The rapper made sure that the 100,000 strong crowd at Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee understood his self-belief in no uncertain terms on Friday night when declared that he is in hot pursuit of the most notable dead playwright in history, Shakespeare.
‘I want y’all to know that when I’m in the studio or doing an interview or making a T-shirt, I give everything I got,’ he told the crowd.
He then went on to explain that the reason he brags about how great he is, is so that he can impact that sense of self-worth onto his fans.
‘When I talk that s***, it’s so you can talk that s***. If you’re fan of me, then you’re fan of your motherf***ing self.’
‘I ain’t concerned about anyone who’s living,’ Kanye clarified. ‘I ain’t going after no one on the radio. I’m going after Shakespeare.’
And he didn’t stop there.
‘I’m going after Walt Disney. I’m going after Howard Hughes. I’m going after David Stern. I’m going after Henry Ford. I’m going after Elon Musk,’ he went on, adding a note about the founder of Tesla: ‘okay he is living, but that’s my boy.