Kanye West is sorry. About a lot of things that were said and done. ‘Ye took to Twitter on Wednesday morning (Sept. 5) to post an extended mea culpa to frenemy Drake about some perceived slights, some miscommunications and to just generally clear the air after a few months of bad blood and misunderstandings.
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“Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew,” West wrote along with a pic of Drake’s stage show on the current Aubrey and the Three Migos tour. “I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online. I understand where the confusion started.”
Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew——
I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online
I understand where the confusion started pic.twitter.com/oxSEEbNB1g
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
The olive branch came after a simmering summer in which the two men released their new albums, Ye and Scorpion, in the same month, and Pusha T questioned Drake’s lyrical abilities on “Infrared” from the West-produced album Daytona; Drake responded on the diss track “Duppy Freestyle” by calling out Kanye for not writing his own raps, which in turn led to Pusha’s searing “Story of Adidon,” which infamously revealed Drakes love child.
Among the things Kanye apologized for — including “stepping on” Drake’s release date by dropping a series of G.O.O.D. Music albums ever Friday in June — was not featuring the 6 God on the song “Lift Yourself” after the two had discussed recording it together and any confusion over whether he was the one who supplied Pusha with the information about Drizzy’s son. “There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you,” Ye wrote, alluding to “Infrared” referencing Quentin Miller, the writer at the center of a Drake ghostwriting scandal in 2015.
Check out the tweets below.
Let me start by apologizing for stepping on your release date in the first place … We were building a bond and working on music together including squashing the issues with Cudi at our office.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
When I put the dates up I was a bit ramped up doing 25 tweets a day TMZ happened shortly after … I have to hop on the plane now… will type more when I land
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
plane taxiing for take off… because we spoke about doing Lift Yourself together I should have given you the opportunity for us to do this together before I released it
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
since we were building as friends and brothers I should have spoken to Pusha about the Quentin Miller bar. There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I never listened to either diss track that followed but I did hear quotes from both songs after they were released
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I did not have any conversations about your child with Pusha. I don’t play with the idea of people’s children after I spoke to Wiz a few years earlier.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
I understand Pusha’s issues as a man if someone mentions your fiancé men go mask off. I’ve done the same myself at times. I love you and I love Pusha and we all have an admiration for each other’s craft.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
This is all Jedi level. I will be coming to your show within the next seven days to give love and be inspired by the art you have created.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) September 5, 2018
At press time it did not appear that Drake had responded to Kanye’s apology.