Kanye West graces the May 2020 cover of GQ magazine and, unsurprisingly, had some colorful comments to share with editor-in-chief Will Welch. During their conversation, Kanye compared himself to not Jesus or Bill Gates — this time, it was the late Kobe Bryant.
“He was the basketball version of me, and I was the rap version of him, and that’s facts!” Ye said. “We got the commercials that prove it. No one else can say this. We came up at the same time, together. And now it’s like, yeah, I might have had a reputation for screaming about things — but I’m not taking any mess for an answer now. We’re about to build a paradigm shift for humanity. We ain’t playing with ’em. We bringing home the trophies.”
Later in the interview, Ye endorsed Donald Trump for the 2020 presidency, although he didn’t specifically mention Trump’s name. He also made it clear he wouldn’t miss his opportunity to cast his ballot.
“No, I’m definitely voting this time,” he said. “And we know who I’m voting on. And I’m not going to be told by the people around me and the people that have their agenda that my career is going to be over. Because guess what: I’m still here!”
Kanye was pressed about his 2005 comment regarding former POTUS George W. Bush as well.
“‘George Bush doesn’t care about black people’ is a victim statement,” he said. “‘This white person didn’t do something for us.’ That is stemmed in victim mentality. Every day I have to look in the mirror like I’m Robert De Niro and tell myself, ‘You are not a slave.’ As outspoken as I am, and the position that I am in, I need to tell myself.”
Kanye West Reaffirms His Allegiance To Donald Trump: 'I'm A Black Guy With A Red [MAGA] Hat'
Ye reaffirmed his allegiance to Trump just last month during an interview with Wall Street Journal Magazine.
“I’m a black guy with a red [MAGA] hat, can you imagine?” he said. “It reminded me of how I felt as a black guy before I was famous, when I would walk in a restaurant and people would look at you like you were going to steal something. ‘This is your place, Ye, don’t talk about apparel. This is your place, Ye, you’re black, so you’re a Democrat.’”
Elsewhere in the discussion, the platinum-selling rapper admitted he was a “functioning alcoholic” but insisted that’s since changed.
“One day I was in my office working on the couture collection, and there was some Grey Goose in the fridge and I was just going to get a daytime drink, and I looked and thought, ‘Devil, you’re not going to beat me today,'” he recalled. “That one statement is like a tattoo.
“I haven’t had a drink since I realized I needed to take it day by day, but I never owned up, or was even told, ‘Hey, you’re a functioning alcoholic.’ People have called me a crazy person, people have called me everything — but not a functioning alcoholic. And I would be drinking orange juice and Grey Goose in the morning.”
Nigga please…get da fuck on somewhere!
Man we didnt know kanye in the 90s kanye a troll like these other rappers
Kobe didn’t fall off though mid career lol. Kanye literally hit a wall and his music became unlistenable minus a few gems. I would say drake is an accurate comparison with his success and work ethic, as well as resilience
Drake hasnt made a good album since 2015. Kanyes had tlop, yandhi, ye, ksg and daytona.
Just change Yeezys’ then GO Charle!
Twat in a tank
Let me correct it Kanye is LBJ and Weezy is KOBE
Weezy is the best rapper alive from 2005 til now. Kanye is number 2.
Weezy #1 for commercial rap. Kanye ain’t nowhere near #2. Y’all better start doin the knowledge. Right now “Rock” from Heltah Skeltah is #1 hands down. RIP Sean P. Listen to Rockness AP the whole album and tell me if u still think Weezy is #1. Rockness Monstah will eat Weezy and a lot of others alive. Much love to the BBC from the West that Cali love.
I meant the BCC
Kobe literally gave that title to Kendrick.
Shows how big of a fan y’all were, smh.
Interesting way to look at things.
They came up together? Kobe had won three titles and was the face of a generation before you had your first hit bruh, lol. This dude a crackhead.
Slick talk for someone without a quality album since 2016 and was clout chasing getting Lil Pump on tracks then “finding Jesus” (heavy eye roll). He’s one misfire away from going Country where the audience will buy any garbage.
kids see ghosts??? Daytona??
Kanye’s compare in basketball is Dwight Howard. Lots of talent but nobody likes him bc he’s always being a fuck boy about things.
