Fresh off stating that he had parted ways with G.O.O.D. Music, Big Sean has now suggested that he’s owed millions by Kanye West, who called signing the Finally Famous artist to the label “the worst thing” he’s ever done during a Drink Champs interview on Thursday night.
At one point during the interview, Ye joked that his signing of Sean back in 2007 would be on his tombstone. “The worst thing I’ve ever done was sign Big Sean,” he said in the interview.
In the same interview, Yeezy also took issue with Sean (as well as John Legend) for—in his words—working against his unsuccessful presidential bid last year. “Both John Legend and Big Sean, when I ran for office, got used quick by the Democrats. … I don’t rock with neither of them,” he said.
Meanwhile, Sean announced Thursday night—just as Ye’s interview was debuting—that he had been asked to appear on Drink Champs in the future. He also shared photos of him and Ye together, stating they had been spoken recently.
“Was just wit this man, he ain’t say none of that!” Sean said. He also refuted Ye’s campaign-focused complaints, noting that he didn’t endorse anyone as he’s “not political.” Furthermore, according to Sean, “none” of what Ye said about him was accurate.
But it’s a more specific retort from Sean that’s receiving special attention from fans. Amid the Drink Champs rollout, a fan tweeted that West “owes Big Sean $3M and said he’d give Sean his masters too.”
Sean, as spotted by XXL, responded in a tweet that was quickly removed. “Not 3, more like 6,” the tweet read.
In September of last year, Ye—who also discussed his own contractual issues during Thursday’s Drink Champs interview—said that he would be giving all G.O.O.D. Music artists back a 50 percent masters share that he held. “Thank you!!! This would help so much,” Sean tweeted in response.
Shortly after this exchange, however, Charlamagne Tha God made headlines for alleging that Yeezus had signed Sean to a “terrible contract.” At the time, according to the Breakfast Club co-host, Sean was owed $3 million as part of the deal.
In addition to the tweeted-and-deleted money clarification, Sean also liked a number of tweets on the topic from fans and others, including the ones seen below.
Last month, mere minutes after releasing a new EP, Sean confirmed that he had worked his way out of his G.O.O.D. Music deal. “That’s a forever brotherhood, but business wise, I had to start getting a bigger cut!” he said at the time.
