Kanye West does it again… the musician takes on Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Foxx, declaring himself the original creator of “Django: Unchained”.
Kanye West can’t stay away from controversy.
Through an interview with Piers Morgan Uncensored, the musician spoke of his anti-Semitic comments and spoke about the “limits of free speech”, pitting himself against one of the most famous directors in the art industry: Quentin Tarantino.
According to the ‘Closed on Sunday’ translator, the director stole the original idea for the ‘Gold Digger’ music video, using it as the main plot of the movie ‘Django: Unchained’, starring Jamie Foxx, which presumably had screened it. the same idea before.
West’s comments came after the presenter asked him about the First Amendment guarantee that protects freedom of speech, press and assembly. In response to that question, West noted that there are no limits to free speech, citing his position with the film’s director as an example.
There are no limits to freedom of expression. All that context, right? Tarantino could write a movie about slavery where he and Jimmy got the idea from me because I pitched the Django idea to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as a Gold Digger video and then Tarantino turned it into a movie.” 45 years.
While West didn’t provide details about his comments, the musician compared freedom of speech to the film’s context and use of the word n***a.
“In this film, [Tarantino] creates a context in which Leonardo DiCaprio can use n***** over and over again in that context.
“Gold Digger” vs. “Django: Unchained”
Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’ video was released in 2005, while filming for ‘Django: Unchained’ began in November 2011.
The film revolves around Django Freeman (Jamie Foxx), a freed slave who works with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to save his wife (Kerry Washington); While the “Gold Digger” video shows Foxx himself, West and several models posing for the covers of fictional magazines.
So far, neither Tarantino nor Fox have said anything about it.
