Kanye West Jams Out On The Marimbas With The Mayor Of Cali, Colombia

BYAron A.Updated on September 26, 20223.2K Views

Kanye West attends the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week at Bethesda Terrace on September 7, 2018 in New York City.

Kanye West hops on the Marimbas with Maurice Armitage.

It's been a busy few months for Kanye West. He kicked off the summer with the release of five G.O.O.D Music projects -- all of which he produced -- which were released one week apart from each other. The rapper recently made his return to Instagram where he's been updating fans through a series of sketches. After he revealed that he was having dinner with the mayor of Cali, Colombia, Maurice Armitage, footage has surfaced of the two having a jam session.

Maurice Armitage took to Twitter to share a glimpse of his hangout with Kanye West. The video shows Kanye West playing the marimbas while the people surrounded him were singing. Armitage's kids were seen in the footage as well. 'Ye later shared a video on his page of Armitage's kids dancing.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1040043257399599104

Around the same time he shared a sketch revealing that he's having dinner with Armitage, he also shared a quote from the Colombian mayor that falls in line with 'Ye's "love everyone" mantra.

"love is serving others - Maurice Armitage," he wrote on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1040028970962415617

Kanye was also spotted with Tekashi 6ix9ine in Colombia earlier this week. The two of them were previously spotted in the studio together during NYFW and it looks like they were in South America working on more music. 6ix9ine also had his teeth fixed so it looks like besides working with each other, they accomplished other things in their time as well.

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