Kanye West says that Quentin Tarantino stole the story of Django Unchained from an thought the Donda rapper had for the music video to his tune, “Gold Digger.” Ye defined his declare throughout an interview with Piers Morgan.
“Tarantino can write a film about slavery the place – really him and Jamie, they acquired the thought from me as a result of the thought for ‘Django,’ I pitched to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino because the video for ‘Gold Digger,’” West mentioned. “After which Tarantino turned it into a movie.”
West’s “Gold Digger” encompasses a vocal look from the star of Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx.
Django Unchained was launched in 2012, whereas “Gold Digger” dropped again in 2005. The movie follows the story of a freed slave, performed by Foxx, who groups up with a bounty hunter to free his spouse from slavery.
No matter whether or not West believes the thought for Django Unchained was stolen from him, he doesn’t maintain a choose in opposition to Foxx, who he lately labeled one of many “best geniuses” within the leisure trade.
“My choose is Jamie Foxx,” he wrote in a now-deleted Instagram submit when requested who ought to play him in a biopic. “One of many best geniuses.”
Try West’s interview with Piers Morgan under.
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