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Kanye West world tour 2024-25: Everything we know so far including list of possible locations & dates

Kanye West has reunited with his former manager John Monopoly to put together a world tour in support of 'Vultures 1'

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has shared plans for an upcoming world tour including possible dates at venues in the United States, UK, Kenya and more. The US rapper appears to be plotting the global trek himself after claiming he's had trouble booking concert arenas due to his string of recent controversies.

In hopes of putting together an international tour, Ye has reunited with his former manager John Monopoly, who split from Ye more than a decade ago, Billboard reports . The duo have been attempting to get AEG and Live Nation back in the fold, after both major events companies reportedly ceased communication with the controversial rapper.

On Wednesday (February 7), West shared a poster - via Insta Stories - for various proposed concerts around the world. The poster was part of a screenshot of a conversation West was likely having with someone at Cara Lewis Group, a New York-based entertainment company who are seemingly handling all concert and tour bookings.

The tentative dates would be from June 2024 until February 2025. So what proposed tour dates and venues were included on the poster? Here's everything you need to know.

Full list of possible dates for Kanye West's world tour

The current list of unconfirmed dates and venues that Kanye West shared via Instagram is below:

• June 22, 2024 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Scotia Bank Arena
• June 23, 2024 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Scotia Bank Arena
• June 27, 2024 - New York City, New York, US at Barclays Center
• June 28, 2024 - New York City, New York, US at Barclays Center
• June 29, 2024 - New York City, New York, US at Barclays Center
• June 30, 2024 - New York City, New York, US at Barclays Center
• July 5, 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia, US at State Farm Arena
• July 6, 2024 - Atlanta, Georgia, US at State Farm Arena
• July 13, 2024 - Houston, Texas, US at Toyota Center
• July 14, 2024 - Houston, Texas, US at Toyota Center
• July 19, 2024 - Chicago, Illinois, US at United Center
• July 20, 2024 - Chicago, Illinois, US at United Center
• July 21, 2024 - Chicago, Illinois, US at United Center
• July 5, 2024 - Chicago, Illinois, US at United Center
• July 26, 2024 - Los Angeles, California at Crypto Arena
• July 27, 2024 - Los Angeles, California at Crypto Arena
• July 5, 2024 - Mexico City (CDMX), Mexico at Arena CDMX
• August 17, 2024 - Madrid, Spain at Madrid Arena
• August 30, 2024 - Cairo, Egypt at Cairo International Stadium
• September 5, 2024 - London, UK at London O2
• September 6, 2024 - London, UK at London O2
• September 7, 2024 - London, UK at London O2
• September 8, 2024 - London, UK at London O2
• November 29, 2024 - Dubai, UAE at Coca-Cola Arena
• November 30, 2024 - Dubai, UAE at Coca-Cola Arena
• December 7, 2024 - Nairobi, Kenya at Nyayo International Stadium
• December 14, 2024 - Lagos, Nigeria at Eko Energy City
• January 11, 2024 - Sydney, Australia at Qudos Bank Arena
• January 12, 2024 - Sydney, Australia at Qudos Bank Arena
• January 24, 2025 - Melbourne, Australia at Rod Laver Arena
• January 25, 2025 - Melbourne, Australia at Rod Laver Arena
• February 7, 2024 - Tokyo, Japan at Tokyo Dome

Where else might Kanye West perform?

Kanye West uploaded an additional screenshot of a conversation he was having with American rapper Freddie Gibbs. The Grammy-nominated artist appears to ask West if he would like to perform at the Petco Stadium in San Diego, to which West replied: "Yes I do. Who do I speak to?".

In another Instagram story, West appears to receive a message from a contact named 'Julz', with a host of proposed venues across the world. The message suggests West might like to perform at the Corcovado Mountain in Rio De Janeiro, the Great Wall of China in Beijing and the Giza Pyramid complex in Egypt.

Other proposed venues shared via Instagram Stories are Hong Kong's Galaxy Arena and the Neal S. Blaisdell Center in Hawaii. No dates have been confirmed yet.

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If Ye is successful in plotting his 2024 world tour, it will be his first global trek since 2016’s Saint Pablo Tour. The tour frequently made headlines for his comments in support of Donald Trump and was cancelled a month before it was scheduled to finish on December 31 due to West's hospitalisation.

Is Kanye West Going On A World Tour In 2024?

With Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign hosting a listing for their upcoming joint album Vultures , fans have begun speculating about whether or not the album will be accompanied by a tour. Ever since Kanye’s antisemitism scandal , he hasn’t exactly had potential sponsors leaping at the chance to work with him (especially with the contemporary political climate). But that hasn’t stopped a variety of profiles on Twitter (which still says “Twitter” in the URL so shoo with all that “X” talk) from posting screenshots of a purported “merch site” listing concert tickets for a Vultures World Tour .

A now-deleted merch page on https://t.co/32Q9IADX26 featured a "Vultures World Tour" Digital Ticket and "Pods Sock Shoe" https://t.co/K6b9YF5vZM pic.twitter.com/BtQRwBT2gP — Modern Notoriety (@ModernNotoriety) December 11, 2023

The site has supposedly been deactivated, but at this point, premature announcements and half-baked ideas are par for the course for Kanye, who gave a quarter-hearted attempt at running for president in 2020, slapped together the last few rus of his YZY Supply fashion line, was apparently a terrible business partner at Adidas, rarely showing up for meetings and playing porn for other attendees if he ever did show up, and announcing a “ worldwide listening event ” for Vultures , only to scale it down to a “ rave ” in Miami when he finally realized that no venues at the scale he envisioned want to work with him anymore. Because, again, he’s said some truly wild stuff — like “praising Hitler” wild — in his efforts to be an “edgy” artiste. Welcome to the edge, I guess.

If you’re one of those people who is only too happy to get scammed by Ye — again — in the interest of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy nostalgia, keep an eye out. I’m sure there are still some backyards or skinhead rallies or something he can book.

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Kanye West is a complete visionary who has shifted the course of pop culture time and time again, first as a producer and then as a rapper and fashion mogul.

Kanye was born in a middle class household in Chicago and was a creative from an early age, often writing poetry and becoming part of the city’s hip hop scene at a young age. He briefly attended college but dropped out when it became detrimental to the creation of his music.

He began producing beats for local artists, developing a signature style that utilized sped-up soul samples and before long he received his first big break when he became an in-house producer for Roc A Fella Records and was responsible for the now classic Jay Z Album ‘The Blueprint’.

