I've just resurfaced from almost two hours of Kanye West talking, and here's what I've learned: ????
The Breakfast Club's Charlamagne tha God sat down with the artist for a candid yet rambling interview that addressed some of his recent controversies, including making inflammatory statements on Twitter, as well as a number of his older beefs that still seem to be getting under his skin.
Example one: Beyoncé and Jay Z not coming to his wedding to Kim Kardashian. If Lemonade has taught us anything, it's that the married couple were truly going through it during the time of Kardashian and West's nuptials, but he doesn't see that as a valid excuse.
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"Respectfully, I have to say I was hurt that they didn't come to the wedding," he said. "I understand they were going through some things, but if it's family, you're not gonna miss a wedding."
Then there's also that whole Taylor Swift drama. He interrupted her on stage in 2009, but the incident has followed both of them to this day, getting new life after West referenced Swift as "that bitch" in his song "Famous." He claims Swift gave the okay for those lyrics, but she says she never approved the word "bitch." I don't have the answers. Whatever went down, West says it affected his career.
"Ever since the Taylor Swift moment, it had never been the same — the connection with radio," he said, adding that is was "much harder" for his songs to get airplay, but he says it also could have had something to do with L.A. Reid's split from Universal Music.
Watch below for more 'Ye musings on Trump, Obama, business, and the community he's building on 300 acres of land.