Kanye West is still going at it on Twitter, making it difficult to keep up with his rapidly firing thoughts. After sharing over 100 pages of his various business contracts with Universal Music Group/Sony, Ye took it up a notch and decided to really symbolize how much disdain he has for the music industry.
On Wednesday morning (September 16), amid his flurry of tweets, Ye shared a video of himself urinating on one of his 21 Grammy Awards.
He wrote in the caption, “Trust me … I WONT STOP.”
Ye continued his rant by calling out Forbes editor Randall Lane and essentially labeling him a racist. He also shared his phone number and wrote in the since-deleted tweet, “If any of my fans want to call a white supremacist … this is the editor of Forbes”
Kanye believes calling out UMG and Sony will make a significant impact on how all other artists are treated. In one of his Twitter sprees, he asked for anyone signed to the label to volunteer their contracts so he can help get them out of them.
Big Sean was among the first to sign up, tweeting, “FEEL FREE TO START WITH MINE.”
Big Sean Volunteers To Let Kanye West Sort Out His Sony/Universal Contract
Ye explained God gave him this mission in another tweet, writing, “THIS MOMENT IS GOING TO CHANGE THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR GOOD … I FEEL SO HUMBLED AND BLESSED THAT GOD HAS PUT ME IN A STRONG ENOUGH PETITION TO DO THIS … EVERYONE KEEP PRAYING … ITS WORKING … I AM ON MY KNEES THIS MORNING.”
The G.O.O.D. Music founder has been at war with his labels for quite some time and claims they’re holding his masters hostage.
“UNIVERSAL WONT TELL ME WHAT MY MASTERS COST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN AFFORD TO BUY THEM,” he wrote. “OK GUYS CHECK THIS OUT … I DONT HAVE A CONTRACT WITH UNIVERSAL … I HAVE TEN Rolling on the floor laughing THEY TRY TO BURRY US ALIVE.”
This is presumably not the end of Kanye’s battle with the industry — he’s promised not to stop until “ALL THE MUSICIANS WILL BE FREE.”
I’m getting MJ vibes. Kanye better be careful taking on the machine. All power to him through. I hope he is successful.
Burning bridges with UNIVERSAL, GRAMMYS, FORBES, SONY, all Conglomerates, Media Companies and Industry will NOT help your ’cause’ you LOON!
they are all pedophiles all those corporations when will you idiots realize your literally standing up for people who touch kids, you know the 1 percent that enslaves every human that makes sure we all live hard miserable tax paying cancer filled life’s you stand for them?
Don’t chase golden idols.
While labels DO treat their artists pretty terribly for the most part and deserve to be put on blast, it’s a little bit irritating for the common man and woman caught up in the struggle to hear a billionaire going on like this – though he does deserve somewhat of a pass for whatever he’s going through mentally right now. Hopefully once he’s through with this mission, he isn’t too far removed to speak up for the “little people” again.
Kanye you chose to sign bad contracts. U always telling us you are genius. You tellus slavery is choice, bipolar is a choice, the holocaust was a choice, therefore signing a contract is a choice. Thousands of artists go independent. Prince told u this wen u wasa child. This a big distraction. Kamala and Biden gonna decriminalize marijuana so, u start attention seeking to help your fuhrer trump get re elected. Why? So he give you another 83M tax refund and 5M ppp welfare. You always crying about rich ppl. While millions suffer unemployment, corona, lack of health care, evictions, police brutality.
decriminalization is a STATE issue so whatever Kamala and Biden are promising are empty promises.
Go listen to some country music you racist fk!! What you doing in a hip hop site you trump looser!!!
It is an insult to call somebody who is not racist like me a racist.
I understand it though if you are part of the Democrat party and want Biden to win because you got nothing else left but insults.
