'Quentin Tarantino Dismisses Kanye West’s ‘Django Unchained’ Idea Claim
Kanye West’s ‘Django Unchained’ Idea Claim
Quentin Tarantino
has dismissed Kanye West’s claim that he and Jamie Foxx “got the idea” for
West —
who legally changed his name to Ye in 2021 — said he pitched a similar idea when initially
Ye released
the official music video in 2009, which centers on a montage of Foxx and Ye dancing
Tarantino appeared
on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Thursday and the host asked him: “Kanye West said that
’ He said
that when he was making the ‘Gold Digger’ video with Jamie Foxx, he pitched it
Tarantino replied:
“There’s not truth to the idea that Kanye West came up with the idea
Let me
take Kanye’s idea and make ‘Django Unchained’ out of it
“I’d had
the idea for ‘Django’ for a while before I ever met Kanye
“We used
it as an excuse to meet each other and and so we met each other
I do
think it was for the ‘Gold Digger’ video, that he would be a slave
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