Kanye West Disses JAY-Z, John Legend, Pusha T And More In New Interview

Ye (f.k.a. Kanye West) has, once again, set the net ablaze with a jaw-dropping interview that left no name unsaid. While appearing in a new interview with Akademiks this week, Ye used the highly anticipated conversation as an opportunity to re-air grievances and share new claims about his Hip-Hop peers — all while dressed controversially.

The unedited version kicks off with Ye wearing a Sean John shirt as a symbol of solidarity with Diddy, before swapping into an even more shocking outfit: a black Ku Klux Klan-inspired ensemble. From there, Ye spent an hour taking shots at an extensive list of his past collaborators, and those he once had a personal connection with.

In his usual unpredictable fashion, Ye didn’t hold back when it came to JAY-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Pusha T, Playboi Carti, and even his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. No holds barred, Ye directly addressed Hov, calling out his lack of support. “JAY-Z, Beyoncé, you ain’t help me when I was having problems with my kids… You ain’t show up to my first wedding. You ain’t my family,” he said. His grievances extended to Lamar as well, accusing the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper of lifting elements from The Life of Pablo for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. “It’s like, ‘Oh, these are the drums from this song. This is the approach to this song’,” he claimed.

Ye’s stance on his ex-wife Kim Kardashian further fueled the fire, with his frustration over custody and control of their children. He claimed, “This white woman and this white family have control of these highly influential Black kids that are half the children of Ye.” His discontent extended to Playboi Carti as well, whom he accused of reaching out to Kim in a way he deemed inappropriate. “Carti, you can leave me off the album and do that fa**ot-a** Trav sh*t if you want, but now you mentioned my daughter.”

Even longtime collaborator Pusha T wasn’t spared, as Ye blasted his silence on personal matters, stating, “If you ain’t gonna speak on my behalf with the situation I’m in right now with my children, don’t talk about my political views.”

Frank Ocean, Travis $cott, and J. Cole were also caught in the crossfire, as Ye dismissed their artistry while reinforcing his own superiority to them. Of Ocean, he remarked, “When I made ‘Moon,’ it basically ended Frank Ocean’s [career]. He ain’t have a song since then!” Meanwhile, he accused $cott of replacing his vocals on “four [Utopia] songs [recorded] from the ranch in Wyoming, [swapping] his choruses, and exact vocals for Future and SZA’s.”

Beyond music, Ye spoke on deeper controversy, voicing support for Diddy despite the serious allegations against him. He drew comparisons between his struggles with corporate America and Diddy’s legal battles, arguing that the music industry is weaponizing accusations to destroy Black artists. “I related to Puff,” he insisted, while downplaying abuse allegations, adding, “I don’t know somebody that hasn’t gotten into an altercation with their girl at one point.”

West’s unfiltered tirade didn’t stop there — Jim Jones, Ty Dolla $ign, and John Legend were also targets of his rant. He ridiculed Legend, dismissing him as ungrateful despite the success he claimed to have helped him achieve. “Look at John Legend’s old sissy a**… I changed generations of his life. And he got on that fa**ot-a** hot sweater — this ni**a wears sweaters in muthaf**king August in Barbados.” Jim Jones, meanwhile, was accused of withholding financial details and scoffing from Ye. “You gonna lie to me about a PDF, you fa**ot-a** ni**a?! After I sat and took the meeting for you and I didn’t even ask your broke-a** for a percentage?” he said.

As for Ty Dolla $ign, Ye was outraged over what he saw as industry coercion, claiming executives pressured Ty to publicly distance himself from him or risk losing his career. “Ty put up the tweet before we landed, he said, ‘I gotta say something.’ I said, ‘Say I’m not racist but Ye is.’ We agreed upon that. When we landed, he put up, ‘I don’t condone hate speech.’” And in perhaps the most self-aware moment of the interview, when asked about his decision to tweet “f**k Virgil” after the passing of fashion designer Virgil Abloh, Ye admitted: “I’m evil. I am evil person.”

However, the 808’s & Heartbreaks rapper had positive words for his longtime frenemy Drake, throwing his support behind the Toronto superstar in his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar. “Drake is a million times better than Kendrick and a million times more important,” Ye proclaimed.

See the full interview below.