Kanye West Alleges Quentin Tarantino Stole “Django Unchained” Idea From Him

Kanye West says that Quentin Tarantino took the story for “Django Unchained” from an idea he had for a “Gold Digger” music video.

Kanye West says that Quentin Tarantino stole the story of Django Unchained from an idea the Donda rapper had for the music video to his song, “Gold Digger.” Ye explained his claim during an interview with Piers Morgan.

“Tarantino can write a movie about slavery where – actually him and Jamie, they got the idea from me because the idea for ‘Django,’ I pitched to Jamie Foxx and Quentin Tarantino as the video for ‘Gold Digger,’” West said. “And then Tarantino turned it into a film.”

West’s “Gold Digger” features a vocal appearance from the star of Django Unchained, Jamie Foxx.

Django Unchained was released in 2012, while “Gold Digger” dropped back in 2005. The film follows the story of a freed slave, played by Foxx, who teams up with a bounty hunter to free his wife from slavery.

Regardless of whether West believes the idea for Django Unchained was stolen from him, he doesn’t hold a judge against Foxx, who he recently labeled one of the “greatest geniuses” in the entertainment industry.

“My pick is Jamie Foxx,” he wrote in a now-deleted Instagram post when asked who should play him in a biopic. “One of the greatest geniuses.”

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