Eventually Dwight grew out of it. That’s where the compare stops
Preach Preach
Kobe is considered a top 5 all time – kanye as a rapper is not even gonna be top 20 when its all said and done – as a producer maybe top 10 – but why would we be surprised, this is the most Kanye egotrippin type thing to say…
HOWEVER – my big issue with his Trump comments – first off the black community is being hit wayyy harder by covid and wouldnt have been nearly as bad if Trump wasnt in denial etc but here’s the hypocrisy that blows my mind: Bush mishandles Katrina and Ye airs him out on live TV – Trump mishandles Covid wayyyy worse, where it also effects the minority communities more, thousands and thousands die and Ye’s reaction is to endorse him for another 4 years in charge…i wish we had 2005 Kanye back, atleast he remembered what it was like to struggle and be oppressed…the ‘new ye’ is a mentally unstable narcissist
Okay, gotta get into it one more time cuz as ithink about it this hypocrisy is NEXT FUCKING LEVEL – ye’s clearly learning from his buddy Trump in that sense…CASE AND POINT:
When Bush was slow to react re: Fema and hurrican Katrina, kanye went on LIVE tv and said the president ‘doesnt care about black people’ – Now the EXACT SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH TRUMP – but worse, Trump mishandled COVID way worse than Bush mishandled Katrina (and Covid effects waaay more people/the entire country vs just New Orleans – it also disproportionately effects black communites but i guess ye doesnt care about that) and instead of calling him out on live tv like he did with Bush, he’s fucking ENDORSING him and voting for him to stay in power and run this country – this is UN FUCKING REAL – if he wasnt rich, kanye would fucking hate Trump and all he stands for, facts.
Man you know fucking nothing I can tell.you are only informed by the slave broadcast oh trump isnt doing this or that you are repeating the news bro shit the fuck up that shit has got zero truths to it I hope you know stay the fuck away from the news. Trump banning travel to stop spread of virus that makes him a bad guy? Sdfu the WHO is so dirty and full of rotten evil mutha fuckaz trump is Christian that’s why he is shunned from the media. Oh he is helping local drive thru churches allowing them to do there thing amongst having rotten pigs giving every individual a 500 ticket. Hes such a bad guy hey
Woahhhhh, Trump banned travel to China. So useful. Especially when Italy had the highest cases of COVID at the time and he decided NOT to ban them???
What a smart ass president doing everything he could then saying he takes no responsibility??
Hes not you’re baby sitter you are all so pampered down there need to be told what to do in regards to everything its a no brainer to not travel when a so called deadly.virus is about do you really.need to be told? the media with out question glorifys everything he says and does and also twists and lies about what he says.He believes in god and that’s why hes hated
You follow the same political party that’s in the process of taking all of our freedoms stop hating trump focus your energy on Bill Gates and elon musk as they should be going down for crimes against humanity yet you bitch about trump? Media told ya too I guess that’s why… I hope you trump haters realize if Hillary won things would have been a whole lot worse and that’s a fact as she is a satanist bitch
Why dont you go protest against bill gates elon musk facebook loser and YouTube morons for stealing and collecting everyone’s data? Protest against musk for the 40thousand plus five g satellites that will reel in havoc on the world or protest against shit face bill gates who is making or “made” nanotechnology for the use of vaccination that will kill LOTS of folks or youtube and facebook for sensoring the internet taking down all the proof people have gathered in regards to that above. Ie taking are civil rights and having full control of everyone is the plan.. watch bill gates and elon like a hawk
KANYE doesn’t hate Trump because Kayne has a brain and thinks for himself. WHO was it that said this cr was not something big it was WHO. Trump still closed the borders to China against the dems wishes. Talk about hypocrisy!?
Somebody need to fuk Kanye up! I’m tired of this, he is playing with fire. Trump wants to be king, he wants his children to takeover and continue his legacy. Kanye is uneducated in politics, and doesnt understand the damage he is doing by supporting Trump. The old Kanye is dead and fuk any fan that still supports him.
You support the evil satanic political party you dont know what you speak of stop reporting the news fuck outta here
Yes because why would you sell your soul to one party when you can sell your soul to another while lying about being revolutionary. Instead of being a true revolutionary and doing something that hasn’t been done.
Huh? You dont get to speak of revolutionaries when you praise bushes Clinton’s Obama’s (satantic colt) I dont look up to nor follow any politician as every one of them are crooked, I just sure the hell’s dont lett the slave cast tell me whom is bad and whom is not it’s all for show politics…