Despite his production success, Kanye had maintained a desire to make it as a rapper but due to his unconventional style and background had struggled to secure a deal. Dame Dash reluctantly signed Kanye to Roc A Fella however Kanye was involved in a car accident which he was lucky to survive. With his jaw still wired shut, Kanye channeled his emotions into ‘through The Wire’, a single which would appear on his debut album ‘The College Dropout’ in 2004. The album is considered one of the most important Hip Hop debuts and had a lasting effect on the genre.

With each subsequent album Kanye changed up his sound and broken new ground. On 2008’s ‘808 and Hearrtbreaks’ for example, he embraced auto-tune singing and, although many were unsure at the time, it influenced the future sound of Hip Hop and Rnb (laying the framework for the likes of Drake to become huge stars). In 2013 he stunned fans again with the jarring ‘Yeezus’, which, with its industrial minimalism, shocked the genre to its core and won praise from critics in the process.

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I gotta give it to Yeezus. He's still got the juice and for him to pack the 'Bowl' while performing a seven year old album is a testament to that fact. Show started an hour late and I had the feeling there would be some tech glitches, but you definitely couldn't hate on the effort. There was a small orchestra section stage right and on stage left what appeared to be a few DJ's and dudes on drum machines. The center of the stage featured 3 grand white staircases that were reconfigured between songs. There were fireworks at times which didn't quite fit the tone of the album, but who doesn't like fireworks. It was a party atmosphere and I felt a real connection with other fans simply based on the fact that WE LOVE THIS FUCKING ALBUM. We sang, we yelled, we danced, we laughed, and we reminisced about a Kanye that took us back to bring us forward.

Most memorable moments:

Staircases rotate to reveal 60 or so black men in rags and covered in dust. Very striking visual that reminded me of a slave ship. He used what I'll call "human props" throughout the show, but I felt like this moment resonated most.

Jeezy came out for Amazing, but the tech was ALL CHEWED UP. Sound was cutting in and out, poor lighting, pianist was even confused at one point.

At one point Kanye states that this performance is actually more of a dress rehearsal. I figured as much and even debated going to the Saturday show, but there was something about the rawness of an opening night that I wanted to be part of. I'm sure Saturday's show will be way more on point.

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I have never been a person who could pinpoint a moment in which divine providence had played some role in my life. That is, until I saw Kanye.

Watching Kanye West perform is a wholly religious experience. Someone you don't know and can barely see is instructing you to complete strange actions which seem nonsensical, like throwing your hands in there or singing lyrics or pointing your middle finger to the sky. Yet, you follow along. You are surrounded by thousands of people who share similar beliefs and interests as you. Everything is ridiculous expensive and you must pay your way in.

Kanye comes out pretty much an hour late, just because he can. When he finally emerges, it is on a platform suspended in the air. The platform rocks to and fro during the concert, bouncing right above the general admissions mosh pit. It is those in the mosh pit who are the most blessed. They seem positively energized by Kanye, dancing and thrashing for two hours straight.

When Kanye finishes his act, he performs "Ultralight Beam". Towards the end of the show, his platform lowers and he steps down onto the ground, showing us that the man we had seemingly worshiped with our screams and our expressions of adulation walks on the same ground we do. And maybe it was the weed smoke, or maybe the sheer excitement, but as I was swaying to the music, I felt a connection to a higher power, something greater than myself. It was a moment of absolute perfection where I didn't feel alone and hopeless in the world.

Whether his messianic stature is bona fide or self-professed, one thing’s still for certain: an evening with Kanye West will blow your freaking mind.

Love him or loathe him, there are number of things we say about ‘Ye for certain. The guy boasts a repertoire of hits hotter than Seth Rogen’s motorcycle seat. This is a guy with the talent to dethrone his mentor, with the vision to produce the totally unexpected, and with the ego to say and do exactly what he wants. All in all, those ingredients synthesise to produce the greatest live music experience on offer in the modern age. Hands down.

However it’s what we can’t say for certain about West that polarises crowds the world over. The rants, the fights, the Jesus lookalikes; to some extent, it’s no great surprise that the rapper has found himself at loggerheads with audiences on multiple occasions.

But if that’s the price we have to pay to accept this visionary into our lives, then show me where to sign. When Kanye delivers, he arrives first class. “One of the greatest hip-hop sets of all time”, so said the Hollywood Reporter of Coachella 2011. “I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things”, so said Kanye of himself. Hear, hear, Mr. West.

The sounds of hydraulic machinery filled Oracle Arena, as the stench of dirt weed mingled with the faux fog that had been pumping into the air over the past two hours. The opening samples of “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” were slowed down and turned elastic, thus leaving alien chemtrails of sound in the wake of the shadowy figure tethered to the hovering spacecraft. With heads upturned in anticipation of first contact, the crowd was lost in darkness. Chants of “Kan-ye! Kan-ye!” filled every empty space, until the object of their affection shone his light down on the chosen few.

The party-sized hoverboard had traversed the entire length of the arena (from a height of about 10 feet above the tallest head), before blasting spotlights on those below; instantly creating the largest circle pit a hip-hop tour has ever seen.

“Just wanna feel liberated, I, I, I…”

Kanye West had arrived in Oakland, and while many outside the venue failed to understand the appeal, those who had been waiting patiently (well past start time) were losing their collective mind.

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Kanye was a lot more humble than I expected. I've always loved a lot of the lyrics of his songs as they speak about real stuff that's going on, like the media covering up on what's actually important and people higher up trying to make everyone conform. His concert was better than I thought it would be. He was entertaining, interactive with the crowd, tried to get the people on the floor to start a mosh pit (haha) and he talked about some shit in the media against him that wasn't true. The massive screen thing he had happening put an interesting twist to seeing Kanye as it was done in like negative colouring and you could only half see him a lot of the time, which was a bit frustrating but also added to the drama of him. I LOVED the freaky masks he wore half the time, very Kanye- all that bling. He played a good mix of his music from a bunch of new stuff right back to the older stuff. Almost the whole seated crowd were standing the whole time (something I've NEVER seen at a concert) I have a newfound respect for Kanye West and am really happy I finally got to see him. I'd definitely go back

it was fucking horrible as shit like really kanye?

i, as well as everyone else who came to see your show in sacramento, were so hyped. it was literally going to be the highlight of my thanksgiving break. i bought your tickets for $70 as well as a shirt for $20, only for you to show up AN HOUR AND A HALF LATE, perform three songs that you didn't even finish, and to listen to your inaccurate rant about politics. honestly man, i respected you so much as an artist; you were and still are a musical genius and i will forever support your music career, but i lost all respect for you as a person yesterday. you disrespected your fans last night, who have been nothing but loyal to you throughout your career. that was a real shitty move, and to be honest with you man, i feel sorry for you. the money so up in your mind that you don't know who you are anymore.

we miss the old kanye

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The beginning of the TLOP tour was soo epic ! He plays the extended sample of Father stretch my hands, and when you hear "If young metro don't trust you" the whole stadium goes crazy !! If you want to have a top 5 concert experience download the playlist shown below, bump that with your friends the week of the concert and be ready to leave the concert with no voice lol !!!!

