Ye Explains Why Drake & Jay-Z Are the Top Rappers in Unearthed 2022 Interview With Candace Owens
Written by djfrosty on August 7, 2024
Conservative political commentator Candace Owens interviewed Ye — formerly Kanye West — in 2022 and kept the 72-minute chat shelved until releasing it on her YouTube page on Wednesday (Aug. 7).
The explosive interview finds Yeezy touching on a myriad of topics as he was feeling the impact of his antisemitic remarks, which resulted in companies such as Gap, Balenciaga, Def Jam and Adidas severing ties with the Chicago-bred artist.
At one point, Ye gave flowers to rival Drake and mentor Jay-Z as the best to ever do it in the rap world.
“This makes me think, Drake is the best rapper ever by the numbers. Jay-Z is the greatest rapper ever by the inspiration,” he stated.
The follow-up comment from Ye took a drastic turn when it came to Hov and Beyoncé’s marriage. “I just think Beyoncé need to let him go get some p—y, serious,” West suggested in jarring fashion. “Go to the [Dominican Republic] or something, you know what I mean?”
Fans couldn’t believe where the conversation about Jay-Z ended up. “50 cent is gonna have a field day with this,” one person wrote on X, as another added, “Ye is definitely crazy for saying that out of the blue like that.”
West and Jay-Z haven’t been spotted together in recent years so it’s unclear where their relationship stands today. However, on the music side, Jay made a surprise appearance on Donda standout “Jail” in 2021.
Ye and Drake have been frenemies with on-and-off-again beefing for much of the decade. West attempted to insert himself into the Kendrick Lamar-Drizzy feud on behalf of K. Dot, but his “Like That” remix didn’t make much noise.
Yeezy also name-dropped Drake in what appears to be a dissing fashion on Vultures 2 track 530, which centers around his divorce from Kim Kardashian. “You a fake b—h/ You don’t really love Ye, go listen to Drake, b—h,” he raps.
Watch the 2022 interview below in full, which finds West also dishing on allegedly being drunk when firing off the antisemitic “death con 3” tweet, wanting to change his name to Christian Billionaire Ye and more.