Kanye West has laid into Ariana Grande in a new Tweet, accusing her of using him to “promote a song.”
The rapper’s comments appear to hit back at Grande after she criticised him earlier this week over his ongoing feud with Drake.
On Thursday (December 13), West posted a long series of Tweets insulting Drake, accusing him of being a bully and of mocking him.
West wrote: “I know Ariana said this to be cool and didn’t mean no harm but I don’t like even slightest level of slight commentary from someone I know loves and respects me.”
You can read the thread below:
I know Ariana said this to be cool and didn’t mean no harm but I don’t like even slightest level of slight commentary from someone I know loves and respects me pic.twitter.com/T9VXaIj9MX
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
People will no longer take mental health for a joke
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
Drake verbally attacked Cudi when he was in the hospital and went at me after TMZ because I decided to release albums in June Is snowballed and he refused to meet with me but texted my mother in law and did sneak disses on peoples records that I consider family
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/1073921666541973506
No one would ever choose to end up in a mental hospital and diagnosed with a mental disorder but god chose me to publicly go through this journey and it is beautiful
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
Drake and Trav both love Ye more than anyone and I love those guys back. We love everyone
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I’m loving the new music I’ve been working on. 6 months off meds I can feel me again. Remember when dark fantasy came out I used to tweet a storm also.
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
In response, Grande apologised and stressed that she had never intended to offend Kanye.
“With all due respect, i don’t need to use anyone to promote anything. period,” she tweeted on Saturday morning (December 15) in a since deleted post.
“i was making a comment ab what men were doing at the time vs. women. it was a joke which i understand now was probably insensitive. i apologize if i was in any way triggering and hope u feel well today.”
West elaborated on his beef with Drake some more, saying: “Drake verbally attacked Cudi when he was in the hospital and went at me after TMZ because I decided to release albums in June Is snowballed and he refused to meet with me but texted my mother in law and did sneak disses on peoples records that I consider family.”
He then later added: “Drake and Trav both love Ye more than anyone and I love those guys back. We love everyone.”
West went on to give a lengthy series of tweets about his struggles with mental health before updating fans about his upcoming music, saying: “I’m loving the new music I’ve been working on. 6 months off meds I can feel me again. Remember when dark fantasy came out I used to tweet a storm also.” He also revealed that Chance the Rapper “demanded” they record in Chicago and that the experience “reconnected” him with his “roots.”
I need to speak about how Chance demanding that we record in Chicago reconnected me with my roots and also my faith in Jesus Christ
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
Originally, West’s next album after ‘ye’, ‘Yandhi’ was planned for release earlier this year but was pushed back.
Speaking about his mental health issues, West said that “no one would ever choose to end up in a mental hospital and diagnosed with a mental disorder but god chose me to publicly go through this journey and it is beautiful.”
He added: “I am able to experience first hand how people who have mental health issues get written off by society. Don’t listen to him cause he’s crazy….”
“I don’t blame people for not knowing how to handle this that said we as a society will learn together.”
No one would ever choose to end up in a mental hospital and diagnosed with a mental disorder but god chose me to publicly go through this journey and it is beautiful
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I am able to experience first hand how people who have mental health issues get written off by society. Don’t listen to him cause he’s crazy. He’s washed cause he’s crazy etc…
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I don’t blame people for not knowing how to handle this that said we as a society will learn together
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
We as a society are taking control of our consciousness and raising it together
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
People try to ‘handle you when they think you have a mental problem
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I’ve been trying to do a serious interview speaking on mental health but it seems as though all members of press are afraid to speak to someone who has been diagnosed but is still everyone’s favorite super hero
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
You have to see and feel how happy I am and how strong my family is. We are even stronger because of this through the love and grace of god
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
For help and advice on mental health issues, check out the following organisations:
- Order Ruby Tandoh’s ‘Do What You Want’ zine here
- YOUNG MINDS – The voice for young people’s health and wellbeing
- CALM – The Campaign Against Living Miserably for young men
- Time To Change – Let’s end mental health discrimination
- The Samaritans – Confidential support 24 hours a day
More to follow…