In a new interview with Nick Cannon, Kanye West makes more controversial statements about everything from his religious and political beliefs to his infamous Taylor Swift feud. “God brought me to my knees multiple times,” he says at one point, according to Complex. “You know, god has a calling on all of us and he uses us in different ways.” From Kanye’s perspective, he’s being “used by God” to voice God’s beliefs. “I was snubbed by a magazine,” he said in reference to Forbes, which failed to include him in its billionaires issue initially. “But I was recognized by God,” he continues. “I would do Sunday Service and there would be atheists who would come and tell me, ‘Well, maybe you shouldn’t mention Jesus’ name so much.’ And that’s all I need to hear. I was like ‘Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!’ Thank you for inciting the riot.” The rapper and designer goes on to claim that in 2019, he spent a whopping $50 million on his gospel music filled Sunday Services. “I spent every dime that I have from marketing from Yeezy on Sunday Service,” Kanye asserted. “Every dollar I had. I spent $50 million last year on Sunday Service.” But that loss apparently has nothing to do with his current presidential bid; ‘Ye also denied claims his “Birthday Party” campaign is being paid for by the Republican Party as a way of pulling votes away from Joe Biden. Besides, he says, “I got more money than Trump.”
Lizzo was originally supposed to be in Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ video
The world narrowly missed out on what could have been a pretty amazing cameo in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” video — and that’s Lizzo. Turns out Cardi wanted the singer in the record-breaking video from the beginning. Speaking to Hot 97 recently (via Page Six), Cardi explained that she and Lizzo had been DMing each other ahead of the video shoot. When it came time to film, though, Lizzo was out of town on vacation. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ because I had a whole vision about how I want to see Lizzo and everything,” Cardi recalled. While she wasn’t able to get Lizzo into the video, Cardi did include Kylie Jenner, Normani and Doja Cat, all of whom were chosen with an eye to diversity and representation. “It was so important to me to include different women that are different races and come from different backgrounds, but are so powerful and influential,” Cardi added.