Ye could probably benefit from a few more Michael Che-like personalities in his life.
Footage from a new documentary shows a tense exchange between Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) and Che after the rapper’s infamous rant on “Saturday Night Live” in 2018.
In 2018, Ye performed on the long-running sketch show as its musical guest. Shortly after his final song, the “Runaway” rapper essentially took the show and its audience hostage to deliver a rambling pro-President Donald Trump and anti-Democrat diatribe while wearing a MAGA hat.
“You can’t be controlled by monolithic thoughts,” Ye said at one point. “You can’t always have, every time you have a Black subject matter, like [Bill] Cosby, that you have to have a Black comedian talking about him.”
According to a now-viral clip from Nico Ballesteros’s new Ye-centered doc, “In Whose Name,” Che took issue with this specific remark and swiftly confronted Ye backstage after the rapper wrapped up his tirade.
