10 Things We Learned From Kanye West's Interview With The Breakfast Club

Yeezus talks Amber Rose, Drake, Farrakhan and more.

Yeezus Returns - Mr. West was in the building with The Breakfast Club and had a lot to say on everything from working with Drake to "N**s in Paris." Check out a few more things we learned from the interview.–– Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: The Breakfast Club 2015 via YouTube.com)

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Yeezus Returns - Mr. West was in the building with The Breakfast Club and had a lot to say on everything from working with Drake to "N**s in Paris." Check out a few more things we learned from the interview.–– Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(Photo: The Breakfast Club 2015 via YouTube.com)

Who Gon Stop Me? - Kanye made great strides with adidas with the launch of the Yeezus 750 Boost but he admits there’s still room to grow with the partnership and that he didn’t want them to be a limited release. "See I didn’t want them to be limited actually, that’s something that the company did. I really want as many people to get them as possible. I don’t want the price to be $350. I don’t want to play like this sneaker culture game and all this so they be reselling this for high prices and stuff. I just want people to have what I make. Like ain’t no limited release to College Dropout or limited release of Graduation and I think in clothing right now it’s real separatism…” (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

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Who Gon Stop Me? - Kanye made great strides with adidas with the launch of the Yeezus 750 Boost but he admits there’s still room to grow with the partnership and that he didn’t want them to be a limited release. "See I didn’t want them to be limited actually, that’s something that the company did. I really want as many people to get them as possible. I don’t want the price to be $350. I don’t want to play like this sneaker culture game and all this so they be reselling this for high prices and stuff. I just want people to have what I make. Like ain’t no limited release to College Dropout or limited release of Graduation and I think in clothing right now it’s real separatism…” (Photo: Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week)

"I'ma Let you Finish..." - Yeezus revealed he may have been a little hard on Beck when he said Beyoncé deserved the Album of the Year Grammy over the Morning Phase creator. “The other day I went to dinner and sat down with Taylor Swift and ironically they were playing the Beck album… I was like man, this is kind of good, I ain’t gonna lie. I hadn’t even heard it. I bet you the album is really good. I’m gonna listen to it and maybe it was potentially Album of the Year.(Photo: REUTERS /LUCY NICHOLSON /LANDOV)

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"I'ma Let you Finish..." - Yeezus revealed he may have been a little hard on Beck when he said Beyoncé deserved the Album of the Year Grammy over the Morning Phase creator. “The other day I went to dinner and sat down with Taylor Swift and ironically they were playing the Beck album… I was like man, this is kind of good, I ain’t gonna lie. I hadn’t even heard it. I bet you the album is really good. I’m gonna listen to it and maybe it was potentially Album of the Year.(Photo: REUTERS /LUCY NICHOLSON /LANDOV)

Bound - Amber Rose has been known to ride on the Kardashians, but her ex just laughs it off as someone who’s starving for attention. The “Bound” MC said, “She’s just soaking in the moment. No one feels compelled to do nothing. If Kim had dated me when I first wanted to be with her, there would be no Amber Rose… By the way it’s very hard for a woman to want to be with someone who has been with Amber Rose... I had to take like 30 showers before I got with Kim.(Photos from left: Mike Coppola/Getty Images, Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for Chrysler)

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Bound - Amber Rose has been known to ride on the Kardashians, but her ex just laughs it off as someone who’s starving for attention. The “Bound” MC said, “She’s just soaking in the moment. No one feels compelled to do nothing. If Kim had dated me when I first wanted to be with her, there would be no Amber Rose… By the way it’s very hard for a woman to want to be with someone who has been with Amber Rose... I had to take like 30 showers before I got with Kim.(Photos from left: Mike Coppola/Getty Images, Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for Chrysler)

Only One - After North West had a few fits during Fashion Week, it was rumored that Vogue E.I.C. Anna Wintour expressed that Kim and Ye should leave their little tot at home. Unfazed by the remarks, Mr. West said, “I can’t speak on alleged comments but think about it… No one can tell me where to have my child or not.”(Photo: Splash News)

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Only One - After North West had a few fits during Fashion Week, it was rumored that Vogue E.I.C. Anna Wintour expressed that Kim and Ye should leave their little tot at home. Unfazed by the remarks, Mr. West said, “I can’t speak on alleged comments but think about it… No one can tell me where to have my child or not.”(Photo: Splash News)

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Last Call - The Louis Vuitton Don was recently presented BET Honors' Visionary Award by Damon Dash. Ye spoke on why he chose his old boss to do the honor and why he left with Jay Z when Roc-A-Fella split. "He presented me to the world; I wouldn't have a record deal if it wasn't for Dame Dash... I came to Roc-A-Fella because Jay Z was my idol and it would have been very hard for me at that young state that I was to separate from my idol and that’s the decision that I made, and do I say it’s some disloyalty? Then yeah, I own up to that. Is it anything me and Dame can do now to make money? I think so. We creating something new now in the fashion world and in the film world.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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Last Call - The Louis Vuitton Don was recently presented BET Honors' Visionary Award by Damon Dash. Ye spoke on why he chose his old boss to do the honor and why he left with Jay Z when Roc-A-Fella split. "He presented me to the world; I wouldn't have a record deal if it wasn't for Dame Dash... I came to Roc-A-Fella because Jay Z was my idol and it would have been very hard for me at that young state that I was to separate from my idol and that’s the decision that I made, and do I say it’s some disloyalty? Then yeah, I own up to that. Is it anything me and Dame can do now to make money? I think so. We creating something new now in the fashion world and in the film world.”(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)

