In retrospect, Sway really didn’t have the answers

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Sway thought Kanye was trying to be the next FUBU or Sean Jean. Sell T shirts like it’s 2003. Ye was thinking way bigger than that so sway’s advice was almost an insult.
You don’t know what Sway thought Kanye was trying to create. You’re making an assumption. The only thing we can reasonably determine is that Sway’s question didn’t match up with Kanye’s intentions, based on Kanye’s response.

Either way, it doesn’t matter because my comment wasn’t about whether or not SWAY was right. It was about about whether Kanye was right in responding to him the way he did.

I’d also like to add that I’m sure Sway didn’t foresee the need to degrade yourself as a man, like Kanye had to do, to build the relationships required to achieve his goals. And I’d venture to say that if anything he went through in that regard led to his mental situation today, maybe he would have been better off just creating another FUBU, if that’s what Sway really thought. I mean Daymond John seems to have made it work for him, and he wasn’t even a Kanye type figure when he started.
 

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Kanye was WRONG

what sway was suggesting is EXACTLY what the late great Virgil did starting with PYREX VISION then to OFF/WHITE then to being creative director of LOUIS VUITTON .

And Kanye openly hated on Virgil for achieving this at the time.

Kanye can be an insufferable bytch.
This. Kanye was raging at the barriers of entry, but Sway didn't understand why he was holding so steadfast for a major investment when someone with Kanye's cache could just get something going lower key and build it up to there.

Nothing Kanye did with Yeezy/Adidas was possible without the Kardashians. Going the Virgil route he could have done "himself".
 

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You don’t know what Sway thought Kanye was trying to create. You’re making an assumption. The only thing we can reasonably determine is that Sway’s question didn’t match up with Kanye’s intentions, based on Kanye’s response.

Either way, it doesn’t matter because my comment wasn’t about whether or not SWAY was right. It was about about whether Kanye was right in responding to him the way he did.

I’d also like to add that I’m sure Sway didn’t foresee the need to degrade yourself as a man, like Kanye had to do, to build the relationships required to achieve his goals. And I’d venture to say that if anything he went through in that regard led to his mental situation today, maybe he would have been better off just creating another FUBU, if that’s what Sway really thought. I mean Daymond John seems to have made it work for him, and he wasn’t even a Kanye type figure when he started.

this interview was coming off one of the most successful show runs at Nike since Jordan’s.


Sway was only looking at it from a hip hop perspective/model. Ye was trying to be a legit fashion icon.

sway had no access or knowledge to beak into that industry.
 

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Koonye should've finally got that reconstructive jaw procedure he opted not to get that day :wow:

That nikka far too emotional, I get it he had to do such and such, but you aint had to be a jerk about it :hhh:
 

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this interview was coming off one of the most successful show runs at Nike since Jordan’s.


Sway was only looking at it from a hip hop perspective/model. Ye was trying to be a legit fashion icon.

sway had no access or knowledge to beak into that industry.
You keep responding as if I’m saying Sway’s comments were right. There’s probably a 99% chance Sways idea doesn’t get Kanye to where he is now. But that’s not the point of my original post. It still doesn’t change my opinion that Kanye was out of pocket
 

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Nah…. He wasn’t. Sway ASKED HIM A QUESTION. A reasonable person would have just tried to explain to sway why what he was suggesting wouldn’t work or why he thought there was a better way. And if Sway still didn’t see the his point, agree to disagree and keep it moving. Kanye argues/debates like people on this site. Pure emotion and no self control.

Kanye is crazy talented… but he’s an a$$hole and overly emotional. But maybe that contributes to his talent. IDK
Bro...There's levels to certain shyt. A nikka that haven't walked the path, haven't taken the risks, accumulated the losses and the lessons, don't have the goals and ambition, or have the track record can't tell or offer any advice to the next man. That's why Sway rightly got shytted on. They were speaking two different languages.

It's like Steph Curry hit a slump and one of you nikkas just roll up off the coach to try to talk to that man about his jump shot. You gonna get hit with the :gucci::mjtf: and :camby:.
 
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Kanye was WRONG

what sway was suggesting is EXACTLY what the late great Virgil did starting with PYREX VISION then to OFF/WHITE then to being creative director of LOUIS VUITTON .

And Kanye openly hated on Virgil for achieving this at the time.

Kanye can be an insufferable bytch.

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Bro...There's levels to certain shyt. A nikka that haven't walked the path, haven't taken the risks, don't have the goals and ambition, or have the track record can't tell or offer any advice to the next man. That's why Sway rightly got shytted on. They were speaking two different languages.

It's like Steph Curry hit a slump and one of you nikkas just roll up off the coach to try to talk to that man about his jump shot. You gonna get hit with the :gucci::mjtf: and :camby:.
There’s never a need to “shyt on” somebody unless they blatantly/intentionally disrespect you. If you gotta shyt on somebody because of your fragile ego or your feelings were hurt from a QUESTION, then you’re weak. At most Kanye should have laughed at his question and said, “Bro, for what I’M trying to do, it’s not that simple” and brushed it off. Not yell and scream
 
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