{"id":2042112,"date":"2025-09-22T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2042112"},"modified":"2025-09-22T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:14:00","slug":"kanye-west-calls-black-lives-matter-worse-than-the-devil-in-resurfaced-clip-of-axing-pusha-t-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kanye-west-calls-black-lives-matter-worse-than-the-devil-in-resurfaced-clip-of-axing-pusha-t-verse\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Calls Black Lives Matter &#8216;Worse Than the Devil&#8217; in Resurfaced Clip of Axing Pusha T Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A newly resurfaced clip from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/kanye-west\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kanye West;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Kanye West<\/a>\u2019s <em>Donda<\/em> sessions is shedding light on the tensions that would eventually fracture some of his closest creative relationships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The footage, circulating on social media, shows Ye previewing a scrapped <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/pusha-t\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pusha T;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Pusha T<\/a> verse for the track \u201cOff The Grid,\u201d his 2021 collaboration with Playboi Carti and Fivio Foreign. In the clip, Carti reacts positively, calling the verse \u201chard,\u201d but questions Kanye about why it didn\u2019t make the cut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI\u2019d rather y\u2019all be like, \u2018I\u2019m killing 20 n****s\u2019 or \u2018I\u2019m fucking too many bitches\u2019 and all that s**t than y\u2019all saying some Black Lives Matter s**t on my shit. Black Lives Matter is, like, worse than the devil to me. It\u2019s mind control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comment echoes Ye\u2019s controversial views on politics and activism and also highlights how fragile Kanye\u2019s industry ties have become. His long-running partnership with Pusha T under G.O.O.D. Music <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/treyalston\/pusha-t-kanye-west-miss-friendship-reaction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:unraveled in recent years, with the artists trading public shots;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">unraveled in recent years, with the artists trading public shots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><b>COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what&#8217;s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, his relationship with Carti has been more complicated, with Ye frequently airing grievances online, while Carti largely brushed them off, aside from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/tracewilliamcowen\/playboi-carti-cassie-ye-stfu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a pointed \u201cSTFU\u201d tweet;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">a pointed \u201cSTFU\u201d tweet<\/a>. The two most recently clashed over an NBA YoungBoy collaboration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The resurfaced clip arrives alongside <em>In Whose Name?<\/em>, a new documentary that has unearthed other behind-the-scenes moments from the making of <em>Donda<\/em>. 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