Kanye West recalled that he previously tried to have a threesome with his then-girlfriend, Amber Rose, and fellow rapper Nicki Minaj during an interview on Big Boy TV on Friday.
The Heartless hitmaker, 46 – who was criticized for walking around to pre-recorded music at the Rolling Loud festival – was also joined by Ty Dolla $ign to discuss their collaborative studio album Vultures.
In 2010, Nicki dropped the track Monster, where she rapped about having a ‘ménage’ with Kanye and Amber Rose – and West had tried to make the song a reality.
At one point during the interview, Big Boy brought up Jamaican-American rapper Safaree — and Kanye recalled approaching him about the triangle when they were working on his 2010 album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
At the time, West was dating Amber Rose and Safaree was in a relationship with Minaj — which Kanye claimed to have been unaware of.
Kanye West, 46, recalled that he previously tried to have a threesome with his then-girlfriend, Amber Rose, and fellow rapper Nicki Minaj during an interview on Big Boy TV on Friday.
At one point during the interview, Big Boy brought up Jamaican-American rapper Safaree — and Kanye recalled approaching him about the triangle when they were working on his 2010 album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
“You know what’s so messed up like, we didn’t really know they were together,” Ye explained.
“So, we’re doing Dark Fantasy and he’s in the studio… I’m like, “Yo, Safaree, do you think Nicki would let me and Amber hit? Like what she said?”
Ye then added, ‘This is her husband!’ causing the host to burst out laughing. Kanye jokingly concluded, “Like, you gotta make these raps true!”
DJ Akademiks shared a snippet of the interview to his main Instagram page, writing in the caption: ‘Y’all say he was trying to have a threesome with Nicki and Amber Rose.’
Safaree jumped to the comments section to confirm Kanye’s story, writing “yes it happened” along with smiley face emojis.
The Flashing Lights singer dated Amber Rose from 2008 until the couple split two years later in 2010.
And Safaree notably had a long-term relationship with Minaj that began in 2000 and ended in 2014.
Both Safaree and Nicki were part of the hip-hop group, Hoodstars, in the early 2000s – which also included rappers Loustar and Seven Up.
At the time, West was dating Amber Rose and Safaree was in a relationship with Minaj — which Kanye claimed to have been unaware of; Safaree seen in February in Miami
“So, we’re doing Dark Fantasy and he’s in the studio… I’m like, “Yo, Safaree, do you think Nicki would let me and Amber hit? Like what she said?” Kanye recalled
Ye then added, ‘This is her husband!’ causing the host to burst out laughing. Kanye jokingly concluded, “Like, you gotta make these raps true!”
DJ Akademiks shared a snippet of the interview to his main Instagram page, writing in the caption: ‘Y’all say he tried to have a threesome with Nicki and Amber Rose’
Safaree jumped to the comments section to confirm Kanye’s story, writing “yes it happened” along with smiley face emojis
The Big Boy interview comes shortly after both Ye and Ty Dolla $ign hit the stage at the LA-based hip-hop festival called Rolling Loud earlier this week on Thursday.
But fans were less than impressed with West’s ‘headline performance’ at the music event.
While many fans expected the rappers to perform live, the pair shocked by taking the stage without microphones as songs from their chart-topping album Vultures 1 played.
According to Los Angeles Times‘Kanye roamed around in a black jacket and a face mask as their songs played over the festival’s sound system.’
‘Fans on social media were outraged by the display, with many taking to X to vent their frustration.
“Sounds like you let your fans down AGAIN with Kanye and at this point it feels like a literal scam,” one fan wrote to Rolling Loud.
‘Wow terrible “performance” and they didn’t drop the album, it gets better,’ shot another. ‘If you brought him to do it, it might as well not bring him at all,’ wrote one.
Although Ty and Kanye didn’t sing, the pair hyped up the crowd and danced around to tracks from the album.
The Flashing Lights singer dated Amber Rose from 2008 until the couple split two years later in 2010; the previous pair seen in 2010
The Big Boy interview comes shortly after both Ye and Ty Dolla $ign hit the stage at the LA-based hip-hop festival called Rolling Loud earlier this week on Thursday (watch above)
While many fans expected the rappers to perform live, the pair shocked by taking the stage without microphones as songs from their chart-topping album Vultures 1 played
According to the Los Angeles Times, “Kanye roamed around in a black jacket and a face mask as their songs played over the festival’s sound system”
Also speaking with Big Boy on Friday, Kanye and Ty discussed their performance style, dubbed ‘listening experiences’
Despite the backlash online, videos from the event show an engaged crowd happily singing along to the Vultures.
Kanye has a history of hosting live listening parties for his albums and has been doing so since his Life of Pablo era in 2016.
Also speaking to Big Boy on Friday, Kanye and Ty discussed their performance style, dubbed ‘listening experiences’. Ty said, “It’s still better than other people’s programs that have a microphone.”
‘What I’ve noticed a while back is there could be a band at a festival and they go up there and kill it and there’s a DJ who just goes out there solo, never grabs a microphone, they pay him a lot more. you know what I mean? You can still do it without grabbing a microphone.’
He added: ‘We found a new way. From the very way the lights are to the way the smoke comes out, it’s all the show.’
Kanye also joined in, describing the ‘smoke and lights’ as the ‘opener’ for their show. ‘It’s just a way to bring people into a different experience.’
Vultures 1 is a collaborative studio album between West and Ty – which was released last month in February – and is the first part of a trilogy of albums.
Earlier this week, Ye’s close friend, Justin LaBoy, stated that both Kanye and wife, Bianca Censori, are planning to have “a bunch of babies.”
While talking to TMZhe teased to the outlet, ‘I think they must be having a bunch of babies.’
Kanye also joined in, describing the ‘smoke and lights’ as the ‘opener’ for their show. ‘It’s just a way to bring people into a different experience’
Earlier this week, Ye’s close friend Justin LaBoy stated that both Kanye and wife Bianca Censori are planning to have a ‘bunch of babies’; couple seen in February in Milan
Regarding the speculation that Bianca is being brainwashed by the rapper or held against her will, Justin said: ‘I don’t, I can’t talk about my brother’s wife, I love him, I love her. She is fantastic.’
‘She lives an amazing life. They are extremely happy. I’ve been around Ye for years now, he’s the happiest she’s been and she’s extremely happy.’
West notably shares four children with ex-wife Kim Kardashian: North, 10, Saint, eight, Chicago, six, and Psalm, four.
However, social media users have criticized the claims, with one writing on Facebook: ‘They need help, not babies. Neither of them seem to be in a healthy headspace.’