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The Saint Pablo Tour was by far the dopest energy in one place that I have felt at a venue the size of Verizon Center. The stage was suspended in air and the attendees with floor seats were actually a mosh pit! They stood the entire time fueling the energy as he floated above their heads and out stretched arms. Everyone in the building stood the entire concert. Everyone. Though the lights were dim and the big screen had an hallucination type effect, the lyrics and his movement came thru with Kanye precision. I had the time of my life at this concert. The cherry on the top was that I was invited as a surprise from my love. The hands down best surprise I've ever received!! I love the old Kanye. I love the new Kanye. I love Kanye. Period.

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Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Future Lead 2022 Rolling Loud Miami Lineup

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Kanye West , Kendrick Lamar and Future will headline 2022 Rolling Loud Miami. The festival returns to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on July 22-24 for its seventh edition. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 7 at 12 p.m. ET.

Ye heads up the first night’s festivities, while Future headlines on Saturday and Kendrick Lamar tops the bill on Sunday. Ye tapped Future to executive produce Donda 2 , which dropped last month. Lamar — whose most recent songs have been collaborations on Baby Keem’s The Melodic Blue — performed with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Mary J. Blige during the Super Bowl halftime show last month.

Gunna, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, Saweetie, Lil Durk, Don Toliver, Baby Keem, City Girls, Ski Mask The Slump God, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz, Three 6 Mafia, are among the lineup of more than 100 acts slated to perform.

Last year, Rolling Loud’s flagship fest in Miami featured rousing sets from Travis Scott, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, Young Thug and Rico Nasty. While some artists stood out for great performances, another found himself remembered for a set filled with controversial remarks. DaBaby’s onstage homophobic remarks  led to him being removed from several festival lineups . A woman who attended the festival also went missing , but was later found.

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Kanye West Can’t Perform at the Grammys, but He Can Still Attend — What Happens If He Wins?

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UPDATED : In the wake of the not-entirely-unexpected news that Kanye West has been barred from performing at the Grammy Awards due to his “concerning online behavior,” he has not been barred from attending the show, sources tell Variety .

That means West  — who is up for five awards around his “Donda” album , including the top prize of Album of the Year — can walk the red carpet, attend and accept awards at both the Premiere ceremony (the livestreamed event before the main show where non-televised awards are given out) and the main show itself.

It’s also possible that he could hold a competing event that would draw viewers away from the Grammys — a spiteful if not out-of-character move that arguably would harm the many fellow artists performing on the show more than the show itself.  In fact, unconfirmed rumors state that he is planning just such an event with Drake, another artist with a rocky Grammy history, although a rep for Drake denied that claim (a rep for West did not respond to requests for comment).

While it is unclear how far conversations about a West Grammy performance had progressed — in fact, incomplete performance plans, just two weeks before the show, could have been a contributing factor to the decision — a quick look at his recent social media posts, videos and concert performances give ample reasons for why a performance on live network television would be prohibitively problematic, despite the ratings it would draw.

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Recent weeks have included a racial slur directed at Grammy host Trevor Noah in response to comments Noah made on “The Daily Show” about West’s public behavior toward his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian; repeated public support for accused sex offender Marilyn Manson and unrepentant homophobe DaBaby ; and vague threats against Kardashian’s new boyfriend, Pete Davidson . There are also his past misguided comments about slavery and Harriet Tubman ; his polarizing support for former President Trump and his own stated plan to run for president in 2024. (Reps for the Recording Academy, CBS and Noah all declined requests for comment on the issue, although Noah wrote a lengthy and conciliatory Instagram post about West’s slur , which he has since deleted.)

Ironically, sources tell Variety that West was one of the many artists that Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and other Grammy execs have reached out to in recent months as part of a wide-ranging campaign to grow the organization’s diversity and relevance , especially in light of the ugly allegations about a “boys’ club” and insider dealings that arose after former CEO Deborah Dugan’s abrupt dismissal just before the 2020 awards, and after the Weeknd was shockingly excluded from all 2021 nominations. (Dugan and the Academy settled their lawsuit last year; the Academy quickly eliminated the “secret” nominating committees that were presumably responsible for the Weeknd’s exclusion.) While some commenters, most notably rapper/ West collaborator the Game, have attempted to attach a racial narrative to the Grammys’ decision, there are multiple more-tangible reasons why his performance would be called off.

It is also worth noting that Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. has said he argued successfully to expand the number of Album of the Year nominees  from eight to 10, beginning with the 2022 awards, because hip-hop was not represented — and the beneficiary of that decision was West’s “Donda” album.

So what happens next? If West does attend the show and walk the red carpet, the Grammys would be under no obligation to broadcast his comments on a livestream or a pre-show, even though other outlets doubtless would. And if he wins awards at the Premiere ceremony (which is livestreamed on grammy.com) or even during the main show, producers presumably would hit the mute button and even cut to a commercial the moment his comments began veering into troubled waters.

While none of those are foolproof solutions — what if he walks the red carpet carrying a fake decapitated Pete Davidson head? — they’re easier scenarios to control.

The situation seems certain to evolve further in the 13 days before the Grammy Awards. One thing’s for sure — we and millions of others will be watching.

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Kanye West On Rolling Stones Tour

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The Rolling Stones have invited rap superstar Kanye West to perform with them on their "A Bigger Bang" world tour. West will appear with the Stones on Sept. 20 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 23 at Halifax Commons in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and on Sept. 27 at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J.

During the past decade, the Rolling Stones have invited an eclectic and high-profile group of artists to perform with them, including Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, the Dave Matthews Band and Metallica.

