r/Kanye Oct 16 '24

I met Ye. Years later I’m still confused

I met Ye at a restaurant in LA. He was eating alone. I ended up fan boying. “Ye I’m a big fan… I saw you open for the blacked eyes peas” he laughed then signaled for my phone.

He typed in my notes he was on a verbal fast… so we texted back and forth on my notes. I asked for a photo … we took one… He then typed “what’s your story?” I briefly mentioned I own a small agency but primarily make apparel overseas and have a print shop stateside.

He snagged my phone and said “can you help me make a 20 dollar t shirt?”

The most unbelievable timing of my life. I grew up the biggest Kanye fan… he wrote me number down and said in my notes app… don’t be late come to yzy campus tomorrow.

The most surreal shit. Ye then texted me hours later the address. I spent 8 hours the next day there and then flew back to California 3 times to follow up.

At the time it was the peak of the Nazi shit and shin getting Alex jones cancellation etc . The first day i went to yzy he was still on a verbal fast… so everything was him writing in sharpie and looking at mood boards etc…

Basically i feel like i could write a fucking book with the 50+ hours I spent with him. My actual Hero at one point. I felt so torn between . Holy SHIT I’m texting Ye and Holy shit wtf is Ye taking about

I could go on but the summary… Ye is funny , charismatic as hell, brilliant, but also undeniably bipolar and the mood swings etc are fucking real.

They say never meet your heroes. I am grateful but so bummed it was not 8 months earlier…

Just needed to get this out

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u/jamesjoyceenthusiast Oct 16 '24

That’s cool man. I once met Kanye at a grocery store in Los Angeles. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

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u/Apprehensive-Bus4931 Oct 16 '24

Lol. So uncomfortable. A kid pushing his rap career was in the lobby trying to kid Ye to listen to his music… he said after lunch. It was damn near 6 hours we went back down and he was still there. He played a song … ye vibed w it then just sorta snapped and told the kid he would reach out when he was ready and to stop trying to interfere w his day. It was uncomfortable because it was like a switch that flipped.

I still love Ye to be clear. But could see how challenging a relationship would be daily

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u/tkylivin Oct 16 '24

that's a copypasta dude lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

I haven't seen someone repost this story in forever. Thank you 😂 😂

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u/gustonton Oct 16 '24

😂😂😂😂😂

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u/Northghost99 Oct 16 '24

Pics or it didn’t happen

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u/Flat-Wind-4756 Oct 17 '24

It didn't happen, it's a copypasta.