Kanye West Blasts Sway Calloway & Charlamagne Tha God During “Yeezus” Concert

    In 2013, Kanye West had much-discussed interviews with Sway Calloway and Charlamagne Tha God. During West’s most recent Yeezus Tour stop in Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center, the rapper criticized the radio show hosts while discussing his 10 years as a solo artist in the music business.

    “Ten years of this shit,” Kanye West said during the performance. “If I go to a radio interview, shut the fuck up. If you’re on your talk show at night showing a picture of me walking with my girlfriend, shut the fuck up…What have you done with the past 10 years of your life, Charlamagne? Sway? What did you do? Fuck these niggas names is? I am Yeezus.” 

    In November, Kanye West screamed at Sway Calloway during an interview. “You ain’t got the answers,” Kanye West said to Sway Calloway when the radio show host suggested that West create an independent clothing line. “You ain’t got the answers. You ain’t got the answers. You ain’t got the answers, Sway. I’ve been doing this more than you.” In December, Sway Calloway addressed the interview. “I love Kanye West,” Sway said on MTV’s “Rap Fix Live.” “That’s my little brother. If you got a chance to see the interview, it got really intense. I will admit to that. But everything Kanye said, I think is true. In fact, I believe in everything that he’s trying to do. I think we all should listen to the message that’s in everything he said in the interview.” 

    In November, Charlamagne Tha God referred to West as a “walking contradiction” during the rapper’s interview with New York radio station Power 105.1. 

    To read more regarding the Kanye West-Sway Calloway argument and to view the video of their conversation, click here. To read more about Kanye West’s interview with Power 105.1 and The Breakfast Club, click here.  

    To view the video of West’s recent criticism of Sway and Charlamagne, click here

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    169 thoughts on “Kanye West Blasts Sway Calloway & Charlamagne Tha God During “Yeezus” Concert

    1. Kanye. The most sensitive, butt-hurt, media-whoring motherfucker alive. This is what happens when you think way too much of yourself and very little of others.

    2. Fuck Kanye, If it wasn’t for niggas like Sway, he wouldn’t be here. To just shit on someone’s career and say they haven’t done anything is the highest level of disrespect. Both Charlamagne and Sway are both out here grinding hard and Sway has been out here representing the culture longer than Kanye.

    3. What an ungrateful cunt, I have bought 4 Kanye albums, I have paid to see him live twice, and I have watched him grow into this egocentric narcissist asshole. He will get no more money from me, neither will anyone on GOOD Music (cause I know some of that money will go to him).

      1. man….there was a point that I was like, “Oh these rants are in some weird way inspirational” and “I understand where he’s coming from”, but I gotta agree with you on this. I won’t be paying for any more products affiliated with Kanye.

        #BoycottKanyeWest – let’s make this happen.

    4. i could understand dissing charlamagne cause he’s a disrespectful cunt who likes to talk reckless shit, but Sway? He’s like the most chill dude and always supported him. cmon Ye

      1. Yeah Charlamagne hates on him but Sway was just trying to have a conversation with him and let him get his point across in a civilized manner.

    5. Charlemagne is just another male version of Wendy Williams but Sway is an important part of the culture.I could care less who shits on Charlamagne because he is a clown but leave Sway out of your rants.

    6. Ye is dead wrong for throwing Sway under the bus AGAIN!

      No one made Kanye go to Sways radio show and do that interview.

    7. When this dude speaks it doesn’t sound like confidence to me. It sounds like he never expected to be in this position and is experiencing it all through some kind of out of body experience. Like he’s watching himself do and say all this shit through the lens of a camera documenting his life. Yeezus is the character he created but he walks around all day as Yeezus.

      1. Eminem is the King of bitch made shit, he would diss Kim K and Mariah Carey before he would diss Sway and Chalamagne and his fans would all cheer.

      2. Em wouldn’t diss Sway. He has mad respect for him and no problem with him. If he had a problem with him he’d probably talk to him first, see what’s up, then maybe go on WAX if that didn’t change things. Kanye isn’t even rhyming about the people he has perceived problems with. He’s just ranting about it.

        Kanye’s just a petulant child. Always has been, and at this rate, it seems he always will be.

      3. Em employs sway and has shown plenty of respect throughout the years…Kanye Stans just don’t want to admit that gay fish was out of line on this one.

