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The world of hip-hop heard a lot from Kanye West Thursday during an appearance he made on Drink Champs, he explained that he owed fellow Roc-A-Fella alum Beanie Sigel for coming up with the nickname, “Yeezy.”
Beanie was in his hometown of Philadelphia this past weekend and was telling onlookers in a new video that Yeezy promised $50 million for coming up with the now-iconic term, saying he was going to pay him some how, some way.
“I got a phone call from the muthafucka the other day. He said Sig gon’ get $50 million and a five percent stock in Yeezy,” Beanie said in a video. “And I don’t know if n***as know, Yeezy’s did $1.7 billion last year.”
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