Drake is probably the biggest artist in the entire world at this point. Overall, he can do pretty much anything he wants in the entertainment world. There are only a few people who would dare tell him "no" when he asks for something. As it turns out, Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah are two of those people. We know this because they detailed their experience with Drake, during a recent interview with Samson Shulman. Full disclosure, this was not a negative experience or anything like that, it was simply an interesting footnote in the grand scheme of their most famous project.
Simmons and Ozah are the two geniuses behind the Kanye West Netflix documentary, Jeen-Yuhs. As they explained in the podcast episode below, Drake got an early showing of the documentary. Subsequently, he hit up Ye asking if he could be the narrator instead of Coodie. Ye and Drake had just reconciled, so there was this new feeling of respect between the two. However, Simmons and Ozah knew it was a bad idea. Moreover, the public roasted Kanye when he suggested it over Twitter.
Drake Got Denied
“Then, when we did the premiere and Kanye seen the piece, he was like, ‘Man, I can’t believe Drake thought he could narrate this movie,’” Simmons explained. “And Drake thought he could do it in a week… You know how long it took and how much writing it took to get to that point? He’s great, Kanye’s great, but we great too.” In the end, the right decisions were made as Coodie's voice is almost as iconic as the visuals itself.
The three-part documentary is some of the best content that Netflix has picked up in quite some time. Simmons took a whole lot of footage during Ye's early days in the industry, and you can't help but love how it turned out. While West has taken a turn for the worse over the past year, at least fans can look back on the Jeen-Yuhs doc fondly.
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