West's debut album, "The College Dropout," has sold more than 3 million copies since its release in February 2004. The album spawned the hits "Jesus Walks" and "Slow Jamz." The single "Gold Digger" featuring Jamie Foxx from West's triple-platinum 2005 sophomore album, "Late Registration," held the top spot on the Billboard 100 singles chart for 10 weeks.

Each of West's albums earned Grammys for Best Rap Album, and he's earned a total of four more awards as a songwriter and performer.

West also will be performing with U2 in November for several dates in Australia and New Zealand.

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Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Ye feud timeline: VMAs to 'The Tortured Poets Department'

Look what you made her do — again.

On Friday, Taylor Swift reignited her years-long feud with reality TV royal and SKIMS mogul Kim Kardashian nearly 15 years after the moment that sparked a timeline of events featuring ups, downs and a "never getting back together" between the pair.

In Swift's new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," she apparently takes aim at Kardashian in a pair of songs: "Cassandra" and "thanK you aIMee." The latter's title features Kardashian's first name in capital letters. Then, in the song's lyrics, Swift throws more shade at Kardashian.

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"I don't think you've changed much and so I changed your name and any real defining clues ; And one day, your kid comes home singin' a song that only us two is gonna know is about you," Swift said in an apparent reference to the daughter of Kardashian and Ye (formerly Kanye West ), North West. Early last year, North West posted a TikTok featuring Kardashian, with the two dancing to "Shake It Off," from 2014's "1989."

Three days later, the rumored "Aimee" herself did her first televised interview since "TTPD's" release with Jimmy Kimmel but didn't address Swift's lyrics. The " Jimmy Kimmel Live !" host instead had Kardashian – who said "life is good" – confirm or deny online claims about her.

If you aren't "Keeping Up" with their feud, here's a refresher about the beef between the two frenemies.

2009: Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift at 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

At the 2009 MTV VMAs, Ye produced something other than music: controversy. As Swift was accepting a VMA for best female video, beating Beyoncé's video for "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," he stepped on stage and grabbed the mic out of the Swift's hand with a pointed proclamation.

“Yo, Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’mma let you finish,” Ye said. “But Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!”

This moment set the stage for the existing beef between Swift and Kardashian who was married to the Chicago-born rapper from 2014 to 2022. A year after the VMAs, Swift performed her song "Innocent," which is reportedly about this incident.

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2009 was also the year that Kardashian answered "Taylor Swift, Love Story," referring to the song off Swift's second album "Fearless," when asked what the No. 1 song on her iPod was during a red- carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight .

"I love Taylor Swift; I'm the biggest Taylor Swift fan. I'm watching her on Twitter. I just signed up for Twitter. I'm watching you Taylor, following!" Kardashian told ET at the time.

'Tortured Poets' release live updates: Taylor Swift drops 15 extra songs at 2 a.m.

2015: Taylor Swift presents Kanye with MTV Video Vanguard Award, a lifetime achievement award

At the 2015 VMAs, six years later at the same award ceremony where Ye interrupted her, Swift introduced the "Stronger" rapper and gave him the MTV Video Vanguard Award , a lifetime achievement award.

"I guess I have to say to all the other winners tonight, I'm really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Kanye West has had one of the greatest careers of all time," Swift said during the introduction . "Right now, I am honored to present the 2015 Video Vanguard Award to my friend, Kanye West."

During his 10-minute long acceptance speech, Swift celebrated with Kardashian.

2016: Kanye West releases 'Famous' song, says 'I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex"

In 2016, the beef between both West and Swift was reheated — and Kardashian cooked up her own feud with the "Style" hitmaker.

That year, Ye released "Famous," which included the controversial lyrics, "I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex. Why?" before using an expletive and saying he made Swift famous.

The song received mixed reactions, but West clapped back, saying he received Swift's approval to include the lyrics. However, Swift denied that she approved of the lyrics at the time.

"I did not diss Taylor Swift and I’ve never dissed her," he posted on Twitter , now X, at the time, adding that "I’m an artist and as an artist I will express how I feel with no censorship."

He also claimed he'd asked Kardashian "for her blessings and she was cool with it" and that he'd "called Taylor and had a hour long convo with her about the line and she thought it was funny and gave her blessings."

"I’m not even gone take credit for the idea … it’s actually something Taylor came up with … She was having dinner with one of our friends (whose) name I will keep out of this and she told him I can’t be mad at Kanye because he made me famous!  #FACTS" he added.

Kanye West explains how 'Famous' changed his life

At the time, Taylor Swift's publicis,t Tree Paine, released a statement to USA TODAY about the release of "Famous."

"Kanye did not call for approval, but to ask Taylor to release his single 'Famous' on her Twitter account. She declined and cautioned him about releasing a song with such a strong misogynistic message. Taylor was never made aware of the actual lyric, 'I made that (expletive) famous,'" Paine said.

2016: Kim Kardashian releases audio recording of West family's view of 'Famous' controversy

In February 2016, at the 58th Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift accepted the album of the year award for "1989," which established her as a pop music powerhouse after completing a successful crossover from the country genre.

“To all the young women, there are going to be people along the way who try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame,” Swift said in her speech . “But if you just focus on the work and don’t let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you’re going, you’ll look around and know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. That will be the greatest feeling in the world.”

Pop culture experts and media pundits speculated that the acceptance speech was about Kardashian and West. Then, in July that year, Kim Kardashian released something of her own — and it wasn't music.

Instead, the "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star posted videos on Snapchat of Swift appearing to support West's "Famous" lyrics during a phone call between Swift and the rapper.

Next came the famous statement: “I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009,” Swift posted on her social media accounts. The backlash was swift, with Ye's fans responding to her message in droves, calling her a snake for seemingly lying about not approving Ye's lyrics.

2017: Taylor Swift releases snake-themed single, music video 'Look What You Made Me Do' and 'Reputation' album

After the controversy, Swift retreated from the public and started a private relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn .

Following this self-imposed exile, Swift bit back in her sixth album, "Reputation."

The music superstar wiped her Instagram clean and returned in August 2017 with an aptly named lead single, "Look What You Made Me Do" which features defiant lyricism.

The first few lines of the song go, "I don't like your little games, don't like your tilted stage/ The role you made me play of the fool/ No, I don't like you." The lyrics seemingly referred to West's "The Life of Pablo" tour stage in addition to her "role" in the feuds between herself and the couple.

