{"id":99,"date":"2025-05-07T00:14:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T00:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/2025\/05\/07\/ye-storms-off-piers-morgan-interview-we-can-circle-back-when-you-can-count\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T00:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T00:14:35","slug":"ye-storms-off-piers-morgan-interview-we-can-circle-back-when-you-can-count","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/ye-storms-off-piers-morgan-interview-we-can-circle-back-when-you-can-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Ye Storms Off Piers Morgan Interview: \u2018We Can Circle Back When You Can\u00a0Count\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tYe (formerly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/kanye-west\/\">Kanye West<\/a>) joined Piers Morgan for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ImyTXp6Frn4\">another interview<\/a> on Tuesday (May 6), but the combative chat was short-lived as West stormed off just minutes into the sit-down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWithin the first few seconds, things got contentious when Morgan called him \u201cYe West,\u201d with Ye responding that he\u2019s dropped West to lose his \u201cslave name.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-border-b-1 lrv-u-padding-t-050 lrv-u-padding-b-075 lrv-u-border-color-grey\">\n<div class=\"a-heading-border a-heading-border-background-color-grey a-heading-border-height-075 lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-050@mobile-max\">\n<h3 class=\"c-title  lrv-u-color-brand-primary a-font-primary-bold-s lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-padding-r-1 a-article-related-module-title a-article-related-module-title--color-brand-primary\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card lrv-u-flex\">\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kanye-west-hate-j-cole-kendrick-lamar-fans-dont-know-rap-1235959918\/\" class=\"lrv-u-flex lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-color-brand-primary:hover\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-card__image-wrap lrv-u-flex-shrink-0 u-flex-basis-144 u-flex-basis-96@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-3x2 a-crop-1x1@mobile-max lrv-u-height-100p\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kanye-west-2022-a-r-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Kanye-west-2022-a-r-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Kanye West\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content lrv-u-flex lrv-u-flex-direction-column lrv-u-justify-content-center lrv-u-padding-lr-1 lrv-u-padding-lr-075@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 class=\"c-title  a-font-primary-medium-m lrv-u-padding-b-050 u-letter-spacing-0028@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tYe Rants \u2018I Hate J. Cole\u2019 &amp; Claims Kendrick Lamar Fans \u2018Don\u2019t Know About\u00a0Rap\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>\t05\/01\/2025\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou see that view,\u201d Yeezy said with a serene balcony view of the ocean off the Mallorca coast behind him. \u201cJudge me by the view,\u201d he said when asked how his life is \u201cat the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMorgan felt that reply was in \u201cdirect contrast\u201d to the sentiments Ye has expressed with unhinged rants on X in recent months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI already disagree,\u201d Ye cut off Morgan. \u201cIt\u2019s not in contrast. It\u2019s so many people and artists that are championing the idea of expressing who they really are and having to go through the war of being attacked by the banks and to still be here with this view, that\u2019s the win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tRight before things went off the rails, Ye was offended that Morgan got his follower count wrong on X. Morgan listed 32 million when the exact number is upward of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanyewest\">33.3 million at press time. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cYou\u2019re not gonna take inches off my di\u2013, bro,\u201d the Chicago native said. \u201cI\u2019m a gift, bro. Why do all you people in media act like you haven\u2019t played my songs at your weddings, or graduations or at funerals or when your child was born?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe continued: \u201cYou take someone like that\u2019s living, like a [John] Lennon or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/michael-jackson\">Michael Jackson<\/a>. That nuance right there is idiotic. It just shows the hate that you put out for people that put out love. There\u2019s so much love in the art that I put out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe <em>Uncensored<\/em> host was taken aback, and then West stormed off. \u201cThis is what you get for now, we can circle back when you can count.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMorgan called Ye a \u201csniveling little coward\u201d and took out his frustrations on streamer Sneako, who was seated next to Ye during the interview. Morgan wanted to \u201chold Ye accountable,\u201d and he pressed Sneako about standing next to Ye in recent months after the rapper had expressed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kanye-antisemitic-hitler-nazi-twitter-1235895504\/\">antisemitic remarks<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/rb-hip-hop\/kanye-antisemitic-hitler-nazi-twitter-1235895504\/\"> praised the likes of Hitler and Diddy. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWatch the full interview with Ye below.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-youtube\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ye (formerly Kanye West) joined Piers Morgan for another interview on Tuesday (May 6), but the combative chat was short-lived as West stormed off just minutes into the sit-down. 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