Wiz Khalifa Shares His Thoughts On Kanye West Dropping His Name On "Yikes"

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Wiz Khalifa attends the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 4, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California.
Wiz Khalifa reveals his first reaction to hearing Kanye mention his name on "Yikes."

Wiz Khalifa and Kanye West don't have a relationship but they did have an infamous interaction on Twitter. Shortly before TLOP dropped, Kanye West fired shots at Wiz Khalifa on Twitter. 'Ye pretty much insulted everything from Wiz from his child, Amber Rose, his music and his fashion sense. However, the two of them have since patched things up and have no hard feelings about each other. This would become more evident when Kanye name dropped Wiz on "Yikes." Recently, Wiz Khalifa shared his thoughts on Kanye's record and revealed whether he's work with him in the future.

Wiz Khalifa thought Kanye's bar about him on Ye track, "Yikes" was appropriate. On the track, 'Ye raps, "Uh, just a different type of leader/We could be in North Korea, I could smoke with Wiz Khalifa, uh." In a recent interview, Wiz Khalifa revealed his thoughts on the track.

"It was cool. He was talking about smoking pot." he said with a stoner chuckle, "it made sense."

He admitted the two of them have no relationship nor feud but he suggested he'd be open to working with him in the most diplomatic way possible.

"I don't like to base my opinion on people off of other people's opinion. Or like, just things that could be miscommunicated." He said, "I love his beats. Yup, I love his beats."

Peep the interview below where he speaks about Rolling Papers 2 and more.


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