Kanye West publicly apologizes to Drake for feud
Kanye West wants to clear the air with Drake.
Tensions have been running high between the rappers for months, and in a Twitter spree early Wednesday morning, West apologized to the “In My Feelings” crooner, explaining “where the confusion started.”
Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew💜💜💜
I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online
I understand where the confusion started pic.twitter.com/oxSEEbNB1g
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
It seems their disagreement comes down to three things: Kim Kardashian’s husband encroaching on Drake’s “Scorpion” release date, West releasing “Lift Yourself” on his own album, and the material used in Pusha T’s dis tracks aimed at Drake (cough: secret love child).
Apparently, it started in April when Drake announced that his highly anticipated album “Scorpion” would be out in June.
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Six days later, West announced the release date of four albums he was producing — for Pusha T, Nas, Kid Cudi, and Teyana Taylor — plus the release of his own album, Ye. All dropped between May 25 and June 22. West now apologizes for “stepping on” Drake’s toes, alluding to the fact he might not have been in the best frame of mind at the time.
Let me start by apologizing for stepping on your release date in the first place … We were building a bond and working on music together including squashing the issues with Cudi at our office.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
When I put the dates up I was a bit ramped up doing 25 tweets a day TMZ happened shortly after … I have to hop on the plane now… will type more when I land
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
West also issued a mea culpa for including “Lift Yourself” on Ye. (In a recent interview, Yeezy said Drake wanted to be on the beat and sent him purple demon emojis when it didn’t happen.)
plane taxiing for take off… because we spoke about doing Lift Yourself together I should have given you the opportunity for us to do this together before I released it
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
But perhaps the biggest source of tension stems from Pusha T going after Drake — and Yeezy doing nothing to stop it. It started on Pusha T’s song “Infrared,” produced by West, in which he inferred that Drake uses a ghostwriter, Quentin Miller. (The lyric: “It was written like Nas but it came from Quentin.”) Drake responded with a dis track of his own, “Duppy Freestyle,” which mentioned Pusha T’s fiancée. Pusha T then fired back with “The Story of Adidon,” calling out Drake’s secret love child. Did you catch all that?
West apologized for all of it, but clarified he had nothing to do with Pusha T going after Drake’s son, saying he learned his lesson that kids are off limits after his 2016 feud with Wiz Khalifa.
since we were building as friends and brothers I should have spoken to Pusha about the Quentin Miller bar. There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I never listened to either diss track that followed but I did hear quotes from both songs after they were released
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I did not have any conversations about your child with Pusha. I don’t play with the idea of people’s children after I spoke to Wiz a few years earlier.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I understand Pusha’s issues as a man if someone mentions your fiancé men go mask off. I’ve done the same myself at times. I love you and I love Pusha and we all have an admiration for each other’s craft.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
West ended his tweets by praising Drake’s success and said he’s going to catch the rapper on tour.
This is all Jedi level. I will be coming to your show within the next seven days to give love and be inspired by the art you have created.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
West’s apology comes after a conspiracy theory that the musicians’ feud really started because Drake hooked up with Kardashian — and that she’s “Kiki” from “In My Feelings.” However, the reality star shut down the rumor this week, saying it “never happened.”
West likely decided to try and squash the beef because Drake disses him in a forthcoming song with French Montana. His tweets came hours after a snippet hit the internet featuring Drake rapping: “I told her don’t wear no 350s around me,” referencing West’s Yeezy 350 sneakers.
Was this enough to end their feud for good? Drake has yet to publicly respond, but we’ll probably hear from him soon.
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