Chance The Rapper Speaks on Kanye Yelling At Him In Viral Video

The Chicago emcee talks about his mentor's outburst, suggesting he was going through "an episode."

Chance The Rapper is addressing a now viral clip of Kanye West yelling at him. The video was apparently part of Dame Dashโ€™s Donda documentary. During an interview with The Morning Hustle, Chance addressed the heated moment between him and Ye in Wyoming during a recording session.

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โ€œSit your ass down and listen to the album or leave,โ€ Kanye screams at Chance in the clip.

โ€œItโ€™s a clip of a larger moment, like no oneโ€™s ever gonna get the full story of whatโ€™s going on,โ€ Chance said. โ€œAnd yeah, people do take it and run with it, โ€™cause I saw some people put, like, fake captions under the video to make it look like he was talking about my music or something like that. But in all honesty, this is real life. I have real friends and they go through real problems.โ€

During the video, Dashโ€™s voiceover explains why Chance went to Wyoming in the first place. โ€œSo, you know, Kanye is finishing his album and thereโ€™s people around. Chance, honestly, because of what he was reading, he came through just to check Kanye,โ€ he stated.

โ€œYou know, again, Kanye deals with his issues at all times. They got into it, but they worked it out. At the end of the day, Chance was there just to be a friend.โ€

Though Chance never pinpointed what triggered Kanye, he was honest about how it affected their bond. โ€œI did come out there to check on my friend,โ€ he revealed. โ€œMe and a lot of other people still have love for Ye. But heโ€™s a human, heโ€™s not perfect.

โ€œHe was obviously going through it at that time โ€ฆ It made me re-evaluate my friendship with him, for sure. I had never been so close to him going through an episode. At the end of the day, I definitely love the dude. Thatโ€™s my guy,โ€ Chance expressed.

โ€œIt sucks that sometimes people can exploit a moment that is a genuine moment.โ€ With everything going on with Kanye, this latest incident doesnโ€™t really surprise anyone.

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