Kanye West Clarifies LeBron James Lyric on "Facts"

“The media tried to make it seem like I was downplaying LeBron..”

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Last week, Kanye West unleashed his controversial Nike diss record “Facts” and caused an uproar. Case in point: Son of Michael Jordan, Marcus Jordan’s response soon followed by NBA superstar LeBron James’s response. The latter response stemming from this verse: “Nike, Nike treat employees just like slaves. Gave LeBron a billi’ not to run away” which many folks perceived as a jab at LeBron. Earlier this morning, Kanye stepped forward on wanting to clear the air on Twitter stating: “The media tried to make it seem like I was downplaying LeBron on my song FACTS which I would never do, Lebron is fam bottom line.”

Meanwhile, Nike also has a response to Kanye too.

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