The Queen passed away at age 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday (September 8). She spent 70 years on the throne, making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history and the longest-serving female head of state in history.
As news of her death traveled the globe, Kanye paid tribute to the Queen on Instagram early Friday (September 9) and was seemingly inspired to extend an olive branch to Pete Davidson, Kid Cudi and adidas General Manager Daniel Cherry, all of whom have faced his wrath this year.
“LIFE IS PRECIOUS,” he wrote in an iPhone Note shared to his Instagram page. “RELEASING ALL GRUDGES TODAY[.] LEANING INTO THE LIGHT[.] BEST WISHES AND BLESSINGS TO PETE CUDI DANIEL [CHERRY].”
Ye also posted a black-and-white photo of Queen Elizabeth II with a pair of his futuristic Yeezy shades superimposed on to her face.
Hours later, Kanye deleted the post without explanation and uploaded an amended tribute to the Queen. This time, he didn’t mention Davidson, Cudi or Cherry, and opted for more tasteful (and undoctored) photos of the late royal in her younger days.
“LIFE IS PRECIOUS[.] RELEASING ALL GRUDGES TODAY,” he wrote instead. Davidson, Cudi and Cherry have yet to respond.
Kanye West has launched repeated attacks on Pete Davidson throughout 2022 over the comedian’s fling with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. (The couple reportedly broke up in August after nine months of dating.)
“Ask Pete how those tattoos of my kids doing in the trauma unit,” he wrote on Instagram earlier in September, referring to the comedian inking the initials of Kanye and Kim’s four children on his neck.
“Do you know how it feels to wake up one day, look at your social media, and you’re trending because somebody’s talking some shit about you?” he said. “And then you got this person’s trolls sending you messages on Instagram and Twitter? All in your comments?
“That shit pissed me off. You fucking with my mental health now, bro … If you can’t be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That’s not my fucking problem.”
As for Daniel Cherry, the adidas executive has been the primary target of Ye’s social media attacks of late amid allegations of the sports giant plagiarizing his Yeezy designs and failing to deliver on a promise of opening physical stores for their collaborative line.