Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) insists he had no involvement in Bhad Bhabie’s diss track targeting Alabama Barker, the stepdaughter of his former in-law, Kourtney Kardashian.
HOT 97 previuosly reported that the track draws from Ye and Ty Dolla Sign’s “Carnival,” featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti. After teasing it online for a while, Bhabie released an official video this week. One scene features a faux drummer sporting a Famous Stars & Straps tee—an imprint launched in 1999 by Alabama’s father, Travis Barker.
Ye Shuts Down A.I. Remix Claims, Explains Sample Clearance
A snippet of an alleged remix later emerged, featuring what was said to be a verse from the Chicago rapper. But in an Instagram Stories update, Ye clarified that his only connection to the track was approving the use of the “Carnival” sample. “Yo, I’m not in the middle of none of this A.I. beef, people throwing my voice on things, the whole ‘Carnival’ sample,” Ye said Tuesday evening after previewing music with The Game. “I just talked to Travis Barker. I would never be in the middle. I don’t even know what’s going on.”
Ye then discussed his approach to sample clearance more broadly, indicating that he approved this request without fully grasping its intent. “I just got sent a song and asked if I could clear the sample,” he stated. “Only reason why I clear anything is because so many people try to stop me, they stop clearances. Everything has been very difficult for me so anybody asks me for something, I always clear it. But I’m not cool with being put in the middle of all of this at all. So any verse that be going viral using my voice and all that, it’s like, I didn’t do it.” Bama later reposted Ye’s comments on her Instagram Stories.
Ye’s thoughts on A.I. stand out, especially given the criticism surrounding his own embrace of the technology. Speaking with Justin Laboy, he compared it to Auto-Tune, framing both as kindred tools. His argument primarily underscored how A.I. has transformed sampling, notably through stem extraction. Ye and Travis Barker, Kourtney Kardashian’s husband, have a history of collaboration, notably joining forces on XXXTentacion’s posthumous 2018 track “One Minute.”
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