Kanye West may not have a phone right now but apparently, there aren’t any issues for him to get wind of some hot tweets. Especially when they come from a (disgruntled?) former employee of his.
On Wednesday afternoon, Kid Cudi broke out the whipping stick on Twitter and not only libeled the threads off of Kanye’s Yeezy Boosts, he dragged Drake into the rant as well.
“I keep silent because I dont ever wanna come off like some angry hater, but today, not only do I feel fantastic, Im feelin like taking over I already have My tweets apply to who they apply,” the ex-GOOO Music star wrote before naming names, “Ye, Drake, whoever. These niggas dont give a fuck about me. And they aint fuckin with me. Niggas keep you close when they see how powerful you are by yourself. When they see your greatness. Out of fear.”
Kanye wasted no time offering up a rebuttal at his Tampa show for the Saint Pablo Tour as he pumped the brakes on the performance of his fiery “I Don’t Like (Remix)” verse to call things how he saw them.
“Kid Cudi, don’t never mention Ye name,” he bellowed, much to the surprise of the Amalie Arena crowd as he proceeded to speak for several of the Cleveland native’s longtime collaborators.
“I birthed you!” he continued. “We all dealing with that emo shit all the time. Me, [Plain] Pat, Don C. Don’t never mention Ye name! You mad because I’m doing songs with Drake? Can’t nobody tell Ye who to do songs with! Respect … the god!”
He then went on to express how being signed to Good Music was a privilege — one that wasn’t valued from the creator of “Day ‘n Nite.” Yeezy also compared the attacks to the end of Spike Lee’s Malcolm X biopic where the Civil Rights leader was slain by his own kind.
“I’m so hurt. I feel so disrespected. Kid Cudi, we two black men in a racist world. I wore skinny jeans first. I got called names before you, bruh,” he cried.
If Kanye was caught off guard by the Twitter swipe, he’d probably have a good reason outside the unpredictable “emo shit.” Cudi is featured on Ye’s February 2016 album, The Life of Pablo on one of the more popular cuts, the club starting “Father, Stretch My Hands Pt. 1.”
In the immortal words of a Mr. Omar Little, “Come at the king, you best not miss.”
Watch Kanye’s Kid Cudi responses down below. It’s a safe bet to say, this isn’t over.
Kanye West is the biggest clown in history. This guy calls himself a God lmao. God of what??? You ain’t even top 20 bro
Kanye is probably top 20…
Not my favorite artist, but that’s fair. Not the greatest..because of lack of consistency and dumbass antics, but still above average when you think about creativity, impact on the game, full body of work.
Definitely top 20..possibly 15
Fuvk this mofo..He aint got no bars and should never call himself god..I guess he is tha god of hoe life. I never liked that punk even when he dissed 2Pac. He is a biatch nigga.gtfo !!!!
Sooo…are you saying that you don’t like Kanye West?
He got me when he called out Cudi for the emo shit. Then lost me when he reminded who introduced skinny jeans. So I’m not sure if that “I birthed you” meant to be a complement or insult. Thank God (not, not Kanye) the situation is clearer w/ skinny jeans and Drake songs.
how can you call yourself a god when your shit is being written by other ppl just like CUDI said eminem claimed the rap god status cos he WRITES HIS SHIT AND ITS DOPE AHEAD OF ITS TIME kanye wants respect for his OLD SHIT we all loved backpack wearing Kanye not this Mr Kardashian ass nigga ….just look at the credits for THE LIFE OF PABLO as dope as it was he didnt write shit on it not even the ï love kanye”skit it wasnt his idea….U DONT HAVE THE ANSWER YE!!!
Drake, Kanye and Kid Cudi are all cornballs, noone wins here with this
So Ye didnt talk on topic? He just talked about two black guys fighting? Wondering why
Not a good move for Cudi. He gonna go from the “day-n-nite” guy to the “whats-his-name-who-got-bodied”…sorry Cudi but you aint on Drake or Kanye level. You had your moment (two listenable albums but the first one was sort of a dissapointment). But its like putting Lil Cease or Mase up there with Biggie and Jay-Z. Your not in the same league. You bad grunge/rock albums sound like Sonic Youth if they met Nickleback. You got a couple tracks that got more play in techno circles back in the day. You awight but you need to sit down. Your not relevant anymore. Travis Scott etc might say you influenced them but they all sound like Drake or Ye, to be real.
Lol no.
lol yes.
Um after biggie died mase took over as the biggest rapper in the game. So comparing him to jay z ain’t a far stretch. No one was on bigs level besides snoop and pac. But I get your point though. Even though i respect kid Cudi as an artist more than ye and drake.
I’m taking about 90s though.
Snoop ruled the early to mid 90s. Big took over and ruled he mid 90s and then made took over alongside dmx to rule the late 90s and obviously Eminem and 50 cent controlled the early 2000s to mid 2000s and since the mid 2000s til now the south has dominated sadly.
Mase not made lol
Watch Kanye gone fix his mouth like cologen to end up apologen (apologizing)
why is kanye west insulting someone for “emo shit?” didn’t he do 808s and Heartbreak? Wasn’t Yeezus just him whining that he’s not praised enough? hey ‘ye, put a bit more of that emo shit in your music and maybe you won’t have so much of it in the press and your life.
Another embarrassment for mainstream hip hop. “the God” and “Ye” and blah blah blah. Dude so damn bipolar.
“I wore skinny jeans before you”… yeah and Ray J fucked yo wife/baby momma before you… who cares
There are too many that are only brave enough to speak their mind when they are either behind the keyboard of their smartphone or just when the have 10.000 groupies in front of them.
If you got issues you should either call that person and meet him face 2 face. That thing of speaking your mind when you are hundreds miles away or when thousands of fans will laugh about your jokes is so typical of cowards
I’m not a Cudi fan, but these Kanye quotes are the definition of narcissism.