If you’re Kanye West, it’s easy to have misunderstandings with your underlings. As the self-proclaimed “Greatest Musician Ever,” you’re sure to get a lot of hate. That could be the reason for his “jumpiness” online. But who knows, it’s not easy to justify Kanye’s actions, especially when you’re talking about the man who will run for President in 2020, was once petitioned to not record a David Bowie cover album and someone that David Crosby is not a fan of.
Yet, as Ye gears up to release Waves (formerly called Swish), his eighth studio album -in true Kanye style- is causing a lot of stir on Twitter.
This is not album of the year. This is album of the life.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 26, 2016
With that being said, let’s get right into it.
On Wednesday, he blasted more than 30 tweets in a rant against Wiz Khalifa. It all started when Kanye announced he would change his album name from Swish to Waves. Khalifa responded with this:
Just so you know what true waves are. https://t.co/Mot3ab1Kuu
— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Wiz then tweeted that Max B created “the wave,” and that “there is no wave without him.”
Kanye responded, “All respect to [producer] Andre Harrel and Max B.”
Wiz, not buying it, replied with a terse, “Yea aight.”
And that’s where it should have ended right there. But then this:
Hit this kk and become yourself.
— KOE (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Instead, Wiz tweeted about “kk” which prompted Kanye to think it was a subtweet about his wife Kim and go all “I AM A GOD” on his ass.
Here are the highlights:
Little did Ye know that Khalifa wasn’t tweeting about Kim at all. He was actually talking about his own brand of marijuana, “Khalifa Kush.”
But it was too late. The damage was done. Kanye responded in an appropriate, unapologetic Kanye style:
I’m happy that I now know that KK means weed… please excuse the confusion … now back to #WAVES
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
He then also went on to mourn Khalifa’s twitter feed.
Man it’s a sad a day… Wiz lost 2 million followers since I tweeted I didn’t mean to either him like that.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) January 27, 2016
Moral of the story: never refer to “kk” in front of Kanye and always compliment someone who wears “cool pants.”
Check out “No More Parties In La” in anticipation of Kanye’s new album.
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