Beanie Sigel isn’t interested in getting paid for coining Kanye West’s nickname, Yeezy. The rapper/actor revealed to TMZ that he did call Kanye, Yeezy at one point, but he claims that he owes him “nothing but love.”
During Kanye’s Drink Champs interview, he revealed that Beanie is the one who came up with the nickname, “I still owe Beanie money and I’ve been trying to give him his money for a minute,” Ye said. “He used to call me Yeezy, this is the thing — people that took a liking to me in volatile situations would always give me a nickname, so it seemed like I was cool like them… That was Beanie’s name for me when I was in Baseline [Studios]. Like on some, no that’s Yeezy, make him one of us… he really embraced me.”
Kanye “took the name and ran with it,” Beanie modestly admitted to TMZ. “As far as his business mind and where he took it, Kanye work hard for his. Kanye don’t owe me nothing,” he stated. Beanie added that instead of a one-time payment, he is willing to do business with Ye. He said, “I’m not even thinking about a [monetary] number,” he said. “But I would love to do some business where I can earn some money, ‘cause I’m an earner. I never was the type to take just for a handout.”
The rapper went on to claim that his friendship with Yeezy isn’t measured in dollars and that he would do anything for his old label partner again. Beanie’s only suggestion was to sit down with Kanye to discuss business opportunities.
“Let’s get to some money, let’s get to some music, let’s get to some fashion, some movies,” Beanie suggested. “We can do all of that and the rest will fall in place.”
