When you’re as big as Kanye West, you can take anything personally. Even a casual tweet like this one, from fellow notable rapper Wiz Khalifa:
Hit this kk and become yourself.
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Those familiar with Wiz’s predilection for marijuana—or those who have a similar habit themselves—may recognize the term “kk” for what it is: a strain of weed.
Kanye, meanwhile, was in the midst of a Twitter frenzy as he announced (and and live-retooled) his new album, now tentatively titled WAVES instead of Swish, boasting all the while of its limitless promise.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/692083418083921921
Perhaps it’s the adrenaline that accounts for what happened next.
Yes, Kanye was apparently so tightly wound about his forthcoming masterpiece that he mistook a completely chill stoner tweet as a potentially lewd joke about his wife, Kim Kardashian.
At least, that’s what it looks like. There’s always the slim chance Khalifa was being extra-shady with a double entendre, but odds are he was way too high to pull off something like that.
KK is weed fool. Reason’s why your not wavy. Go bacc to Swish. https://t.co/7OT4xiQa5V
— Taylor Gang World Leader (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
No matter: Kanye unleashed his full fury in tweets that he later deleted.
Then, at last, he declared victory. And so did everyone else.
https://twitter.com/ditzkoff/status/692431167417651200
Wiz Khalifa’s Wikipedia currently updated to show he died today. pic.twitter.com/Zukl13pP9k
— Gideon Resnick (@GideonResnick) January 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/arianasins/status/692428890636226561
Was this all a giant misunderstanding, or did Khalifa really step to his OG pants master? There’s only one thing that we can say with certainty: Kanye has never, ever, been mad online.
https://twitter.com/KimKardashian/status/692260520850759680
Update 3:59pm CT, Jan. 27:
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/692449772117069824
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