Kanye Westis ready to make nice.
“I’m making this video to address the ongoing back-and-forth between myself and Drake,” West said in the video. “Both me and Drake have taken shots at each other and it’s time to put it to rest.”
West even invited Drake, 35, to perform with him next month.
“I’m asking Drake on December 7 to join me on stage as a special guest to share the two biggest albums of the year live in Los Angeles with the ultimate purpose being to free Larry Hoover,” he said, referring to the co-founder of the Gangster Disciples gang, who is currently in prison in Colorado. West mentions Hoover onDonda,according toPitchfork.
J Prince, who met with West at the Rothko Chapel on Nov. 7, wrote in his Instagram caption of the video that Hoover wanted to “see peace” between West and Drake.
“I believe this even will not only bring awareness to our cause but prove to people everywhere how much more we can accomplish when we lay our pride to the side and come together,” West concluded his statement.
The feud between the two rappers hasspanned years. Just last week, West mentioned his back-and-forth with Drake when he appeared on theDrink Champspodcast.
Drake and Kanye West.Mike Marsland/WireImage; Brad Barket/Getty
Earlier this year, their feud intensified with thereleaseof West’sDondaand of Drake’sCertified Lover Boy, which quickly became Spotify’s most-streamed album in a single day with 132 million streams in its first 24 hours. The release also made Drake the most-streamed artist of 2021, with the most-streamed album of 2021, on Apple Music.
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Although West and Drake started off as friends and collaborators — West directed the 2009 video for Drake’s breakout single “Best I Ever Had” — their relationship has gone south over the years.
They’ve argued about West’s alleged involvement in the 2018 leak that Drake has a son —Adonis, now 3 — and rumors that he had hooked up with West’s now-estranged wifeKim Kardashian West, who hasdenied any romancewith Drake.
Reflecting on the drama in a 2019 interview withRap Radarpodcast, Drake said that the situation “just is what it is.”
“I could never ever ever ever turn my back on the things that I’ve said about him in a positive light, and I still feel all those same things,” he said. “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, skill set, all those things,Kanye Westwould be my favorite artist all around. 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.”
source: people.com