"Reputation" addressed a series of her publicized friendship fallouts and falling in love with Alwyn. Later, Swift released a revealing Netflix documentary "Miss Americana," which explored this time in her life and the shedding of her public All-American girl persona.

2020-2021: Extended recording between Taylor Swift and Kanye West leaked, Kardashian and Ye divorce

In 2020, an extended version of the recording between Kardashian and Swift was anonymously leaked. The recording brought renewed attention to the feud and showed a more complete account of Swift and Kanye West's conversation, according to Variety and TODAY .

“Instead of answering those who are asking how I feel about video footage that was leaked, proving that I was telling the truth the whole time about *that call* (you know, the one that was illegally recorded, that somebody edited and manipulated in order to frame me and put me, my family, and fans through hell for 4 years), swipe up to see what really matters,” Swift wrote in an Instagram story after the leak.

She sent viewers to Feeding America's and the World Health Organization's websites to donate "if you have the ability."

A year later, Kardashian filed to divorce Ye . The pair share four children: North, Saint, Chicago "Chi" and Psalm.

2023: Taylor Swift calls out Kim Kardashian in Time Person of the Year interview

In December, during a wide-ranging interview for her honor as Time magazine's 2023 Person of The Year, Swift called out Kardashian. The profile touched on the "Famous" controversy and explored Swift's entire career, from country starlet to global superstar.

"You have a fully manufactured frame job, in an illegally recorded phone call, which Kim Kardashian edited and then put out to say to everyone that I was a liar," she told Time.

"That took me down psychologically to a place I've never been before. I moved to a foreign country. I didn't leave a rental house for a year. I was afraid to get on phone calls. I pushed away most people in my life because I didn't trust anyone anymore. I went down really, really hard."

Revelations from Taylor Swift's Time interview including Kim Kardashian, Ye feud

April 2024: Taylor Swift calls out Kim Kardashian in new song title lyrics

In "thanK you aIMee," which is reportedly about Kardashian , Swift acknowledges that conflict "made her heal."

In classic Swift fashion, she got creative with her capital letters on the track "thanK you aIMee," a song about a mean schoolgirl. Or is it? The "KIM" most often associated with Swift is Kardashian, who famously referred to Swift with a snake emoji.

There are also several mentions of snakes on "Cassandra." Snakes are commonly associated with the Kardashian/West vs. Swift feud.

Another lyric in "thanK you aIMee" indicates the names on the track can't be trusted: "I changed your name and any real defining clues. And one day, your kid comes home singin' a song that only us two is gonna know is about you."

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A Timeline of Drake & Ye’s Relationship: From Friends to Feuds

The two rap titans started as friends before the relationship soured.

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Drake and Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — have just about seen it all throughout their decorated careers. The pair of rap titans have been friends, collaborators, mentors, enemies and more over the course of the last 15 years.

The 6 God once hailed Ye as the “most influential” person on his sound, and he’s gone on to live out his “Thank Me Now” lyrics of seeing his idols become rivals, as Drizzy and West are currently entrenched in a feud with no sign of reconciliation on the horizon.

Drake Vs. Everybody: Here Are All of The Stars Involved in the Rap Civil War

After meeting in Hawaii, West took Drake under his wing and directed the music video to his So Far Gone breakout hit “Best I Ever Had” in 2009.

By the mid-2010s, they were working on a collab project that could’ve shifted the paradigm in hip-hop, but the rappers went their separate ways and have been sending shots in an on-and-off-again feud since.

It was thought that their beef was finally squashed for good in December 2021 when J. Prince helped broker a truce for Drake and Ye to reunite on stage at the Free Larry Hoover Benefit concert in Los Angeles.

However, their relationship eventually went awry again. In April 2024, West threw his hat into the ring to enter the rap civil war, going against Drake when hopping on a remix to Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Like That.”

Check out Billboard ‘s timeline about how Ye and Drake got to this point in their love-hate relationship over the years.

September 2007: Drake Freestyles Over "Barry Bonds"

Drake showed respect to Ye from the early days of the latter’s career while freestyling over the thumping “Barry Bonds” beat on Drizzy’s 2007 Comeback Season mixtape. “Barry Bonds” was on Ye’s Graduation album as a Lil Wayne collaboration, which arrived shortly after Drake’s mixtape; it’s unclear how Drizzy got the beat ahead of time.

September 2008: Drake Freestyles Over"Swagga Like Us"

Rap’s ultimate posse cut arrived in ’08 with T.I., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Ye joining forces for “Swagga Like Us.” The braggadocios track peaked at no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Drake wanted in on the hip-hop titans teaming up, and freestyled over West’s production to showcase he can go toe-to-toe with the best the genre has to offer.

February 2009: Drake Makes Ye's '808s & Heartbreak' Opener His Canvas

Drake’s breakout mixtape So Far Gone included another hat tip to West by making the desolate electro-pop 808s & Heartbreak opener “Say You Will” his own canvas, which he repackaged as “Say What’s Real.”

May 2009: Drake Calls Ye the 'Most Influential Person' on His Sound

Drake showered Ye with praise in a 2009 interview with MTV. Drizzy had met the “Good Life” rapper months prior in Hawaii while West was working on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy .

“Before I ever got the chance to meet him, Kanye West shaped a lot of what I do, as far as music goes,” Drake said at the time. “We always, always, always took the time to listen to Kanye’s music and appreciate it beyond. We searched the samples and we find out where his inspiration came from, because he has one of the best ears in music, period. He knows how to recognize great music that’s not his. He knows how to utilize great sounds and great music. So before I met him, I had the utmost respect for Kanye West. I’d even go as far as to say he’s the most influential person as far as a musician that I’d ever had in my life.”

May 2009: Ye Says Drake Had the Best Bar of '09

Ye returned the favor when crowning Drake with the best line of 2009 on Young Money’s “Every Girl.”

West wrote on his Kanye Universecity blog: “Drake said, ‘Do you like girls like I do?? Les-bi-honest!!!!!’ Best line of the year so far!”

Drake later told MTV in response to the props: “I feel like it’s funny, because that’s something he might have said. [But] it’s an honor that he’s even looking at me as somewhat of an equal, somewhat of a peer. I think he’s one of the greatest to ever do it.”

