Kanye West has added to his list of demands.
After requesting public apologies from Drake and J. Cole in a Twitter tirade on Monday (September 14), Kanye has now added both men into a proposed meeting with yet another name to the list, Kendrick Lamar.
“We need Me J Cole Drake Kendrick all in a room 2gthr … it’s time to get free,” he wrote. “We will not argue amongst each other while somebody we don’t know in Europe is getting paid and putting that money in a hedge fund.”
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Hours later he elaborated, emphasizing his earlier points about the importance of owning your own masters for an artist. He also showed he was serious about the meeting.
“In the streaming world master ownership is everything… that is the bulk of the income … in COVID artist need our masters … it’s more important than ever before,” he wrote. I got J Cole number waiting for Kendrick and Drake.”
In the streaming world master ownership is everything… that is the bulk of the income … in COVID artist need our masters … it’s more important than ever before
I got J Cole number waiting for Kendrick and Drake
— ye (@kanyewest) September 16, 2020
Another update revealed he’d gotten one step closer to Kendrick as he doubled down on his now-infamous quote from his May 2018 TMZ visit.
“Che Pope got Dave Free’s number … will have Kendrick’s numbed shortly,” Kanye confirmed. “I’ll keep you guys updated. Remember they cut our tongues when we were on the boat … but noooooow…. slaaaaaavery iiiiiiiiis aaaaaaaaa chooooooooice.”
Che Pope got Dave Free’s number … will have Kendrick’s numbed shortly … I’ll keep you guys updated ? Remember they cut our tongues when we were on the boat … but noooooow…. slaaaaaavery iiiiiiiiis aaaaaaaaa chooooooooice ??????
— ye (@kanyewest) September 16, 2020
In a series of tweets that followed, Ye asked for protection as he fights for every artist’s masters and asked for more peace in music. Check out more of his tweets below.
I need an army of angels to cover me while I pull this sword out of the stone … I need everyone’s prayers … I promise we will be free and own our masters but we must be faithful to God this time
— ye (@kanyewest) September 16, 2020
I don’t wanna see no woke tweets or hear no woke raps … it’s show time … it’s a whole different energy right now
— ye (@kanyewest) September 16, 2020
The artist deserve to own our masters … artist are starving without tours … Ima go get our masters … for all artist … pray for me
— ye (@kanyewest) September 16, 2020
Let’s get it big bro … you and Michael passed so we can live pic.twitter.com/GIEWDhyepw
— ye (@kanyewest) September 16, 2020