By Seyi Babalola
American rapper, Kanye West has urged his colleagues to learn from Nigerian afrobeats musicians, Jewish investors, and Chinese and Indian technology experts.
In a recent interview with DJ Akademiks, West criticized American rappers, alleging that they frequently lack understanding of the legal and commercial elements of music and rely on outsiders for help in those areas.
He said, “None of these n*ggas [rappers] are as smart as me. I can’t say for at the least, the tech dudes. That’s some other sh*t. But artists are dumb, bro. It’s like, they can’t even f*cking count, bro. Jewish people and lawyer run their whole sh*t [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 motherf*ckers can really get their stuff together like the Nigerians, the Chinese, the Jewish or like the tech Indian or some sh*t, everything I’m saying counts.”