July 2009: West Directs Drake's "Best I Ever Had" Video

Ye put his creative vision to work when hopping behind the lens to direct the visual for Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” anthem. West had Drake play the coach of a women’s basketball team that certainly wasn’t lacking in the breast department.

August 2009: Drake & Kanye West Team Up With Eminem & Lil Wayne for "Forever"

Drake may have missed out on “Swagga Like Us,” but he made sure to find his way on the next hip-hop posse cut. “Forever” served as a knighting of sorts with Eminem, Ye and Lil Wayne welcoming Drizzy into rap’s pantheon.

April 2010: Kanye West Produces on Drake's Debut Album 'Thank Me Later'

West wasn’t featured as a vocal guest on Drake’s Thank Me Later , but produced the island-tinged “Find Your Love” and is credited as a co-writer on the 2010 debut album track. Ye also produced a song titled “You Know You Know,” which didn’t make the final album’s cut and ended up leaking months later.

November 2010: Drake Credited on Ye's "All of the Lights" & His Verse Leaks

Drake is credited with providing additional vocals on the luscious “All of the Lights,” in which Kanye spared no expense and brought in myriad talented collaborators to contribute to the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy standout.

While he’s barely on the original album version, an unofficial “All of the Lights” remix arrived following the track’s release, and finds Drake alongside Lil Wayne and Big Sean.

January 2011: Drake Swipes at Jay-Z & Ye While Teasing Lil Wayne Joint Album

Drake appears to take a jab at Ye and Jay-Z as they prepared to deliver Watch the Throne during his 2011 Tim Westwood interview.

“I heard some other guys are coming out with an album too,” Drake said while teasing that he and Wayne were teaming up for a joint project. “There’s two other rappers that are coming out with an album together. I don’t know where they got that idea.”

October 2011: Drake Says It's His Goal to 'Surpass' West

Drake shows love to Ye and says it’s an “honor” to be even compared to him, but makes it known it’s a competition out there, and his plans were to one day “surpass” West’s accomplishments in hip-hop.

“It’s an honor. When I was a kid trying to figure out what I liked, it was Ye who I related to the most. He was an artist, in every sense, from his cover art to his music. Now, I would say, he is [a] really great competitor and friend,” he told The Source . “My goal is to surpass everything he’s accomplished. I don’t want to be as good as Kanye — I want to be better.”

August 2013: Ye Appears at Drake's OVO Fest

Ye made an appearance at Drake’s OVO Fest in 2013. “Me and Hov would’ve never made  Watch the Throne  if [Drake] wasn’t putting pressure on us like that, so I just want to pay my respects,” West said on stage. Drake called Ye’s support at his festival the “most important moment in my career to date.”

February 2014: Drake Snipes at 'Yeezus,' West Responds

Drake jabbed at some of Ye’s bars on Yeezus . “There were some real questionable bars on there,” he told Rolling Stone . “Like that ‘Swaghili’ line? Come on, man. Even Fabolous wouldn’t say some s–t like that.” However, he saluted West as the “reason” he’s here.

Ye responded on the Yeezus Tour, not leaning into the feud and claiming it was all “love” between both parties. “They always be trying to pit n—as against each other and it ain’t going down no more. So, tonight it ain’t none of that. We love Drake,” West told the New Jersey crowd.

March 2015: Ye Says Drake Inspired Him to Hit the Studio

A decade into his career, Ye needed a push creatively, and Drake’s run of hits helped provide that inspiration to hit the studio and take things to another level in the mid-2010s.

“Someone who’s like, ‘Come on, man, get back up!’ I was sitting there getting fat. Sitting back, just knocked everybody out. And then this guy hits the gym, he’s just running around like, ‘Pow, 14 hits’ I’m like, ‘Whoa. Let me go to the studio, then. Let’s see what’s happening. Let me get these lyrics up,'” Ye told Clique . “So, that’s where we at right now, that’s where you getting these records from.”

January 2016: Drake Boasts His Pool Is Bigger Than Ye's

Drake kicked off 2016 with “Summer Sixteen,” in which he flexed about allegedly having a bigger pool in his backyard than his Calabasas neighbors Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. “Now I got a house in L.A., now I got a bigger pool than Ye/ And look man, Ye’s pool is nice, mine’s just bigger’s what I’m saying/ I’m that n—a’s what I’m saying,” he raps.

February 2016: Drake Earns Writing Credit on 'The Life of Pablo'

Drake is credited as a co-writer on The Life of Pablo sleeper “30 Hours” featuring André 3000. Drizzy allegedly recorded an early demo , and the reference track leaked on social media following TLOP ‘s arrival.

August 2016: Ye Pulls Up to OVO Fest & Teases Drake Joint Album

Ye made another OVO Fest appearance in Toronto, where he ran through a mini-set and teased that a collab album with Drake was on the horizon. “This man is the reason I’m on this stage. My biggest inspiration,” Drizzy said to the audience about Ye.

Later that month, billboards hinting at the joint project began popping up, reading “Calabasas is the new Abu Dhabi” with the logos of OVO and Ye’s G.O.O.D. Music.

pic.twitter.com/vWIdPmvQ7G — G.O.O.D. MUSIC (@GOODMUSIC) August 28, 2016

November 2016: Ye Rants About Drake & DJ Khaled's "For Free" Dominating Radio

West took the stage in Sacramento on Nov. 19, 2016, in what would end up being the final date of the Saint Pablo Tour, as he was hospitalized days later and canceled the rest of the trek due to extreme exhaustion and stress. In his final minutes on stage, the rapper went on a stream of consciousness in which he in part ranted about the success of DJ Khaled and Drake’s multi-platinum “For Free” dominating radio airwaves.

“We can love each other, but the rules gotta be fair,” he said. “Khaled, and Drake, and radio, and Doc, and 92.3 and everybody — is it just me or did you hear that song so many times? You say you wanna play it ‘For Free’? Ayy, ayy, you know what it is, though.”

February 2017: Drake Responds to Ye's Radio Rant

Drake responded to Ye’s radio rant targeting his and DJ Khaled’s “For Free” in an interview with DJ Semtex. The OVO boss also alluded to how he and Yeezy were working toward a joint album, so dissing him didn’t make sense.

“Because in the same breath, I went from, like, working on a project with him, to him sorta publicly s—ting on me and DJ Khaled for being on the radio too much,” he said. “I’m not sure why we’re the target of your choice that you made that night. And yeah, I accept what you’re going through, and I just go and continue working on my own thing.”