    8. Maybe it’s just this site. Maybe it’s hip-hop in general but man there is very little music news at this point and mostly gossip. Seriously look at all the top articles and tell me I’m wrong

    9. This dude gonna OD from fame and all that comes with it soon, I can see that happening. His high horse gonna heel kick the fuck outta him until he’s comatose. That pedestal eventually gonna crumble…

      1. I’d say the Cubs, Chief Keef and the murder rate are more embarrassing, but Kanye’s emotional bitch tendencies are definitely up there.

      2. I agree with Scrub thing, not a fan of em but they are embarrassing to this beautiful city! I respect Chief for his grind to get money and that’s where it stops!

    10. When all is said and done, do you think Kanye will be remembered for his contribution to hip hop, or for his emotional rants? getbeatdowndotcom

      1. yeah we take pride in our ppl. callin sway a gay nigga from the bay in an oakland record shop will leave you embarassed

    11. Sway done loads of good interviews while you MR CROOKED CHIN aka F**K Face have done what All this guys albums and music are crap – SWAY interviewed TUPAC thats more than youre whole music catolog MR BENT CHIN – PLUS you wear skirts YOU PUNK – F**K JayZ and Kanye

    12. Here’s what Sways done: Interviewed a sitting President in the White House while rocking his “Sway hat.” Who else in Hip Hop has done that?

    13. What’s dope is Sway got shit on by Kanye….then the idiot goes on record and defends Kanye a few days later! He backs Kanye’s rant up and calls it the truth! Sway tells people to listen to Kanye!

      Then two months later, Kanye shits on him again!! AHAHAHA dummy..straight suckers still suckin his mans dick

    14. I think people attack Kanye too quickly now before they even know what’s going on… there’s always 2 sides to a story and I’m not sayin Kanye was right or wrong for what he said but usually there’s a reason behind it

      1. I think we’ve already heard the “other side” in those interviews and it’s all first world BS.

        And instead of being a MAN and disagreeing with Sway and Charlamagne in person (hell, even in private), he chose to emote like a bitch on a live mic. And WHY? Because of all the ridicule he’s received for those interviews.

        But those men didn’t embarrass him, he embarrassed himself by coming onto those shows and attempting to do a monologue when it’s an INTERVIEW. All those rehearsed Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and fashion-centric lines.. and he couldn’t even bust a coherent freestyle?

        Don’t get me wrong, I’m a fan of Kanye, but the dude is trying WAY too hard to mask his insecurities.

      2. Theres no reason to throw Sway under the bus again. Sway is the most respected and knowledgeable person in all of hip-hop media!

    15. Shit on by Kanye? How, by saying “It ain’t Ralph” and “You ain’t got the answers, Sway”? All that shit came to a halt when Sway offered to turn off the mic though.

      1. Drake would kick the holy shit out of anyone’s ass if they even mention his name. Don’t be fooled. From Degrassi to Pelican Bay. Drake’s a killa with felony charges that would make T.I. blush.

      1. Ive seen you post this before but it doesn’t seem to be working, 334 plays and 2 of those clicks are from me, not realizing it would be the same song.

        HHDX is going to delete your comment because of the link.

    16. I can’t believe I’m going to say this but Kanye I’m one of your biggest supporters. I understand you and charlemange, But to go at Sway I guy thats constantley backed you is fucked up, you owe that Guy an apology first you embarass him on his show and he forgave you then you publicly trash him at your concert. You an asshole Yeezy and you really need to calm done before you end up like gucci maine whre nobody likes you or checks for you.

    17. For real, on a serious note.. I really can’t stand this overbearing nigga no more. Fuck him. Yeezus (Both the wackass shoes and the album) were garbage. He lost it. He ain’t shit no more, the public has turned their backs on him, and righteously so. Nobody likes him except his stans. He’s done. finished. the end.

    18. This dude is a bitch for real. He calmed down real quick-like when Sway offered to turn the mics off and really handle shit. Charlemagne poked at him repeatedly and Ye’ wisely held his tongue. Now that he got some distance he wanna sweel up and shit. Punk ass nigga.

      1. sway has been a highly respected figure in hip-hop long before kanye came into the game.For him to show that disrespect to sway is a slap in the face to this genre. I lovED Kanye,but his ego is beginning to become bigger than himself. Theres a reason why so many successful figures stress the importance if being humble no matter how much success and fame they achieve

      2. opinions hold more weight when they are credible. and yes Sway is part of the hip hop culture, but Kanye has done more for the genre than anyone. nobody advances the sound of hip hop like Kanye West.. from Graduation to MBDTF to WTT to Yeezus, he has always pushed the envelope, something the majority of hip hop and rap artists fail to do

      3. YEEZUS u cant be serious bout what u just said. I think u need to get kanyes nutsack up off your eyes and wake the fuck up bruh. u blind just like the sheep that follow this dude

    19. That rant was funny, I peeped the video. He want to act all Rambo now since he’s nowhere near Sway and Charlamagne, nah dont that! you had the opportunity when you was on their show!

