Kanye West Admits He’s Still a Trump Supporter and Slams the Me Too Movement

Late Thursday evening, musician and entrepreneur Kanye West—or “Ye,” as he want to be known as now—carried out his first discuss since his break up from spouse Kim Kardashian, becoming a member of rapper Noreaga and DJ EFN for a chat on Drink Champs, a podcast that additionally airs on Diddy’s Revolt.

West gave the impression to be in good spirits, sipping on Hennessy and Hibiki, and even sparking up a joint. When requested whether or not he’d ever seem on Verzuz, he joked, “Oh, completely—however I would want about like 4 folks to go towards me at one time.” And, when pressed on whether or not he’d knock out Drake on Verzuz, he cracked, “I’m profitable each scenario.”

So far as his ongoing beef with Drake goes, West described how “Drake don’t do an outright diss tune… he’s going to set it up like warfare.”

“He gonna do stuff like dwell 5 blocks down the best from you,” he continued. “He gonna go and DM each single woman in your loved ones, each single woman round your loved ones, all of your n*ggas women.”

Afterward, West admitted that he confronted Drake on a bunch textual content—that Drake, Child Cudi, Pusha T, Jay-Z, Kardashian, and Travis Scott had been on—over a few of his raps about his then-wife Kardashian the place Drizzy intimated that he’d slept along with her.

“One of many traces I mentioned that was legend was, ‘I’m price greater than all of y’all on this textual content mixed,’” West recalled messaging. Then, he mentioned that he confronted Drake by way of the group textual content, sharing, “I had this dialog with Drake that’s like, ‘I by no means fucked Kim,’ however I used to be like, ‘However you acted such as you did… Did you ever DM her? Every little thing else round it—, ‘trigger it ain’t about simply the precise act of it.”

Lately, West has drawn criticism for platforming Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, having them alongside him for a Donda album listening occasion in Chicago, and inviting Manson to “worship” alongside him at a latest Sunday Service occasion.

“All of the Me Too—like, once I sit subsequent to Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, proper after each of them received canceled, for 5 songs, , it’s like they will’t cancel a tune,” mentioned West. “They’ll hit you with the accusations or any person who you was with ten years in the past. And likewise, there’s girls who’ve been by means of very critical issues, pulled in alleys towards they’ll—that’s totally different than a hug, however it’s categorized as the identical factor. It’s energy and politics. You realize, power-hungry maniacs and simply management. That is 1984 thoughts management we’re in.”

There was much more, after all, together with West claiming he was “shadowbanned” on Twitter throughout his temporary presidential run; that he’s “purchased 1,200 dwelling sheep,” making him some type of shepherd; that he’s price $9 billion; that strolling round together with his new haircut is “tougher than sporting a Trump hat”; pushed the weird right-wing lie that Margaret Sanger created pushed contraception so as to restrict the Black inhabitants (in actuality, she labored carefully with Black neighborhood leaders and was praised by Martin Luther King Jr. and his spouse Coretta); got here out towards abortion (once more); claimed Shakespeare “created 30 p.c of our language” (?); and revealed how he’s nonetheless not technically divorced from Kardashian, providing, “She’s nonetheless my spouse—it ain’t no paperwork,” and that if he had his method they’d nonetheless be collectively.

He additionally mentioned that he nonetheless helps Trump, remarking, “I nonetheless received a crimson hat on right this moment. I’ll let y’all know that. I won’t received it on, however I’ll let y’all know the place I stand.”

Extra embarrassing than West’s relentless name-dropping, nevertheless, had been the Drink Champs co-hosts Noreaga and DJ EFN, who refused to ask any follow-up questions and usually got here off like a few possessed sycophants (at one level, Noreaga even informed West that he would’ve voted for him for president). Maybe it’s time for West to do an precise interview?