March 2017: Drake & Ye Toast to 'More Life'

Drake recruited West to appear on his More Life playlist, and the duo teamed up for the underwhelming “Glow.” At this point, the OVO honcho and Yeezy’s relationship was starting to fracture, and the rap titans haven’t collaborated on a track in the years since.

May 2018: West Produced Pusha T's "Infrared" Taking Shots at Drake

Pusha T sniped at Drake on Daytona’s closing track “Infrared,” which is produced by West (he helmed the entire project). King Push taps Drizzy with ghostwriting allegations by bringing up Quentin Miller, who was credited on several tracks of Drake’s 2015 mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late . “It was written like Nas, but it came from Quentin,” Pusha raps.

May 2018: Drake Responds With Shots at Ye on "Duppy Freestyle"

Drake quickly responded to Pusha T with “Duppy Freestyle,” but it wasn’t only King Push in his crosshairs, as there was plenty of smoke for Ye too. Drizzy puts West on blast because Drake allegedly helped Ye complete a handful of recent records.

“I’ve done things for him I thought that he never would need/ Father had to stretch his hands out and get it from me/ I pop style for 30 hours then let him repeat,” Drake raps.

June 2018: Drake Releases 'Scorpion' Album, Joe Budden Believes It's Filled With Shots at Ye

Drake released his Scorpion album in June 2018 while Ye was rolling out his string of G.O.O.D. Music projects. Fans and industry critics alike speculated Drizzy was jabbing at West throughout the album. Joe Budden theorized on his eponymous podcast that verses on “Emotionless” and “8 Out of 10” were connected and taking aim at Ye.

“He bodies this flip of the word ‘good’ throughout this whole song. So much so, if you’re not really paying attention you think he’s just using the word good — he ain’t. Owls are a sign of good luck, correct? What I think he’s saying is they’re switching camps,” Budden suggested.

August 2018: Ye Denies Feeding Pusha T Information About Drake's Son

Pusha T alleged that Drake was hiding a son in diss track “The Story of Adidon.” Fans speculated that Ye was the one to feed Push the information about little Adonis — whose existence was previously not public knowledge — since Drake reportedly headed to work with Kanye in Wyoming months earlier, but West denied sharing the news.

“I’m Ye. I got major things to do other than be telling him some information about Drake,” Ye said to WGCI . “I honestly don’t care that much, in all honesty. When we talk about the Drake thing, it hits me in a really sensitive place because you hang around people and they come to your house and be around your family and this and that.

“And then they get mad about a beat and send you purple demon emojis. We understand that he got upset about [‘The Story of Adidon’]. I feel that it was insensitive for him to, in any way, stress me out in any way after TMZ, while I’m in Wyoming healing, pulling all the pieces together, working on my music.”

September 2018: West Apologizes to Drake for Role in Pusha T Feud

Yeezy attempted to broker a peace treaty between OVO and G.O.O.D. Music with Drake and Pusha T’s feud simmering. West sent his well wishes and tried to clear the static .

“Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew,” West tweeted at the time. “I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online. I understand where the confusion started.”

Ye also went on to publicly deny giving Pusha the information about Adonis for “Story of Adidon.” He apologized for stepping on Scorpion ‘s release date with his string of G.O.O.D. Music releases in June 2018, in addition to how he released “Lift Yourself” himself as a troll after promising Drake he could hop on it.

“There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you,” Ye added.

September 2018: Kim Kardashian Denies Drake Rumors

West’s wife at the time, Kim Kardashian, shut down rumors that she had been romantically involved with Drake in the past. The Shade Room posted an Everyday Struggle clip of Nick Cannon and DJ Akademiks speculating whether the reality star and Drake had ever hooked up, and she hopped into the Instagram comments section to deny the rumors. “Never happened,” she wrote. “End of story.”

September 2018: Ye Demands Drake Deny Kim K. Romance Rumors

Ye went on another Twitter rant calling for Drake to put an end to the speculation tying “Kiki” — whom Drizzy references on “In My Feelings” — to Kim Kardashian.

“The fact that people are making rumors and thinking that you f–ked my wife and you’re not saying anything and you’re carrying it well like that,” Ye said at the time. “Don’t sit well with my spirit. You know, if I had a girlfriend from Chicago and her name was Ranita and you were married to Rihanna, I wouldn’t make no song called RiRi. So when you’re like, ‘Oh, I don’t know where it comes from.’ You’re too smart for that, bro. You know where it came from.”

October 2018: Drake Feels Ye Manipulated Him With Wyoming Invite

Months after the dust settled following the Drake and Pusha T drama, fans were still searching for answers. The 6 God pulled up to The Shop , where he opened up about his trip to Ye’s writing camp in Wyoming earlier in 2018.

Drake revealed he allegedly played Weest unreleased music, including “March 14,” which includes references to his son and baby mama that the public didn’t know about yet.

“He sold me on this whole speech of like, ‘I’m in a great place, I’m making money, and I’m a father, and I wanna be Quincy Jones and help you,'” Drake said. “‘But in order to do that, you’ve gotta be transparent with me, you gotta play me your music and you gotta tell me when you’re dropping. And I know you don’t like to do things like that.’ I guess we all kind of felt a genuine vibe from it, so I played him my music and I told him when I was dropping.”

He continued to say he felt manipulated and betrayed by Ye for confiding in him about certain things regarding his growing family. Drizzy reportedly even showed him a photo of his son, and claimed that Ye lied about working on an album slated for the summer ( ye dropped in June).

“I tell him I’m having trouble with my son’s mother. We had a conversation,” Drake added. “Oh, this guy’s trolling me. This was like a manipulative, like, ‘I wanna break you’ thing. I said, ‘Alright, I’m gonna go back to distancing myself again. I know what this is.'”

December 2018: Ye Demands an Apology & Meetup With Drake

Another day, another Ye rant in 2018. West used an alleged text seeking clearance for Drake’s “Say What’s Real” to go to streaming (The So Far Gone track sampled Ye’s “Say You Will”) to go after the 6 God once again.

“This proves s–t faker than wrestling for mentioning the 350s and trying to take food out your idols kids mouths,” he tweeted, seeking an apology for Drizzy’s “No Stylist” jab. “Been trying to meet with you for six months bro. You sneak dissing on Travis [Scott] records and texting Kris Jenner talking bout how’s the family. Sending purple emojis when I’m dealing with mental s–t I need my apologies now. Not through Scooter [Braun] either. Not through Travis.”

