Lil Dicky has elaborated on his plans for his sitcom Dave, which aired its third season last year.
During an appearance on the Flagrant podcast that went live on Wednesday (January 31), host Andrew Schulz asked Dicky (real name David Burd) about the show and if fans will get more episodes moving forward.
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“The writer’s strike happened,” he began. “I then had time off to finally finish certain songs that were in the show and put the soundtrack album together, and I got back to making music truly for the first time in like five years.
“I came into this making music and it’s been truly five years since I’ve been able to actually focus on it for more than, like, six weeks at a time. Right now, I’m spending every day making music and fully thrilled by that idea.”
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“The show has kind of reached this height,” he continued, holding his hand high up in the air. “I don’t believe my music career has reached that height, that my show has reached.”
Without clearly stating that he’s taking a hiatus from his show, the 35-year-old did emphasize his current drive to “maximize my potential as a musical artist” while stating that he finally feels fulfilled with his FXX series.
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Watch him discuss the future of Dave at the 13:58 mark below:
Over the same chat, Lil Dicky also made it clear that he doesn’t believe Kanye West is actually antisemitic based on his own interactions with the mogul. The rapper and actor, who is Jewish, said that Ye seems to double down on things because he’s a contrarian, not because he’s hateful.
“All I can tell you is my experience with Kanye West, which was in 2017,” he explained. “I ended up getting involved in his – he had a basketball run; I literally met him on the basketball court. First time meeting Kanye, by the way – full court three-on-three, me guarding Kanye. And so that’s my first time meeting him. Very interesting game. He can hoop a little bit.”
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The pair ended up playing twice a week for nearly a year, which turned into a friendship that involved Ye previewing new music for the Pennsylvania native and even showing him the clothes he was designing.
“He was nothing but nice to me the entire time,” he added. “Truly was one of the nicest. And this is my hero. […] I owe a lot to his art for making me … My attitude is probably formed by early Kanye.”
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Though the two lost touch after the Yeezy boss changed his number and team, Dicky believes that the polarizing artist still has love for Jewish people.
“I obviously see all the things and I was surprised because I don’t think in his heart that Kanye dislikes Jewish people,” he said. “I know he knows I’m Jewish, I know he likes me. In my heart I feel like he probably said something and and it was the wrong thing, I’m sure.
“I’m not denying that he’ll say the wrong thing often. I think he might have said the wrong thing — people got outraged. I think the thing that he can’t stand the most is when people tell him what he can or cannot say, and he leaned into it.”
He continued: “And that’s the reality. Now I don’t think you should be leaning into it. I’m not saying what he did is right. I think that there should be a sensitivity to Jewish people. But this is really me theorizing. I’m not that close to the situation.
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“I played basketball with him for a year, but let me tell you, he was the sweetest man. And I watched him interact with a variety of different people being really nice.”