    20. You know what I think, I think Charlamagne and Sway are both some bitch ass niggas for disrespecting Yeezy, and if any of you internet thug pussies got a problem with that, we can turn off the computer and you can call me. 313-465-7189. I’m Joe Grizzly, bitch.

    21. Sway put Tech, Em, Rza, Kool G Rap, Chino XL, Xzibit, Pharoah Monch and KRS all on the same fucking song- before the world really respected their immense talent. Fuck Kanye for frontin on Sway like this. He offers a platform for underground artists to blow up and has gotten a lot of hip-hop history to the public through interviews, and personal experience. It’s insulting to put him in the same category as Charlamagne the ignorant fuck boi

    22. I don’t think Sway disrespected Ye in anyway, so this wasn’t really needed. Fuck Charlamagne though, the guy’s an asshole

    23. Kanye is such an asshole. So being a RADIO HOST or a TELEVISION HOST is not a worthy job, or career? That’s what Sway and Charlemagne love doing, and they are good at it. Sorry Kanye – everyone can’t be a rapping fashion designer. Stop shitting on what other people do for a living.

    24. You look at a guy like RZA, a humble dude who Actually revolutionised the game with his beats. Then you look at this clown without a grain of humble in him who really believes he is the most important and best thing to ever happen to this planet. Sway NEEDS to KO him after this no questions asked to uphold his name and bring public shame on this crybaby.

      1. The same RZA who multiple members of his group say shortchange them and robbed them of fair royalties? RZA is a murderer so let’s find a better human example to compare Kanye with.

      2. Murderer? I’m using RZA as an example since they were both primarily known for their beats and if you hear RZA talk in interviews how wise and humble he is compared to Kanye who is the complete opposite. Fuck outta here Stan

      3. The same RZA whose label ripped off hundreds if not thousands of Wu fans who tried to support him? People still waiting for their Man With The Iron Fists box sets they ordered in Fall of 2012!!!!

      4. @1st anon- U talk in pure speculation. Iron fist box set ? So u ain’t buy it from a store like a normal person huh fuckin idiot

      5. the box set wasnt available in stores champ, it was for the big fans who wanted more than just a cd. and i didnt even order it but hundreds of people did and got nothing.

      6. ^He BEAT a murder case. Meaning found NOT guilty. Not everyone who is accused is guilty. So no that is not ‘proof’ what an idiot.

    25. You hypocrites need to be tarred, feathered, gelded, hanged, drawn, and quartered.

      You bitch and moan about HipHop being too soft and then when a rapper shits on the media you wanna get all sanctimonious and shit. If this was Charlamagne shitting on Kanye or his wife you would be cheering and clapping.

      When Kendrick disses GQ all the zombies started cheering and when Drake disses Rolling Stone you zombies start booing.

      HipHop/Rap fans are the most hypocritical fucks on the planet, you switch your opinions based on if its a rapper that you like or dislike in whatever situation they are in.

      1. Shitting on the media for getting your feelings hurt is the opposite of being hard. Sway never even did nothing to him but gave him a platform to speak what was on his mind!

        Kendrick didn’t diss GQ it was Top Dawg and those are 2 completely different scenarios. They wasn’t dissing over missing out on a cover, they weren’t pleased with the portrayal of west coast hip-hop or some shit.

      2. “You bitch and moan about HipHop being too soft and then when a rapper shits on the media you wanna get all sanctimonious and shit. If this was Charlamagne shitting on Kanye or his wife you would be cheering and clapping.”

        When a rapper is trying to shit on others by saying “Fuck these niggas names is? I am Yeezus.”, Its already obvious that hes a fucking delusional idiot. Hes using his status to make interviewers do whatever he wants. This is the definition of asshole scumbaggary. No matter who the fuck you are.

    26. Who is this nigga to shit on those two lol? Nigga youve made the worst music n beats I ever heard. My nigga juicy Jwould school you on how to make a dope ass beat while you still fuckin with those trash can drum sounds of yours.

