Reggae legend/innovative producer Lee “Scratch” Perry is 81 years old and gives notoriously off-kilter interviews. In fact, he once called Island Records head honcho Chris Blackwell a “vampire.”
His most recent chat with House of Strombo was no exception — only this time he touched on the subject of Hip Hop, which included his thoughts on rap gods Kanye West and Drake. When speaking on West, he said Yeezy has sold his soul and that of his late mother’s for wealth.
“Him sell his mother’s soul to get rich … To get rich, sell his soul to, sell his mother’s soul, sell his soul to get the American dollars that is going down,” Perry said in his thick Jamaican accent. “Why should I listen to somebody that is so perfect and so unperfect and so stupid?”
As the interview was winding down, he also made bizarre references to West’s wife, Kim Kardashian-West, and her “big batty,” which presumably meant her big “booty.”
“I did not sell my soul,” he said. “I don’t need a bulletproof jacket. And I don’t have a woman with a real big batty because me is not afflicted by big batty. I am not addicted to big batty. And I am not addicted to Kim, with batty in front and behind. Kim has batty in front and batty behind. I am not addicted to girls with batty in front and batty behind. The girls I have is not too fat.”
Perry did conclude that Drake was alright in his book because he “moves like a snake” (whatever that means).
Perry has released dozens of albums beginning with 1969’s The Upsetter and appeared on the Beastie Boys’ 1998 track “Dr. Lee, PhD” from the album Hello Nasty.
Check out the full interview above.
He sold his sold but did hebrealy sell his mom’s thought he lov2d his mom them mms fucked up Kenya look as Kris enter got that money Jim is his beard right
He sold his soul didn’t no he sold his mom’s thought he loves his mom Kim his beard they konyroll him Kenya look so sad
You need to stop having white people write your articles because they dont know shit about any culture.
Dont even know what a batty is
That’s just some random bullshit but calling Drake and Kanye rap gods is just some ignorant bullshit
Real ignorant bullshit
Why is what he said bizarre? Scratch is a legend Kanye ain’t on his level or have his respect in the music culture. And Kanye and drake ain’t rap gods. That’s some sucker shit talk. What a dumb piece of writing by this dude. Step your game up and learn more about black music and black culture.