Kanye West tells in a podcast that during his visit to our country in September, he was stopped by an officer with a weapon drawn. “I thought this was the end,” he says. Police zone Minos confirms the incident and explains that it was a misunderstanding.
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“Three weeks ago a cop pulled his gun for me,” Kanye begins his account. “I was walking around Belgium wearing my black mask (which covered his entire face, ed.). Suddenly a cop came up to me with his gun in his hands. I guess this is it, I thought.”
That’s what world-famous rapper Kanye West said on Thursday during a two-and-a-half-hour podcast, titled Drink Champs. The podcast was probably recorded a while ago, because Kanye was already in our country in September. He bought a luxury loft on the site of his good friend Axel Vervoordt.
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Kanye West (right) and Axel Vervoordt (center) in Wijnegem at the end of September. — © Victoriano Moreno
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The world-renowned art dealer and interior designer who converted a former gin distillery along the Albert Canal into Canal, the country’s largest private art gallery that also houses luxurious residences and lofts
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Police zone Minos confirms the incident of September 5. “It was a really hot summer day then. Wearing a mouth mask was by no means mandatory in the open air, but our dog handler encountered two masked men during the day at the lock complex of Wijnegem (near the art gallery Kanaal, ed.), “says Commissioner Johan Wonnink of police zone Minos.
The police inspector approached the duo and asked him to take off their masks. Since Kanye West and the second person – who later turned out to be his bodyguard – do not speak Dutch, they did not immediately do what they were told. “Because of that communication problem and the fact that there were two of them, the colleague drew the weapon and held them at gunpoint,” says Wonnink.
Once Kanye dropped his name, the misunderstanding was quickly cleared up and peace was restored in Wijnegem. “Our colleague may not have recognized the man’s face, but of course he did. At that time, we had not yet become aware of the fact that Kanye West was staying in our region,” said Wonnink.
As usual with the podcast Drink Champs, there are the necessary drinks. The rapper speaks about his mother and his divorce from Kim Kardashian. At the end of the episode he mentions the incident in Wijnegem.
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