Jeen-Yuhs: Talib Kweli And Kanye West Beef Explained
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Several of Kanye West’s beef with other artists are detailed in his Netflix documentary Jeen-Yuhs. New York rapper Talib Kweli is one of those artists.
In the years since Kanye shot to fame, his feuds with different celebrities have grabbed headlines. Because of his larger-than-life personality and recent social media meltdowns, he can sometimes be difficult to understand.
Jeen-yuhs on Netflix is an eye-opener, showing us the star’s humble beginnings and journey to fame as well as his personality.
Check out Talib Kweli and Kanye West’s beef
Kanye West and Talib Kweli, who were once collaborators, have been at odds for some time now. They are no longer close friends and have been at odds for many years now.
During an interview for Drink Champs, Donda made comments concerning Talib that did not sit well with the New York rapper.
“I’m sorry to all the backpack community,” Ye replied in the interview in regard to Talib’s music. Ye said that being from the streets but having never killed anyone. “It was just easier for me to pose like a backpacker, but I actually love street n***as and don’t really listen to backpack music.”
For those not familiar, backpack rappers are those rappers who rap about real issues. Commercial rappers are more likely to focus on topics like money and fame than underground rappers.
A triggered Talib used his Instagram to share a snippet from the interview and referred to Kanye as a ‘poser.
Posers are people who act like someone who is not who they really are.
The Get By rapper previously aimed another dig at Kanye by posting a series of images on Instagram with the caption: “Kanye West Ghostwriter Appreciation post.”
The story of how the rappers became collaborators
Fans were able to read about Talib Kweli’s relationship with Kanye West in his 2021 memoir.
The Never Been In Love rapper discusses how he met Ye in a snippet of the book released by GQ. The following is exactly what he wrote: “One night, as we recorded the album, Kanye walked into the studio looking for Yasiin Bey.”
According to him, he had invited Kanye, who he had never met, to wait for him. Talib asked Kanye to play some of the tracks he produced after he mentioned that he produced. Talib’s jaw dropped when he played that CD.
A couple of Kanye’s tracks from the night made it to Talib’s studio album Quality, including Good to You and Guerrilla Monsoon Rap.
As the rapper further explains, Kanye made some of the best beats in hip hop by collaborating with artists all over the world.
Talib Kweli was the one hyping Kanye up at his shows. Hope they’re still friends today!
— steph (@wsssidegirl) February 17, 2022
Talib Kweli finally getting the respect and recognition he deserve after 20+ years through Kanye West is embarrassing to Hip Hop culture, specially when he has considerably one of the best pen in the game.
— AMARI ✿ (@AMARI301) February 17, 2022
Most Def & Talib Kweli was really showing Kanye love
— Lo’Mein 🍜 (@KINGNoodles_) February 17, 2022
Talib Kweli and Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) really saw Kanye’s vision and rode for him hard
— Daryl Morey fan acct (@notmikelowkey) February 17, 2022
Ankita Khanrah
Ankita Khanrah is a second-year student of the Master of Communication and Journalism (Integrated) programme at the School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
