Talib Kweli Details Recent Encounters With Kanye in Response to Ye Taking Shots at Him, Brings Up His Trump Support

Talib Kweli has addressed Kanye's 'Drink Champs' comments, saying the two met recently and Ye revealed that he no longer supports Donald Trump.

Kanye West and Talib Kweli during John Legend's 28th Birthday Party.
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Kanye West and Talib Kweli during John Legend's 28th Birthday Party at Stereo in New York City at Stereo in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Kanye West and Talib Kweli during John Legend's 28th Birthday Party.

Kanye West’s lengthy visit to N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN’s Drink Champs show yielded several revelations from the rapper, who hadn’t spoken publicly since his failed presidential run last year. 

On Friday, Talib Kweli addressed the comments Ye made about him during the interview by bringing up the last few times the two were together, including instances where he revealed he was no longer supporting Donald Trump. Prior to this post, Ye had gone on record during the episode to say that he never liked Kweli’s rhymes, and that he believed Common was a much better rapper than him.

“So apparently @kanyewest wants me to tell y’all about the last couple of times we hung out,” Kweli opened the post. “Ok. Here’s pics from the last couple of times we hung out, the first is from last year, the second is from just last month. In these hang out sessions many things happened… here’s a short list…”

The legendary rapper then proceeded to break down each interaction he’s had with Ye when these photos were taken, ranging from the rapper revealing that he suffered from a drinking problem to him telling Kweli that he no longer supported Donald Trump.

“Kanye privately told me that he no longer supports Trump but then continued to publicly show support for Trump,” Kweli explained. “He blamed his support for Trump on Rick Rubin. He also said that Rick Rubin is the one who told him to link with Candace Owens. I thought it was weird for him to pass the buck like that.”

Kweli went on to say that he thought it was funny when Ye said during Drink Champs that he wears so many baseball caps that he keeps the style in business, and that he didn’t take any of his jabs about his music personally. However, he does clarify that he takes issue with any support towards Trump.

“The baseball hat jab is hilarious. The disrespect of my rhyme skills is subjective opinions. None of that matters to me,” he wrote. “What does matter to me is truth and accountability. Kanye is an amazing artist but MAGA is terrorism. January 6th proved that. No amount of deflection changes that fact.”

During the first part of Kanye’s Drink Champs interview he said Common “is a thousand times better rapper than” Talib. He continued, “You asked me my opinion. My opinion is that everybody knows that Common [is better]. The only thing I don’t like about Common is he, like, works for the Democrats. … John Legend-ass n***as, bro.”

Kanye added, “Man, you can’t tell me what I’m going through in my life. … If you take the average 99 percent of people and say, ‘Do you wanna be Kweli or do you wanna be Ye?’ More people are gonna wanna be Ye, Kweli,” he said of the Black Star member. “What you talking about? So like you told that man, don’t give me no advice. Go open a book, read yourself to death.”

In the second half of Ye’s Drink Champs episode that aired last night, Ye did jokingly apologize to Kweli about “never fucking with his raps.” You can check that out below.

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