{"id":15648,"date":"2025-04-14T20:06:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/ye-thinks-hes-being-strategically-replaced-with-kendrick-lamar\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T20:06:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T20:06:27","slug":"ye-thinks-hes-being-strategically-replaced-with-kendrick-lamar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/ye-thinks-hes-being-strategically-replaced-with-kendrick-lamar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ye Thinks He&#8217;s Being Strategically Replaced With Kendrick Lamar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/kanye-west\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ye <\/a>believes the music industry is trying to systematically erase his accomplishments and prop up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/tags\/kendrick-lamar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kendrick Lamar<\/a> in his place.<\/p>\n<h3>Ye Believes He&#8217;s Being Repressed<\/h3>\n<p>On April 12, Ye responded to a video shared on social media claiming bots are being used to artificially inflate the YouTube numbers on Kendrick Lamar&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kendrick-lamar-luther-video-sza\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Luther&#8221; music video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look man when I was dropping <em>Graduation<\/em> I had the whole building behind me too. That\u2019s the way this profession is,&#8221; Ye tweeted in a since-deleted post <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KANYEWEST\" target=\"_blank\">on X<\/a>\u00a0below.\u00a0&#8220;He got 24 Grammies. They are strategically trying to erase what I did and earned with ni**as that won\u2019t even be remembered 100 years from now. I\u2019m by faaaarrr the most important artist of our lifetime. Everyone that works with the Super Bowl and Grammies can suck my d**k forewvvveeeerrr ni**a.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Read More: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/drake-trolling-kendrick-lamar-nokia-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">All the Wild Ways Fans Think Drake Is Trolling Kendrick Lamar in &#8220;Nokia&#8221; Video<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3>Ye Continues to Go In on Kendrick Lamar<\/h3>\n<p>Kendrick Lamar has been on Ye&#8217;s hit list since the Chicago rapper started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xxlmag.com\/kanye-west-rant-antisemitism-diddy-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">going in on everyone and everything<\/a>\u00a0via X back in February. 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