Kai Cenat Claims Kanye West Invited Him To Japan: "We Went From Beef To Friends"

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Kanye West hugs Pastor Adam Tyson at the annual Strength to Stand Youth Conference at the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Kanye West and his 100-member Sunday Service Choir performed along with West's pastor, Adam Tyson. Kns Kanye 0120. © Calvin Mattheis/News Sentinel, Knoxville News Sentinel via Imagn Content Services, LLC / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Will Ye and Kai make it happen?

It seems like Kanye West and Kai Cenat are squashing their beef very quickly, as they continue to try to work something out for a collaboration. For those unaware, Kai had expressed mostly jesting frustration with Ye for sending him oversized merch, but the Chicago artist took this as a straight-up attack and then blasted the streamer, which resulted in some petty online back-and-forths. Now, though, it looks like the duo fully buried the hatchet and is trying to coordinate a meet-up or some sort of event. According to the Bronx native, he now received an official invite to spend some time with the Yeezy mogul in Japan, where it seems like he's currently living.

"I got a text from Ye," Kai Cenat told his chat about Kanye West. "Ye said he's in Japan and he said I got to pull up, bruh... Ye said he in Japan. And I got to pull up. He literally invited me to Japan. We went from beefing to being friends, bruh. [...] 'Stream IRL?' I'm not gon' lie, bro. I might have to go back to Japan, chat! Do I make a Japan return?"

Kai Cenat Claims Kanye West Invited Him To Japan

Of course, that's not the only recent "crossover" between Kanye West and Kai Cenat that made fans raise their eyebrows, whether with excitement or with confusion. The former recently posted an Instagram Story that featured a horse in the latter's room (from one of his Twitch livestreams) wearing a large piece of merch from his upcoming Bully solo album. Kai even spoke with Ye's manager over the phone, so it seems like they're trying their best to set a stream up or some other form of link-up.

Meanwhile, some Kai Cenat fans who are more critical of Kanye West are looking at this with a bit more skepticism. After all, he continues to engage in a lot of controversy, whether that's his teased A.I.-assisted projects or more pressing political firestorms. Either way, it should make for a huge moment nonetheless if these two link up, and no matter what that collaboration looks like, it would be a full-circle moment that would draw in huge numbers.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.