In a recent interview, Kanye West encouraged his fellow American rappers to take notes from Nigerian afrobeats artists, Jewish investors, and Chinese and Indian tech experts.
Kanye West expressed disappointment in his peers for their lack of knowledge in the legal and business sides of the music industry, often having to seek help from individuals from other countries.
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.”
