Kanye West is continuing his Instagram rant against those who called out his decision to wear a “White Lives Matter” shirt during his Yeezy Season 9 fashion show. (Read More Here).
On Friday (Oct. 7), he adjusted his aim to Diddy, sharing screenshots of text messages between the two. “I didn’t like our convo, I’m selling these tees,” Ye told Puff in a lengthy text. “Nobody gets in between me and my money. This is my grandfather texting you now.”
In the final exchange between the two moguls Ye shared, Diddy allegedly wrote, “I’m just trying to talk to you as a black man. And I’m talking to you because this is hurting our people. Stop.”
Kanye responded, “Anything you text I will post. I love you and you guys are breaking my heart. I accept your apology in advance.”
Earlier in the week, Diddy shared his own Instagram video about Ye’s “White Lives Matter” t-shirt. ““I am not about to be addressing every last thing that’s going on in the world on the internet, but the thing I do have to address is this ‘white lives matter’ t-shirt,” Diddy said in the video. “I’ve always been there, and I will always support my brother Kanye as a freethinker. But the ‘white lives matter’ t-shirt, I don’t rock with it, you know what I’m saying? I’m not with it.”
This had been weighing on his mind for a few days, having shared during his Breakfast Club appearance that he needed time to “get over this t-shirt.” He added: “Because right now, we’re the ones that are dying. There really ain’t no time for no other lives matter right now but the tribe. You have to be unapologetically Black and love your people and love your tribe first.”
Aside from the fashion perspective (Diddy previously released his own clothing line under the Sean John brand), Diddy and West go way back. In June, West made a surprise appearance at the BET Awards to pay tribute to Diddy, who was taking home the Lifetime Achievement Award, calling him his “favorite artist” and crediting him with having inspired “so many” of his life choices.
Despite the wave of criticism he’s received, West doubled down on his decision to debut the offensive t-shirt. Just last night, he seemingly bragged that his shirt got the most press out of any fashion week event. “Nothing happened but my t-shirt,” he wrote. “Remember my one t-shirt took allllll the attention.”
One thing he has yet to address, though? Accusations from emerging designers claiming that after they met with Kanye and his team, their work was lifted without their knowledge.
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