Kanye West Makes Another “Eazy” Video Beating Up Pete Davidson: Watch
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Our time on this planet is preciously brief. Kanye West could spend his waking hours finishing the mess that is Donda 2 , or being a better father to his children, or using his billions to address some of the many problems in this world, but instead he has released a second music video for “Eazy,” in which he once again beats up Pete Davidson.
This collaboration with The Game first dropped in January, and while the Compton MC would probably have preferred people to focus on his verse — a joyful ode to hip-hop culture — attention naturally turned to Ye’s threat to “beat Pete Davidson’s ass.” West’s preoccupation with his ex-partner’s new boyfriend quickly crossed the line into obsession; he’s encouraged his fans to harass Davidson, and in the first video for “Eazy” he took an effigy of the SNL comedian and buried it alive.
Now he’s returning to the same poisoned well. The second “Eazy” video is a bizarre CGI curiosity. It co-stars the skinned monkey of the single artwork, and yet most of the first half of the visuals could be any generic rap video of the last thirty years. The Game drives around in a computer generated car, shows off a couple of guns, and generally has a good time. As for West, he hasn’t had a good time since Graduation.
The second half of this “Eazy” video is much more surreal; West rapping in front of a burning recreation of his childhood home is about as normal as it gets. For the line, “How I ain’t bring nothing to the table when I’m the table?” he appears as a four-legged piece of furniture with a face. He gets a tattoo from the skinned monkey, literally turns his back on psychiatric counseling for “I don’t negotiate with therapists,” and throws a party in court as divorce papers fly like confetti.
The appearance of Davidson is thankfully brief. A white person with a blurred-out face and the word “Skete” written across the front (a reference to West’s bullying nickname, ‘Skete Davidson’) gets roundhouse kicked kicked by the skinless ape, who then climbs on top of him and mauls his face.
Earlier this week West defended his right to work out his feelings towards Davidson through the creative process. “Art is therapy just like this view… art is protected as freedom of speech… art inspires and simplifies the world… Art is not a proxy for any ill or harm…. Any suggestion otherwise about my art is false and mal intended 🖤.”
This is true to a certain extent. Art attracts imperfect people — damaged people — and far beyond its value as entertainment, the act of creation is hallowed for its capacity to process emotions too big for words. Besides, as far back as “Through the Wire,” West’s appeal has been that he is painfully flawed.
He is also one of the most famous people to have ever lived, and that platform carries almost unfathomable potential — to help or harm. Assassins have been inspired by such benign presences as Jodie Foster and The Catcher in the Rye; it is not such a stretch to image one of West’s fans trying to curry favor with their idol by committing real violence. Besides that, his children are already living through a messy divorce, and the way West is weaponizing his celebrity can only add to that trauma. The only bright side is that in the latest “Eazy” visuals, West chooses to brutalize Davidon for less than ten seconds instead of several minutes, suggesting that maybe, just maybe, his unhinged rage is starting to fizzle. Check out the video below.
When it comes to music videos, it’s been a busy week for West. On Tuesday he shared the visuals for “Hurricane,” which had refugees, Jesus, bad CGI, and absolutely no point.
Kanye West Makes Another “Eazy” Video Beating Up Pete Davidson: Watch
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