December 2018: Y Claims Drake Is Threatening Him

Ye exploded in a lengthy tweet rant that went on for more than 125 messages, reigniting his feud with Drake. It was seemingly sparked by a phone conversation between the two during which Ye claimed Drizzy threatened him. “So Drake if anything happens to me or anyone from my family you are the first suspect — so cut the tough talk,” he wrote at the time.

“There would never be a Drake without a Kanye West so never open your mouth with a threat,” Ye continued.

West didn’t stop there: He referred to Drake as a “bully” and demanded Drizzy “leave … [his] family alone.” The epic rant also spawned the famous “He running around like he Pac” tweet.

December 2019: Drake Addresses the Feud on 'Rap Radar'

Drake sat down for a two-hour interview with Rap Radar, discussing a multitude of topics, including his issues with Yeezy, which he said he had no interest in patching up.

“That’s where all of this stems from,” he said of West and his war with Pusha. “It’s all rooted in that situation, yes. I think that [Ye] definitely recruited a guy with a similar dislike for me no matter what he says in interviews. I know that there’s something there that bothers him deeply and yeah, I can’t fix it for him. It just is what it is.”

However, he’s wasn’t going to walk back the past praise he’d showered on Ye. “He’s still my — obviously with the exception of Lil Wayne and if I look at Hov — as the guy who truly shaped the majority of my thinking, skillset, all those things, Kanye West would be my favorite artist all around,” Drake declared. “And that’s just facts. I have no problem saying that. Things have changed. I’m not just some kid that’s a fan anymore. Now we have personal situations, and like I said, a lot of his issues with me, I can’t fix them for him.”

August 2021: Ye Seemingly Doxxes Drake Following Trippie Redd Collab Diss

Drake reignited his beef with Ye ahead of their album showdown with his guest verse on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal.” The OVO mogul wasn’t considering any kind of armistice. “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know/ 45, 45 (Burned out), let it go/ Ye ain’t changin’ s–t for me, it’s set in stone,” he raps.

Ye got wind of the jabs and appeared to dox Drake by revealing what may have been Drizzy’s Toronto address before later deleting the tweet. He entered his “Joker” era with more threats at the 6 God. “I live for this. I’ve been fucked with by nerd a– jock n—as like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you,” he declared.

Drake didn’t take anything too seriously, as he shared an Instagram Story laughing off West’s latest antics.

August-September 2021: Ye & Drake Go "Back to Back" With Album Showdown

The feud reached a head with Ye stepping on another Drake release date by cutting him in line with Donda arriving four days before Certified Lover Boy . Both albums debuted atop the Billboard 200. Donda moved 309,000 album-equivalent units in less than a full sales week before being replaced at the summit by Drake as CLB sold 613,000 album units .

December 2021: Kanye West & Drake Reunite for Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert

Drake and Ye agreed to put their differences aside for the greater good in a prison reform fundraiser spreading awareness surrounding the incarcerated Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover. Rap-A-Lot Records co-founder J. Prince helped broker a meeting to arrange the unlikely peace treaty as Ye and Drizzy agreed to hit the stage for the Free Larry Hoover Benefit concert.

The pair of rap titans put on a united front while running through plenty of hits from their decorated discographies at the Coliseum show in Los Angeles.

“I appreciate Kanye for having me up here tonight,” Drake said on stage of the surreal scene that didn’t seem possible a couple of months earlier. “It’s important that we make this happen. When we were walking through the arches right there it felt like a dream. It felt surreal. It was something I always wanted to do being on stage with my idol as he’s running through one of the best catalogs in music, period.”

Forever 🕊🦉 pic.twitter.com/FXlf02TNqH — Donda’s Place (@dondas___place) December 10, 2021

Ye x Drake walk out #FreeLarryHoover pic.twitter.com/wH0UGfcUXr — Donda’s Place (@dondas___place) December 10, 2021

April 2023: Drake Samples Kim Kardashian for "Search and Rescue"

Drake stirred the pot with Ye once more with his “Search and Rescue” single. Drake elected to use himself and a mystery woman in motorcycle helmets as the cover art, which some speculated to be Kim Kardashian. However, it was quickly debunked and uncovered that the woman in the artwork is artist and model Lilah Pi.

Although Kardashian’s voice is sampled on “Search and Rescue,” it was a quote from the reality star talking to her mother on Keeping Up With the Kardashians about her divorce from Kanye that ended up making the cut. “I didn’t come this far, just to come this far and not be happy,” she cryptically said on the series finale.

November 2023: Drake Blasts Yeezy's Truce on "Red Button"

2023 couldn’t expire without Drake getting another dig in at Ye. The 6 God returned in November 2023 to deliver his For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition . Drake blasts West on “Red Button” for using their truce as a setup to go behind his back, and he’s not falling for any of his olive branches anymore.

“Every time you need me for a boost, I never hesitated/ Every time that Yeezy called a truce, he had my head inflated/ Thinkin’ we gon’ finally peace it up and get to levitatin’/ Realize that everything premeditated,” Drake raps.

April 2024: Ye Releases "Like That" Remix

West was only going to stay quiet so long as a rap war waged, especially with a plethora of rappers ganging up on Drake. Yeezy delivered a remix to Future and Metro Boomin’s Kendrick Lamar-assisted Drake diss track “Like That” on April 20.

The remix isn’t on streaming services, but is available on West’s website. Ye took aim at Drake and brought up the 6 God’s reported massive licensing deal with Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Group.

“Where’s Lucian? Serve your master, n—a/ You caught a little bag for your masters, didn’t ya/ Lifetime deal, I feel bad for n—as/ Y’all so outta sight, outta mind/ I can’t even think of a Drake line,” he raps.

Days later, on April 22, Ye hopped on Justin LaBoy’s The Message podcast, where he credited the “elimination of Drake” as his inspiration for dropping the remix.

“[Future] called me and I went to the studio and laid that. We went through the creative process of adding the chords and called the Hooligans out in London to get on the joint,” Ye explained. “Everybody was very, very energized about the elimination of Drake.”

He continued: “You say rich baby daddy it’s like Drake has a rich baby daddy named Lucian and Universal. It’s like, ‘My daddy got it. My daddy control the spins. My daddy got the DSPs.’ Drake has a rich baby daddy named Lucian.”

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