      1. If kanye was such a fucking genius he would just keep making music and shut the fuck up. Let the shit speak for itself. The only thing genius about the man is getting millions of mindless sheep to believe this bullshit. The man has worked hard yes, but if you constantly feel the need to act like this to defend yourself. Maybe you weren’t right in the first place. Let everybody else formulate your their own opinions. What constitutes a genius these days. Some of you niggas need to go back to school.

    27. I love people that talk smack bout someone when there not there, but as soon as dudes face to face with that person they all like ‘what up homie, hows life, we good’…fuck outta here!

    28. The way I see it, KANYE BETTER HAVE SOME MASTERPIECES LINED UP FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, if he doesn’t his career is going to tank Big Time. For someone to talk so much means they got some great surprises in store. Let’s see.

    29. If Sway doesnt slap tha fuck outta Kanye for this (especially after he disrespected em on his own show) he is a pussy

    30. This nigga a bitch.Why he ain’t mass up on Charlemagne during the interview? Why he calm down after Sway told him “we can turn these mics off”? Then wait five months before he reignite the shit. Bitch. Nigga. All these rants about being anti-establishment will continue until he becomes the establishment. Then he can sell you niggas 500 dollar t-shirts. Its funny its been 10 years since College Dropout and he is more dillusional than ever. Used to fuck with this nigga, but I’m done.

    31. People who comment here are not achievers. If you don’t understand Kanye’s comments, you clearly don’t do anything. You criticize and talk about Kanye, Drake or whoever but you don’t accomplish shit or go against the grain. What Kanye is saying is he has been working his ass off to achieve shit, break the rules, leave a mark, innovate music. Charmalgne and Sway are pathetic spectators like y’all. What he says is simply %100 true.

      1. I consider not having a child before being married an achievement, but you don’t see me going around comparing myself to the people that have. I consider getting a college degree an achievement but again you don’t see me calling people out that haven’t received one. That’s not necessary, Kanye is a narcissist and is mad because the people that he idolizes don’t want to give him the money they worked hard for so he can have a clothing line.

      2. @Guest. Your achievements are not extraordinary. Kanye has revolutionized music for millions upon millions of people in millions upon millions of ways. What you have described is fine but conventional. Kanye put Daft Punk samples on tracks when people were telling him he was crazy. He wore pink polls when people thought he was crazy. He made an album when everyone said he was crazy. Going against the grain and breaking conventions, takes super-confidence. There is a big difference between that and what you described.

        @ radi. I’m just saying Kanye is a doer. Sway and Charmalgne are commenters. They won’t be remembered. They ain’t shit . Let’s be real.

      3. Kanye is soo accomplished, that after 10 years in the game, he forgot that its important to actually rhyme intelligently during a freestyle. If anyone else pulled that “no rhyming freestyle” bullshit, it would be last time you ever hear from them. Kanye is mad because he gave up on his craft and sucks now. His rapping has only gotten worse recently. Dude is slowly burning his bridges with this crybaby bulshit.

      4. His ego ruins his credibility. When you are having a conversation with another person you look at them (infamous Sway interview). He believes he is this amalgamation of everything relevant & intelligent and compares himself to history’s greatest. But he is not Jesus, nor Beethoven, nor Shakespeare. He is pseudo everything. When he tries to have an intelligent conversation he references Will Smith movies (Sway interview). I suspect he will end like ending of Citizen Kane. A lonely soul trapped inside huge protected mansion. I just wish he would go quietly because as a person who loves hip hop culture, this guy is an idiot. If you a revolutionary, then make an album about people becoming caring, responsible & accountable for their actions. He just made an album about sexual frustrations & temporal satisfactions while a woman, not his wife, was carrying his baby.

      5. @anon you have an excuse for a brain,for taking Kanye seriously,how do you compare the achievements of two people who are not in same occupational field.Whats the basis?whats the criteria?I don’t much about what Charlemagne has done,but Sway has exceptionally excelled this far in his dual careers as a radio Dj and talk show host.

    32. Shud have whooped on him when ya had the chance Sway…second time he dun tried to play you…obvious he feel sum kinda way…

      1. a 50 pound 27 inch square tv,

        if sway really wanted a tv he would’ve bought won…. he been doin this rap shit long before kanye ever made a beat or wrote a rap

    33. Kanye is brilliant, all he has to do is give a little rant at one of his sold out concerts were he’s making hundreds of thousands of dollars and the bloggers give him free promo all over the Internet based on two
      f-list interviewers.

      Genius.

