Kanye West‘s recently claimed that he’s influenced every genre of music from the past two decades was swiftly, which Boosie Badazz rejected soon after — Ye, however, doesn’t seem interested in a back-and-forth.
In a since-deleted post to his Instagram Story on Sunday (March 17), the Yeezy boss subtly shaded the Baton Rouge native and distanced himself from “whatever genre” his music is considered.
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“I just saw that Wipe Me Down was made in 2007. I take no responsibility for whatever that genre would be called,” he wrote.
You can view the post below:
Quick post & delete by Ye 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/z1oTsBztVY
— Ye Streams (@kanyestreams1) March 17, 2024
The initial comments from Kanye are from an interview he and Ty Dolla $ign did with Big Boy’s Neighborhood that was published days prior.
During the chat, the Chicago native made a bold claim and said: “I done invented every style of music for the past 20 years […] I created The Weeknd‘s genre, Trav[is Scott], Drake — I’ma go ahead and say with all love Future and [Young] Thug also because the autotune album 808s [& Heartbreak].”
Soon after the above quote began making the rounds online, Boosie Badazz disputed it on social media.
“NOT ALL GENRES NOT EVERY STYLE,” he captioned an Instagram post of the excerpt’s screenshot. “NOT BOOSIE MUSIC !! YOU CANT RELATE TO NOTHING I RAP ABOUT [O]R YOUR MUSIC‼️
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“NOBODY LISTENS TO KANYE N THE PROJECTS [O]R THE TRENCHES ‼️IM,A GON HEAD N SAY IT ‘ MY PEOPLE DO NOT RELATE TO YOU’.“
Kid Cudi also appeared to take issue with Ye’s comment, issued his fans and followers a reminder about his influence on 808s & Heartbreak soon after the aforementioned interview.
In response, he shared a screenshot from his own Wikipedia page, detailing his influence on Kanye’s fourth studio album.
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It read: “Kid Cudi’s sound is what inspired and led Kanye West to create his cathartic ‘808s & Heartbreak’ (2008), with West later stating he and Cudi were ‘the originators of the style, kinda like Alexander McQueen is to fashion… Everything else is just Zara and H&M.’
“West also complimented Cudi by saying, ‘His writing is just so pure and natural and important.’”
