You can’t tell him nothing.
Kanye West blasted a “stupid” lawyer and donned a face covering in newly released footage from his deposition in a 2020 lawsuit by a tech firm.
In a sneak peek of A&E’s show “Interrogation Raw: Celebrity Under Oath,” the “All of the Lights” rapper appeared on a Zoom call and immediately avoided eye contact with an attorney who was trying to ask him questions.
The lawyer, Michael Popok, then asked West, who was shielding his eyes with the brim of his black hat, whether he was looking down at his phone, to which the Grammy winner replied, “Yes.”
Popok asked West, 47, not to be on his phone “during the exam,” which the father of four tried to fight.
“Well, is that legally what it should be?” he asked.
Popok then said that his “ground rule” for depositions was to refrain from cellphone use so the person being interrogated could be “present and focused” on the examination.
“Due to my mental genius-ness, in order to focus on this bulls–t, I need to be on a phone,” West responded.
After Popok instructed West’s lawyer to speak to his client, the “Donda” emcee bizarrely took off his black cap and put on a full face covering.
When the attorney questioned why West donned the mask, he bizarrely replied, “Because you don’t have the right to see my face.”
The Chicago native also said that he intended to keep it on for the duration of his deposition.
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In a second clip from the show, Popok asked West where he was giving the deposition.
“I’m not gon’ tell you,” the “Gold Digger” rapper replied. “You’re never going to see me again.”
Popok then asked West what “other things” he had in the room with him besides his phone.
“Are you stupid? I’m not going to tell you the other things — I don’t have the time to be talking about … I got a chair in the room,” the musician responded.
“You are talking to the richest black person in the history of America!”
In 2020, MyChannel, Inc., a black-owned tech firm, sued West, claiming he had struck an oral deal with them to build his Sunday Service and Yeezy e-commerce platforms but then “reneged” without payment.
The business was seeking $20 million in damages.
The fashion designer and MyChannel reportedly reached a deal in 2021 to end the lawsuit.
“Interrogation Raw: Celebrity Under Oath” airs Thursday, Dec. 26, at 10 p.m. ET on A&E.
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