Kanye West VS Wiz Khalifa’s bizarre Twitter feud

 

It all began when Wiz Khalifa challenged Kanye West's decision to rename his forthcoming album. Kanye gears up to release Waves, his eighth studio album (formerly known as Swish), On Wednesday, he channeled some of his energy toward Wiz Khalifa in a rant that continued for more than 30 tweets. As is typically the case with Kanye, the rapid-fire dispatches were alternately hilarious, poignant, disappointing, and deeply confusing.

When Kanye posted that he was changing his album title from Swish to Waves, Wiz tweeted that it would co-opt the "wavy movement" — a more chill, smoother brand of hip-hop with sung hooks — pioneered by rapper Max B.

Wiz tweeted that Max B created "the wave," and that "there is no wave without him."

Kanye tweeted, "All respect to [producer] Andre Harrel and Max B."

Wiz, not buying it, replied with a terse, "Yea aight."

But Kanye only went off because he thought Wiz was tweeting about Kim Kardashian. (He wasn't.)

Wiz tweeted 'Hit this kk and become yourself

Kanye, fresh off Wiz's recent accusations, assumed Wiz was still talking about him and that "kk" stood for "Kim Kardashian." He responded in kind — and then some.

Here are some "highlights":

 
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The thing is, Wiz wasn't actually talking about Kim Kardashian — he was talking about Khalifa Kush, his own branded marijuana strain.
So Kanye was wrong. He soon realized this and promised to delete his disparaging statements about Wiz, the better to promote "good energy, positive energy."

Kanye tweeted,  I’m happy that I now know that KK means weed… please excuse the confusion … now back to #WAVES

Performing damage control "within the hour" isn't fast enough to make people forget your weirdo tweets, especially when you're Kanye West. You could practically hear the frantic snaps of screenshots being captured (mine included) as people watched the tweets roll out. Etsy might as well go ahead and prepare itself for a sudden flood of needlepointed pillows emblazoned with snippets from the ill-advised rant.

Whether or not you agree that Kanye is the greatest artist of all time, this tweet is, objectively, one of history's very best.

Sadly, in between complimenting Wiz's pants and reaffirming his self-proclaimed status as the greatest artist to ever walk the face of this godforsaken Earth, Kanye had to go and drag Wiz, his music, and his family through the mud.