‘There’s not truth to the idea that Kanye West came up with the idea of Django.' Quentin Tarantino says Kanye West did not come up with the idea for Django Unchained, believe it or not.
Now the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood director says Kanye did pitch him a ‘movie’ of sorts about a slave, but says he had the idea for Django before he had ever met the musician.
Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Quentin addressed the accusation by saying there is ‘no truth to the idea.’ ‘There’s not truth to the idea that Kanye West came up with the idea of Django and then he told that to me, and I go, “Hey, wow, that’s a really great idea. Let me take Kanye’s idea and make Django Unchained out of it.”‘Django Unchained, starring Samuel L.
He recalled how Kanye suggested a narrative where Ye would p+’be a slave and he’s singing Gold Digger, and it was very funny. It was a really, really funny idea.’Kanye has made headlines in recent weeks for concerning antisemitic comments ‘But I wish he had done it,’ he said. ‘It sounded really cool. Anyway, that’s what he’s referring to.’after threatening to go ‘Defcon 3 on Jewish people’.