Top5, who has ties to Drake and an association with tabloid fodder, dug right into the simmering feud between Kanye West and The Game. In definitive internet-age fashion, he didn't take the PR course and offered a cryptic interview. Instead, he posted a blunt, attention-grabbing Instagram Story with a screenshot of Kanye's provocative tweets and the message:
"@ye don't make me call @theoneandonlyhonzo he's still in Japan." And then, to ensure that the message hit with a thud, he continued: "I can't wait til see you. U fool."
But the story is more than an ill-timed post. Well, it turns out that Top 5 does not just offer views from the sidelines but the one who set the fuse in motion in the first place. According to the recent tweets from The Game, this is because Kanye himself asked if Game knew Top5 and if he could intervene. Top5 had been threatening Ye somehow, and the producer-rapper-fashion mogul wanted his then-friend to step in.
"Game said he was threatening you, and I asked you if you wanted me to reach out to him … I hit Top5 and told him to let it go. For my respect, he agreed."
Then, Game said, Kanye cut off all contact. "I hit you on the text to tell you I was finished & you switched ya number.
And just like that, a business relationship that was rolling along fine. Game and Kanye were said to be sharing attorney's fees and co-creating The Documentary 3, with Ye serving as executive producer, which has seemingly fallen apart and splashed across timelines and comment threads.
What's most surprisingly strange about that is the odd power dynamic. A little-known Canadian rapper's name is mentioned in x, a conversation between two heavyweights in hip-hop, and now he's smack in the eye of the storm. It's difficult not to think: Was this the plan all along? Is Top5 just poking the bear to create his buzz? Or did he, by accident or design, become the center of earnest in a drama that has more to do with old alliances and newer egos?
Who knows whether he's bluffing or prepared to fly someone in from Japan, but for the moment, he's introduced yet another dimension of chaos to an already twisted public aftermath.
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