      1. hell yeah bro, this the type of shit that makes me rush out and buy a $40 Kanye West signature confederate flag t-shirt

      2. You really think Kanye needs more promotion? And do you really think this is the kind of promotion that helps him? Seems like hes getting deeper and deeper into his own delusions, and getting pissed off when anybody tries to say anything. Next hes gonna be some lunatic Alex Jones figure in hip hop. Constantly spouting off about how “they” won’t let him grow and do whatever he wants LOL.

    34. Kanye, why you didn’t have balls to say that to Sway when you were doing the interview?

      I remember you ended up the interview acting kind of like “ok, sorry if I overreacted but that’s what I thought”, which was cool… but now you talk shit about Sway? Why you didn’t say that to him at that moment? You only have balls when you are in front of your fans or what?

    35. Kanye and Sway just need to kiss and make up. It’s Valentine’s Day. In fact, Yeezy should invite Charlamagne to join in for a 3way kiss while listening to Grammy winning Macklemore & Lewis “Same Love”. That’s hot!

    36. “I am Yeezus”…… uh what?

      So he mad because what he calls “experimental”, is actually wack garbage released with the sole purpose of keeping Kanye relevant for a little longer. Or maybe he just called it an experimental hip hop album because he knows its weak and lacking direction. Kinda like when he said he wasn’t rhyming “on purpose” in that freestyle lol. And now hes mad at Charlemagne for what reason? Because he didn’t like the album? That’s probably the stupidest and most immature reason to talk shit about someone. If he was more humble earlier on, Kanye wouldn’t have to continually dig deeper into this pit of “I am Yeezus, Im a self proclaimed musical genius”. Once a dumb mothafucka starts calling themselves a genius, the only direction they gonna be heading is down.

    37. Do you know the hallmark of a second rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement. Those touchy mediocrities who sit trembling lest someone’s work prove greater than their own – they have no inkling of the loneliness that comes when you reach the top. The loneliness for an equal – for a mind to respect and an achievement to admire. They bare their teeth at you from out of their rat holes,thinking that you take pleasure in letting your brilliance dim them – while you’d give a year of my life to see a flicker of talent anywhere among them. They envy achievement, and their dream of greatness is a world where all men have become their acknowledged inferiors. They don’t know that that dream is the infallible proof of mediocrity, because that sort of world is what the man of achievement would not be able to bear. They have no way of knowing what he feels when surrounded by inferiors – hatred? no, not hatred, but boredom – the terrible, hopeless, draining, paralyzing boredom. Of what account are praise and adulation from men whom you don’t respect? Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?”
      -Ayn Rand

    38. Co-sign mate. But I think we have to excuse him he’s probably on crack or something like that.

      That guy is the most immature rapper out there

    39. He came up in era where it was either him or Lil Jon.. He’s winning by default.. Fake ass Pete Rock and Souls Of Mischief

    40. There is nothing wrong with Kanye that a brick or a boot to the head won’t cure. What annoys me most about Kanye is the fake tough guy role he tries to play. Notice Kanye will never turn up on somebody he thinks my twist his wig

    41. Kanye is right tho, what have they done in the past 10 years? And they try and question the man who has partly changed rap within the last 10 years with his new style of beats brought in with the Blueprint cmon now. On a social level he might be crazy, but without a doubt he is on a whole nother musical level compared to the joke rappers of today.

      1. they done a lot for what they trying to do. Sway got his own radio show every morning on SiriusXM and Charlamagne is on one of the biggest hip-hop morning shows on terrestrial radio as well as some MTV shows

      1. I believe Kanye said it best. What has Charlamagne done in the last ten years. Talk, talk and talk some more.

    42. MAN FUCK ALL YALL YALL BE SUM FUCKIN HATERS N SHITT ILL TAKE ANY ONE OF YO NIGGAS RAP BATTLE ME RESPOND TO MY SHIT U PUSSY ASS NIGGAS WHAT! WHAT! WHAT! N FOR ALL YALL SHOWIN ME LUV I THANK YOU SHOUT OUT TO MY BOYS JARVIS, DEMAR, YUNG GLOCK, YUNG DONTA AND ALL MY NIGGAS ON 10TH AVE. BLLLLLLLAAAAA #MARCUSAKADATFRESHNIGGATHO

    43. Guys, seriously this guy is really good. He gives Eminem and Nas a run for their money. Check em out #MarcusAKAdatfreshniggatho

    44. Well #1 they are not musicians so that’s stupid because they are not in completion with you Kanye. #2 They have done quite well in THIER professions. #3 Why didn’t you say that when Charlamagne was blowing you up on air? Yea..thought so….

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