Kanye West Seems To Speculate That Drake Wants To Get Rid Of Him

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Mar 16, 2022; San Francisco, California, USA; American rapper Kanye West watches action between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics in the second quarter at the Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports via Imagn Images
Kanye West has been both hateful and praiseful towards Drake in recent months, which makes these new tweets even more unclear.

Even since Drake and his dominance inspired Kanye West and Jay-Z to link up for Watch The Throne (Ye's words, not ours), their relationship has been rocky at best. Especially in recent months, we've seen the Chicago artist flip-flop on his feelings towards his Toronto counterpart, which clearly grow more complex by the day. Kanye might call Drizzy a homophobic slur or praise him as his only equal within just a two-tweet span. His most recent comments about the OVO mogul, though, raised fans' eyebrows for different reasons.

"You think Drake would Triple X me?" Kanye West expressed regarding his rival. "Well He's already with one ex so just needs two more." "The Jews Jay Z and Drake the only people that can afford to kill me," he alleged in another tweet before letting off some more statements. "How much you think it cost to kill Ye." "How much it a [sic] cost to kill Ye? Someboyd said 10 million. I'm like N***a For 10 million dollars I'd kill myself." "God asked me Why are you in heaven. I'll told him some bum as [sic] n***as ran up on me. I think they did it for a Gucci belt."

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It seems like Kanye West is simply playing with the financial possibility of this happening rather than any actual accusations, serious threats, or earnest fears. Some fans engaged in previously debunked Drake conspiracy theories regarding his alleged role in the murder of XXXTENTACION. This new resurfacing was thanks to Ye's "Triple X" mention. However, this was pure speculation back then, and remains so to this day. In addition, we don't even know for sure if Kanye meant to allude to this unfounded allegation in the first place.

Regardless, this represents one of the darkest parts of Kanye West and Drake's complex relationship. The Pusha T beef and the latter's alleged fling with Kim Kardashian are the narratives which really ignited their feud over the past few years, and neither one of them seems to take their late 2021 hatchet burial seriously. We will see whether or not this will change at any point in the future.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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