Chance the Rapper Says He Hasn't Talked to Ye ‘In a Long Time'
In advance of Chanoe's forthcoming album, Star Line, he sat down with New Rory & Mal, where he was asked if Ye appears on the project.
'I haven't talked to him in a long time,' Chance told the titular hosts at around the 37:45 minute mark. 'He's one of the most influential people in my music. He was at my wedding, our kids have hung out together. I always love Kanye, and but just being honest, I haven't talked to him in a while.
'I feel like I've been hella busy—I'm working on shit,' the Chicago rapper continued. 'He's obviously been busy. I be trying not to take opportunities to diss motherfuckers or add too much to the story.'
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When Chance was asked if he would reach out to Ye once things settle, Chance said, 'No.'
'The way that I think about my world is, I be thinking about my day. So what I gotta do that day and what I'm working on for the next two weeks, maybe six months,' he said. 'My relationships and how I view people as friends and stuff is just, 'Have I loved this person? And have they ever willfully and intentionally betrayed me?'
'I got friends that I haven't talked to in five or six, seven years. It's not like I'm anticipating some conversation, something where it's like, 'Alright, now it's my time to fix you and tell your ass what you've been tweaking on.' No s**tlike that.'
He then explained that he and Ye aren't 'necessarily peers,' and that—even though they've collaborated—Ye was and is one of Chance's idols.
'I'm also a lot younger than them n***as. There's also different ways that people can even have friendships because we're not necessarily peers. My first album that I consciously wanted to have was The College Dropout. So I have a different reverence for him, or just understanding of how my life went and how it influenced things I do.
'I think most rappers got a rapper that was they first album, and probably from they city. So imagine if yours was Kanye West, and imagine if you worked with them, and imagine all that shit,' Chance reflected.
'I'm always gonna have my own opinions and I'ma always state my opinions,' he added. 'For the most part, I'ma just be me, I'ma let people be them. And so no, there's not a time where I'm like, 'Man, I gotta make sure I hit up Kanye before I put this album out or after I put this album out,' or anybody.'
The pair first worked together almost a decade ago, on The Life of Pablo, which arrived on Feb. 14, 2016. Chance appears on the opening album cut, 'Ultralight Beam," and also wrote on a handful of songs, including 'Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1,' 'Famous,' 'Feedback,' and 'Waves.'
Ye later appeared on Chance's Coloring Book mixtape track 'All We Got,' which dropped a few months later, on May 13, 2016.
Chance's second studio album, Star Line,' is set to arrive on Friday.
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