Kanye yesterday announced he’d changed the title of his forthcoming album from “SWISH” to “WAVES.”
What prompted the change remains unclear. One small but noisy subset of hip hop heads called out West on the switch, citing the legacy of mid-‘00s-era rapper Max B (a.k.a Wavy B, Wavy Crockett). Max is currently serving his seventh year of a 75-year sentence for armed robbery and murder conspiracy. But before that, he defined “wavy.”
Among wave-truthers is Wiz Khalifa, who followed up West’s announcement with some daring subtweets and several links to Max B’s YouTube videos:
Please don't take the wave.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
Max B is the wavy one. He created the wave. There is no wave without him.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
He's the reason I sing on all my songs. That's the wave. If theres nothing wit that sound ITS NOT WAVY.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
West then tweeted the following, in an apparent attempt to appease the wavy masses:
The beef should’ve been snuffed there, but Khalifa posted this objectively innocuous tweet:
Hit this kk and become yourself.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
West mistook “kk” (a slang term for weed) for a slight against his wife Kim Kardashian. And cue shit storm (Update: I’ve collected the greatest hits of Ye’s since-deleted 17-part meltdown):
Warning: Yeezy crossed a serious line in parts 4 and 5:
The “stripper” in question is understood to be Khalifa’s ex-girlfriend Amber Rose — who crossed another line herself to fire back at West:
Awww @kanyewest are u mad I'm not around to play in ur asshole anymore? #FingersInTheBootyAssBitch☝
— Amber Rose (@DaRealAmberRose) January 27, 2016
And if I were to choose one tweet to sum up the entire rant:
Short of engaging, Khalifa made one definitive attempt to clarify:
KK is weed fool. Reason's why your not wavy. Go bacc to Swish. https://t.co/7OT4xiQa5V
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) January 27, 2016
And, whoa, the message was well received. Never too late for an OG to learn new tricks:
