Kanye West isn’t happy with Q-Tip for voicing his support for Jewish people amid the outrage over his recent controversial statements.
In an Instagram post on October 24, the A Tribe Called Quest legend sided with the Jewish community in the wake of Kanye’s anti-Semitic remarks on social media and in various interviews.
“I support my Jewish friends and the Jewish people,” read Tip’s message, which was widely shared by other celebrities including Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Gwyneth Paltrow and more.
Kanye, who was recently suspended from Instagram once again for violating the platform’s policies, expressed his disappointment at Q-Tip’s perceived betrayal on Parler — the conservative social media platform he recently agreed to purchase — on Monday (October 31).
“First one of my heroes Q Tip was mad at Michael Rapaport,” he wrote, referencing Tip’s rift with the Jewish director over the 2011 documentary Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest.
“Then Q tip post this while the #redmedia been trying to destroy my life Never meet your heroes,” he added, sharing a screenshot of Tip’s aforementioned Instagram message.
“Red media” is a term Kanye previously used to describe purportedly Jewish-run media companies that he believes have “teamed up” on him.
Kanye West has frequently cited Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest as one of his “biggest inspirations.”
“Midnight Marauders, Electric Relaxation, Low End Theory — a lot of the melodies and the type of chords they would sample … was what I was going for when I did The College Dropout,” he told Sway in the Morning in 2013.
Kanye later worked with Q-Tip on songs like “We Gonna Make It Better,” “Chain Heavy” and “That’s My Bitch,” before signing him to his G.O.O.D. Music imprint in 2012. (Tip never released any solo material on the label.)
Ye was even supposed to join A Tribe Called Quest as an honorary member in 2016 for their final album We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your service (which he made a cameo on), as revealed by Consequence on Drink Champs earlier this year.
However, their relationship has become fractured in recent years due to Kanye’s increasingly polarizing political views. Following his embrace of then-President Donald Trump in 2016, Q-Tip publicly questioned the Chicago native and called for a sit-down with him.
“It’s difficult because I love him, that’s my brother. I reached out to him and I’m hoping that we just get to talk,” he told Bloomberg. “I really care about that dude, but his remarks are something that requires he and I having a real serious discussion.”
Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments have cost him more than just Q-Tip’s support. The 45-year-old has been dropped by a growing number of organizations and individuals, including Def Jam, Balenciaga and JP Morgan Chase Bank.
The termination of his lucrative adidas partnership took a massive hit on his personal net worth, reportedly slashing his $1.9 billion fortune to $400 million.
Despite the increasingly costly backlash, Ye doesn’t appear to be backing down. After initially apologizing for his anti-Semitic remarks during an interview with Piers Morgan, the Yeezy founder has resumed his attacks on the Jewish community and other opponents.
His latest Instagram suspension came after a series of posts targeting “the Jewish people” who supposedly run the entertainment industry, as well as the mother of George Floyd’s daughter, who recently filed a $250 million lawsuit after he suggested Floyd died from fentanyl, rather than the excessive force of Minneapolis police officers.
Seems like dude dislike anyone who shows support to Jewish people. He must really, really love Hitler.
Ice cube Tupac And Michael Jackson all spoke about the Jewish people who run the industry. Viacom who owns BET and several other programs. You got jimmy ivene who runs interscope who’s also Jew!
Jimmy Irvine is actually Italian but continue.
Uh, Judaism is a religion not nationality. Any nationality can become any religion.
Jimmy grew up catholic. Lmao
I know that.
I know that.
The ‘tribe of Judah’ from the 12 tribes of isreal are Nationality and this is who kanye refers to when he mentions so called ‘black’ people being the real Jews.
‘Black’ is not a Nationality because we are not black we are the real judah not the fake like the jew-ish.
They are called jew-ish because they are claiming to be judah but there are not.
Which is why they are so fascinated with exploiting the real judah which are the so called ‘blacks’
This is what Kanye is trying to expose and everyone is trying to stop him
But they can’t because it is the end times and jesus the real tribe of judah jesus is coming back very very soon
That is what this is all about…..
Its only a matter of time
Fuck you retard. You might as well watch fox News with a maga hat. Nothing you said is true, get off your phone and read a history book
STHU You’ve been brainwashed. The original Jews come from Israel.
Your little cult is nothing more than a hate group for people with superiority complexes. If I was God, I would smite the shit out of y’all for your arrogance. You can’t fill the emptiness inside you with hatred.
I’m not a Jew but you’ve been thoroughly brainwashed.
It does seem like Kanye is one bitter, salty dude.
mandem is getting sick of all these random rap artistes that the industry and media is complicit in promoting online and that’s what this is all about. some parts of the industry have been hijacked and until there’s answers these sorts of unpleasant situations are going to be the reality. the streaming money is the root of this – who gets it and why and all the excuses for who doesn’t
glad he called this out because i seen what tip posted and had the same thought
Did Q-tip say anything when Ye was making all his anti- black statements?
No one said shit when Michael jackson was making some horrifiic antisemitic shit at Tommy mottola just to get out of a sony contract. But kanye is the person people are shocked by?
Michael Jackson wasn’t anti black neither
You mean a thing that happened before the internet was invented wasn’t made as big as a deal as someone constantly posting things for the entire world to see? No way!
He bleached his skin white because he hated being black
No one said shit when Michael jackson was making some horrifiic antisemitic shit at Tommy mottola just to get out of a sony contract. But kanye is the person people are shocked by?
Ye over tribe called quest grandpas anyday
YES I agree! And I also have fetal alcohol syndrome!
NO TRIBE, NO KANYE WEST, SIMPLE AS THAT
Seems like Kanye can’t differentiate between hating on an entire group vs hating one person. Michael Rappapport’s tiff with QTIP was just that, 2 people Michael didn’t go out and call out someones entire group and neither did QTIP
If you get angry over that statement, you’re the problem. I support the Jewish people too, just like I do all humans from all walks of life, as we all should. Kanye is so full of hate and so out of touch with reality its just sad now.
If you get angry over that statement, you’re the problem. Kanye is so full of hate and so out of touch with reality its just sad now.
Imagine his kids when they get to high school, the torment they will have to live with having those two as their parents..
Who’s fault will it be then?
Kanye the has been!
THE RAPAPORT SITUATION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH BEING JEWISH. IT WAS A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN 2 INDIVIDUALS OVER A FILM/DOC. IT COULD’VE BEEN SPIKE LEE.
Nobody owes you anything Ye. Everybody’s smart, you’re just a narcissist
Nobody owes you anything Ye. Everybody’s smart, you’re just acting like a narcissist
if certain people in one “community” didn’t take a particular interest in taking advantage of bad situations and actively promoting the worst parts of another, poorer “community” for entertainment- then systematically keeping all the money for themselves through whatever streaming service royalty theft – certain messages would have no weight no staying power and would be immediately discredited as false.
Kanye just being a little gaye fish as always
Yedolph should go and blow Ricardo Tisci so he can be happy again
Yedolph should go and bl*w Ricardo Tisci so he can be happy again