American rapper, Kanye West, has urged his colleagues to learn from Nigerian afrobeats artists, Jewish investors, Chinese and Indian tech gurus.
In a recent interview with DJ Akademiks, West criticised American rappers, claiming they often lack understanding of the legal and business aspects of music and rely on foreigners for assistance in those areas.
He said, “None of these niggas [rappers] are as smart as me. I can’t say for at the least, the tech dudes. That’s some other shit. But artists are dumb, bro. It’s like, they can’t even fucking count, bro. Jewish people and lawyer run their whole shit [businesses] like the contracts, the setups etc.
“Okay, go and ask them to run a whole record label without a Jewish person, I will take back what I had to say. Go and set up your whole TV network, make it run, no Jewish investor let me see how that works.
“Until motherfuckers can really get their stuff together like the Nigerians, the Chinese, the Jewish or like the tech Indian or some shit, everything I’m saying counts.”CONTINUE READING
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