Joe Biden is the person who wrote the 1994 crime bill that locked up millions of blacks and many for weed and Joe Biden also wrote all the prison, crime, sentencing and drug laws under Reagan and George H.W. Bush too and first two years of Clinton because Democrats had a majority and all culminating in the 1994 crime bill and Biden bragging how his law locks people up for everything except jaywalking. Biden also wanted to keep schools segregated because Biden did not want a “jungle”
It is an insult to call somebody who is not racist like me a racist. I understand it though if you are part of the Democrat party and want Biden to win because you got nothing else left but insults. Joe Biden is the person who wrote the 1994 crime bill that locked up millions of blacks and many for weed and Joe Biden also wrote all the prison, crime, sentencing and drug laws under Reagan and George H.W. Bush too and first two years of Clinton because Democrats had a majority and all culminating in the 1994 crime bill and Biden bragging how his law locks people up for everything except jaywalking. Biden also wanted to keep schools segregated because Biden did not want a “jungle”
Also Kanye has NEVER said that holocaust was a choice.
HH Whitey, what’s the difference between slavery and a holocaust? When you do your homework, very little…but there’s plenty of overlap. You looking kinda ignorant defending slavery and holocaust choices…
you look ignorant defending pedophiles and satanic cults I don’t want to hear you speak another word of stupidity mk ultra has lik 95 percent of you retards
Hit-Boy confirmed that Universal Music Publishing Group has him in a totally exploitative deal.
Others need to join the fight for fair record deals for artists and producers that Kanye started and that Hit -Boy joined despite having issues on a personal level with Kanye.
There can be a future where all artists own their masters and all producers own their fair share as well and get compensated fairly.
The pissing on the Grammy was a bit too much but I guess Kanye wanted this fight artists to be reported by all mainstream media’s.
If these record deals are so terrible, then why did he sign them??
He wanted to get a deal and get a chance to make music and get it published and in fact Kanye’s original deal was given to him by Jay-Z and Dame Dash through Roc-a-Fella and Kanye considered Jay-Z his friend and trusted him and Kanye still thinks Jay-Z is his bro and friend and wants contact and validation from him despite Jay-Z giving him a crappy deal that NEVER allows Kanye to retire.
Later Jay-Z sold Roc-a-Fella and Kanye’s contract with it for hundreds of millions.
Yep that’s how it works … he wanted something … had no leverage and had to take the deal he could … boohoo … only little bitches cry about it after they’ve gotten what they’ve wanted … and we all see by your comments on 13 other posts that you don’t have a spine to stand for anything … just sit back and gargle that Kanye nut sweat
Jay-Z is it you?
Are you still cruising the Croatian coast in Europe with Beyonce on the super-luxury yacht that costs 2 million dollars a week to rent?
You sure made a lot of money giving Kanye a slave deal on Roc-a-Fella that allows him to NEVER retire and then selling Roc-a-Fella and Kanye’s contract with it to Universal/Vivendi/Sony.
So, you rage against the machine and call record executives “white supremacists”, but then support Amerikkkas biggest white supremacist Trump? This clown is batshit crazy and flip flops on a dime. You align yourself with white supremacists then call others white supremacists? Ok Kanye, go fuk off somewhere already.
Trump has condemned white supremacists tens of times but media just chooses not to play those clips.
you are just another sheep in the heard
Why he have to go all R Kelly on his Grammy though.
Probably to make sure that Kanye’s fight against record companies is news on every mainstream media?
Dummy gotta take it out afterwards because you can’t flush it … LMAO!!! Naqqa keep owning hiself! Hahaha!
Fcuking idiot signed the contract.
Kanye west doesn’t take accountability for anything.
A rich loser!
Do you work for a record company that would LOSE hundreds of millions if all of your artists owned their masters?
What the fuck does that have to do with reneging on a contract? That’s some soy boy beta cuck thinking. Hate the execs all you want, they deserve it but without them marketing music (all music not just one or two genres) for the last 70-80 yrs music would not be a viable career choice. Little zoomers have no clue about not having the option to make a song with horrible lyrics and a stupid dance that they can put on SoundCloud or YouTube so all you little sheeple can buy direct. The execs were needed at the time. Luckily they aren’t now but that just makes you even dumber than we all know you are for signing a contract like that now. Believe me we all know you little bitches know nothing about being a man and honoring your word or having accountability for your actions. All you do is point flucking fingers and cry how life isn’t fire. Honor the ink, gain leverage, then try and renegotiate. Or just do it with no ones help. Do you realize this is the exact same thing as all the workers across the country deal with. Making pennies on the dollar and these clowns have the audacity to complain about being paid to make music or play a game. Are you seriously fucking kidding me? Just know this is the world we deserve. Every last bit of it.
