On April Fool's Day, Kanye West was completely unaware that a fan interaction from nearly two decades ago had ignited social media. In the resurfaced clip, there was a confrontation with a fan that was anything but cordial.
On what appeared to be a basketball court, an unknown individual approached Ye, demanding his attention and throwing a CD in front of him. Ye seemed bewildered by the stunt. "What's up? Play that," the unnamed person said, throwing insults while wearing a track jacket and adding, "Yeah, that shit is HOT." The line was met with pushback.
The atmosphere in the room quickly turned tense. Figures standing beside Ye seemed surprised and confused by the man's aggressive demeanor. One of them even tried to defuse the moment, which was spiraling out of control. But in an aggressive mode, the man in the track jacket hit back, "What was that? Lil' dude—oh yeah, you want to hate? You haven't got any skills. Yeah, yeah, yeah... **** you, man."
However, the situation turned comical when the person warned Ye, "Listen, man, you play that, we walk down that Grammy road together, OR you can diss me while you're sitting in the audience watching me." West, in response, just smiled as he enjoyed the man's outburst, as seen in the reportedly 2007 video.
Meanwhile, Ye's latest album, Bully, is raking in solid numbers on music charts.
