Kanye West Slams Kendrick Lamar for Being on Playboi Carti’s New Album

Whilst enthusiasts are savoring Playboi Carti’s long-awaited free up, I Am Tune, one artist isn’t essentially too keen on the brand new album. On Friday morning (March 14), Ye (previously referred to as Kanye West) shared his ideas on Kendrick Lamar’s heavy involvement on Carti’s 30-track effort.

“I DON’T LIKE KENDRICK LAMARS MUSIC,” an exacerbated Ye posted on X. “HE RAPS VERY GOOD BUT I DIDNT NEED TO HEAR HIM ON CARTI ALBUM.”

Billboard reached out to Playboi Carti and Kendrick Lamar’s reps for remark.

Ye’s focused submit of Lamar comes a month after he stated that the Compton rapper was once the one person who may beat him in a rap fight. “In case you rap in opposition to Kendrick, you’re going to lose,” Ye stated all over his interview with Justin LaBoy on The Obtain. “This guy does this. You recognize, in Side road Fighter, you get Chun-Li, you get a definite kick, and it doesn’t matter what, you’ll be able to’t beat that factor?”

Persisted Ye, who has confronted ongoing backlash for his hate speech: “In case you rap in opposition to Kendrick Lamar, like Joe Budden stated, ‘By no means rap in opposition to Kendrick Lamar.’ In case you rap in opposition to Kendrick Lamar, it’s a tricky process, however in all probability it’s one thing … I’m a psycho genius, so , it may well be.”

Carti’s colossal free up contains 3 Lamar appearances. The newly shaped tandem teamed up on “Just right Credit score,” “Mojo Jojo” and the Ye-produced music “Backdoor.” For Carti, I Am Tune marks his go back after a five-year layoff after his seminal 2020 album Entire Lotta Pink debuted at No. 1 at the Billboard 200, with 100,000 similar album devices, marking his first-ever chart-topper.

Except for K. Dot’s trio of assists, I Am Tune includes a stacked lineup of hip-hop heavyweights together with Long run, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Lil Uzi Vert and extra. Fanatics skilled delays after a promised nighttime free up from the self-proclaimed King Vamp. After lacking out at the preliminary 12 a.m. ET drop, Cardi vowed the album would pop out at 3 a.m. ET, but it surely arrived nearer to 4.

For Carti, I Am Tune is shaping as much as be a well-timed free up. He’ll temporarily get the ball rolling along with his headlining efficiency at Rolling Loud California this weekend. In a while after, Carti will embark on a stadium excursion with The Weeknd, the place he’ll function his opener.