt jealous of Drake and bizarrely confessed that he needed Drake to talk at his funeral.
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