Playboi Carti has gone at Kanye West for sampling his song “Crank” on new NBA YoungBoy collaboration “Alive”.
West dropped his latest single yesterday with Carti’s sample heard prominently in the song but it appears that Kanye has used the snippet without permission.
On Instagram, Carti posted “Crank” and wrote: “DIS MY SONG LIL BRA @ye.”
West and Carti’s formerly close relationship has become incredibly strained in recent months.
It was recently teased by mutual collaborator Digital Nas that the two were ready to build a bridge.
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He said: “Ye is in touch with [Carti affiliate] Fritz [Owens]. I think we’re going to see a reunion soon. Hopefully. I don’t like to see my brothers separate.”
West and Carti have had issues ever since the Opium founder took West off his long-awaited album MUSIC due to his controversial social media outbursts about antisemitism, the Ku Klux Klan and violence against women.
In response, West threatened to end Carti’s career, saying: “This n-gga is stupid, bro. You don’t know, when I’m dealing with my kids, this ain’t your niece, n-gga. This is my daughter, n-gga,” referencing the Atlanta rapper’s recent attempt to collaborate with his daughter North.
West also said: “Don’t fuck with me, boy! Don’t fucking play with me, n-gga! You letting these white people use us against each other, you letting these Jews use us against each other, n-gga. I put you on, n-gga!”
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West would later claim that Playboi Carti pulled up on him with a gun while he was staying at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles.
During his controversial Twitch streaming debut, West made a number of accusations about his one-time friend and collaborator as their feud appears to escalate beyond social media shots.
West said on the stream: “This n-gga told me he was at the Chateau with a gun, n-gga. What that mean, n-gga? And the n-gga say he don’t be on the internet. It’s like, if you don’t be on the internet, what are we talking about, then? I ain’t say nothing, then.”
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Before their falling out, West and Carti had previously worked on songs such as Donda standout “Off the Grid”, the number one single “Carnival” and “Go2DaMoon” from the “Magnolia” rapper’s second album Whole Lotta Red.