You made your money now GO THE FUCK AWAY! We dgaf.
So now you are all listening to Kanye again lmao Jesus … have you people ever stood for anything or do you always just bend over and take whatever they want to shove in your ass because it’s easier than thinking for yourself
Another record company employee posting comments dissing Kanye to get everybody to make fun of him and forget all about the fact that record companies make hundreds of millions owning artists masters that should be owned by artists???
Kanye is sometimes emotional and feels strongly about everything he does and on this issue Kanye is correct:
Artists should own their masters.
No artists should negotiate for their masters in their contracts little boy … or don’t take the deal … Kanye needs as much help to be made fun of as Donnie T does … Is it morally right to screw people over? No not at all …. but that’s the way this entire world works … and that includes the crusty jobs your parents do … if an artist is too stupid or gullible to take a shitty deal, especially given the known history of the industry, then that’s their fucking fault
Kanye West has a good point. This is why I chose to release all of my music on my own label.
So….. this guy is the new Britney Spears. Soon he will be attacking people with a shaved head. Kims gonna take the kids away from him and he will be deemed unfit to even manage his own money
You a dumb ass you sheep all deserve the future that is being built up as we speak, make sure to take the chip/vaccine that’s coming….
Kanye moving very terrifying. Scary. This behaviour can destroy his family. My bad but this is scary. Good luck Kanye. Shout out to Jay Z and Eminem who are great and have never engaged in this type of sensationalism.
This is the cat 2Chains and Da Baby said there voting for huh??? All these artist complain about a deal after they make songs about praying to get a deal…
Well said.
Do you think they should vote for dementia patient Joe “1994 crime bill” Biden who is so out of it he gets questions in advance from media and then his handlers and team write the responses and Joe Biden reads the responses off a teleprompter including the “end quote” part his team has written for the answer?
The choices are wild. We can only do what’s in our control – work, family, taking care of ourselves.
Hip hop Whity – The choices are wild. We can only do what’s in our control – work, family, taking care of ourselves.
Word — The choices are wild. We can only do what’s in our control – work, family, taking care of ourselves. Wild.
I’m looking for Kayne’s butt, I heard he wants to enter him?
ewe and i am eating lunch as well.
We have a serious mental illness issue in this country.
See Kanye and anyone who supports Trump.
Your a idiot stop commenting please you sheep have no idea the world we live in it is not some fairy tale world your all fed to believe Kanyes crazy because he realizes how enslaved we all are so cnn says he’s crazy and then you follow suit your all fucking retarted
Sure don’t look Christ like to me
Labels (especially Major ones) are ripping off all artists. No matter what ethnicity or genre they are. Kanye seems a little crazy but this time he’s right.
Artists like Kanye should be able to make around 85% (100% is impossible unless you are the distributor or manufacturer of physical copies) of their sales and own their own masters.
This is like a GTA side mission … now we just need a hitman … pray for Kanye y’all
has dude ever heard of a .pdf geez
Kanye is a grown man he can handle his business. You think he is crazy? How did he get so far in the music industry if he is so “crazy” let me guess. He wasnt “crazy” then he just happens to be now all the sudden because he believes in god and says things you dont agree with? Maybe your the one thats crazy and you just havent realized it yet maybe go bet a psych evaluation. You know “crazy” people never think there “crazy” and think everyone else is.
He’s definitely bonkers. But that doesn’t invalidate ALL of his opinions. He’s right about the labels and industries milking artists. Time are changing. have been changing since music went digital. It used to be that you NEEDED labels for printing up CDs, now its streaming. You used to NEED labels for distribution, now you can release music yourself from your living room. Used to NEED labels to go on tour, now you can do like Tyler and throw you own damn festival. Labels are desperate to stay relevant in this biz. Kanye knows whats up. Its about owning your masters. Artists own their own art. Which is how it should be.