Kanye West claims Quentin Tarantino stole the idea for Django Unchained from him, claiming he proposed the idea to Tarantino as a music video for one of his songs.
This week, the rapper appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored, in an interview that Morgan touted earlier in the week as “amazing” and “fiery.”
The two talked about anything from West’s earlier inflammatory remarks regarding the Jewish community to his previous relationship with reality star Kim Kardashian.
However, the debate took an unexpected turn when West mentioned a picture by Quentin Tarantino, whom he says stole the concept from him.
According to West, the premise of 2012 western film Django Unchained, which follows a former slave (Jamie Foxx) as he joins forces with a bounty hunter to rescue his wife, was originally conceived for the video of hit song ‘Gold Digger,’ which was released in 2005 and also features Foxx as a featured singer.
“Tarantino can make a movie about slavery where – really, him and Jamie [Foxx] got the concept from me because the idea for Django I proposed to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as the video for ‘Gold Digger,'” West said to Morgan.
“And then Tarantino made it into a movie.”
Tarantino and Foxx have not publicly commented to Ye’s accusations, but LADbible has sought out to Tarantino and Foxx representatives for comment.
West also addressed his anti-Semitic tweets about ‘going death con 3 on Jewish people,’ which got him banned from Twitter.
He was also banned from Instagram for writing, “I’m going to use you as an example to teach the Jewish people who instructed you to phone me that no one can intimidate or influence me.”
While West first defended his words, stating he was “delighted” to be removed from social networking platforms and “happy to have crossed the line,” he now concedes they were racist.
When Morgan inquired if he regretted what he said, West originally said, “I don’t know.” “No, it does not. Certainly not. Certainly not.”
When pressed by the host, who stated his anti-Semitic remarks were “as racist as everything you say you’ve lived through,” West said that he did believe his remarks were racist.
He stated: “That’s why I said it, clearly. Yes, I fought fire with fire, and I’m not here to be hosed down; this is a different kind of freedom warrior.”
Later in the conversation, West apologized for causing “pain and misunderstanding” with his words.
He stated: “You know I’ll apologize for the folks I harmed with the ‘defcon,’ for the uncertainty I caused.