Still a Good Friday - Minister Louis Farrakhan is also a mentor to Kanye West and Ye revealed that The Minister had to choose between The Nation of Islam and music years ago. He spoke on their relationship as well stating, “I actually asked for The Minister to give me my BET Visionary Award and he felt like it wasn’t the right time."They do have a collaboration cominig soon, however. "Right now I’m working on a documentary with him about him and his music. He’s a classically trained violinist and he’s also one of the most humane people and now he got that stamp like my wife was stamped with the sex tape. The Minister was stamped with [bigotry] and its important while he’s still alive that he has to see the people appreciate his message because if you ever hear him talk, it’s about humanity, it’s about one race. Soon as some hear his name, I see peoples face change. They ...

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Still a Good Friday - Minister Louis Farrakhan is also a mentor to Kanye West and Ye revealed that The Minister had to choose between The Nation of Islam and music years ago. He spoke on their relationship as well stating, “I actually asked for The Minister to give me my BET Visionary Award and he felt like it wasn’t the right time."They do have a collaboration cominig soon, however. "Right now I’m working on a documentary with him about him and his music. He’s a classically trained violinist and he’s also one of the most humane people and now he got that stamp like my wife was stamped with the sex tape. The Minister was stamped with [bigotry] and its important while he’s still alive that he has to see the people appreciate his message because if you ever hear him talk, it’s about humanity, it’s about one race. Soon as some hear his name, I see peoples face change. They ...

Blood On The Leaves - Kanye West is known to take a stance and speak out on social issues and injustices but has been silent recently regarding the murders of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown. When asked why he hadn’t been as vocal as in the past, he said, “My dad emailed me and told me to stay out of it. And my dad is a thousand times more smarter and social than me. That’s my only parent and I have to listen to him sometime. He was just trying to be protective of his son. I can’t run in front of every bullet but it’s in the music. I’m always going to talk about what’s going on and it’s 80% done. I’m trying to get it to the people.”(Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

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Blood On The Leaves - Kanye West is known to take a stance and speak out on social issues and injustices but has been silent recently regarding the murders of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown. When asked why he hadn’t been as vocal as in the past, he said, “My dad emailed me and told me to stay out of it. And my dad is a thousand times more smarter and social than me. That’s my only parent and I have to listen to him sometime. He was just trying to be protective of his son. I can’t run in front of every bullet but it’s in the music. I’m always going to talk about what’s going on and it’s 80% done. I’m trying to get it to the people.”(Photo: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)

Roc Nation - Yeezy and Jay Z are known to play together but the rumor mill has been circulating for a while that their significant others don’t really see eye-to-eye. Ye said that was the farthest from the truth, adding, “Nah. They love each other. They respect each other. When Beyoncé was working on her album, she had pictures of Kim on the wall because Kim represents powerful women. Kim be playing the '7-11' video for our daughter. Maybe it’s a LeBron James/ Kobe element to it.” (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET)

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Roc Nation - Yeezy and Jay Z are known to play together but the rumor mill has been circulating for a while that their significant others don’t really see eye-to-eye. Ye said that was the farthest from the truth, adding, “Nah. They love each other. They respect each other. When Beyoncé was working on her album, she had pictures of Kim on the wall because Kim represents powerful women. Kim be playing the '7-11' video for our daughter. Maybe it’s a LeBron James/ Kobe element to it.” (Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images For BET)

Twin Towers - Just like Drake and Lil Wayne, Kanye and Jay Z are a dynamite duo but history could have been altered if things went another way. Kanye revealed, “The 'Wolves' song came from a conversation that me and Drake had that we was gone do an album together and the album is called Wolves. Then me and Jay started talking about Watch The Throne and Drake went and did all the records with Wayne, then the tour, and we never did.”We never know what the future holds though. (Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Twin Towers - Just like Drake and Lil Wayne, Kanye and Jay Z are a dynamite duo but history could have been altered if things went another way. Kanye revealed, “The 'Wolves' song came from a conversation that me and Drake had that we was gone do an album together and the album is called Wolves. Then me and Jay started talking about Watch The Throne and Drake went and did all the records with Wayne, then the tour, and we never did.”We never know what the future holds though. (Photos from left: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS, Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Hey Mama - Ye confirmed that his mother and grandmother were inspiration for “Only One” and that his mother named him Kanye which means "only one." It also inspired a game. “Right now I’m working on a video game for 'Only One' and the idea is it’s my mother going through the gates of heaven and you have to bring her to the highest gates of heaven by holding her to the light. We’ve been working on it for like six months.” (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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Hey Mama - Ye confirmed that his mother and grandmother were inspiration for “Only One” and that his mother named him Kanye which means "only one." It also inspired a game. “Right now I’m working on a video game for 'Only One' and the idea is it’s my mother going through the gates of heaven and you have to bring her to the highest gates of heaven by holding her to the light. We’ve been working on it for like six months.” (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

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