Kanye West has been the center of attention this last few weeks. Leaving many fans, and everyone in between to question his motives and mental. After pulling up to Kanye’s compound the following day attempting to talk some sense into Ye, but he also tried to garner at least some sort of understanding of where he’s even coming from. Watch the interview with TIP as he also discusses being a voice for the people & his much delayed Dime Trap album.

On Kanye’s reasoning behind his recent actions: “He said, ‘Just being a free thinker, man. I just feel free to think whatever it is my mind leads me to think without some monolithic view of what society wants me to think.'”

On if Kanye was on a drug: “I didn’t get no signs of an inebriated state of mind.”

On advice for Kanye: “He needs a translator.”**

On Kanye’s reasoning behind wearing the MAGA hat: “He said, ‘Man, my subconscious spoke to my conscious and it just moved me to wear the hat.”

On his thoughts while hearing what Kanye was saying: “Just imagine. Right now, I’m looking and I’m trying not to trip. And plus it’s Kanye. He doesn’t seem malicious. It seems extremely sincere and passionate. It don’t seem like nothing he doing for a stunt.”

On being a man of the people: “I’ve always considered myself a voice for the voiceless, but to have other people beside me consider it is really dope.”

On if he still loves music: “Absolutely. I just ain’t put nothing out. I got tons of music. Dime Trap still coming. I got tons of music. I record every day.”

On Dime Trap’s delay: “Just waiting to feel like it, for real. The work that goes with putting out an album – I got so many other things going on as far as producing and developing television shows and films. Hustle Gang, I was dedicating a lot of my time to developing and cultivating their talents.”