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Kanye West On Kobe Bryant: “He Was The Basketball Version Of Me”

<p>In his latest interview with GQ&comma; Kanye West talks everything from music&comma; fashion&comma; to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsrangelz-kobe-bryant-his-daughter-gianna-bryant-pass-away-in-a-helicopter-crash&sol;"><strong>late Kobe Bryant<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;  Kanye reflects on his relationship with Kobe&comma; who tragically passed away in a helicopter crash along with his daughter and seven other victims&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;One thing I thought was really amazing is that we were able to find a groove with the photographs today even as out of it as I was with the loss of Kobe&period; We were able to just go to the court and play ball&period; There’s one street that I drive to go from either my office or my home to the property where the domes were built&period;&&num;8221&semi; Ye said of Las Virgenes Road&comma; which is the street where Kobe&&num;8217&semi;s helicopter crash occurred&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So now there’s no way for me not to be as determined as Kobe every time I drive down that street&period; It’s game time&period; There’s no move that we can’t make&comma; or that we’ll wait to make&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If y&&num;8217&semi;all remember&comma; Kobe and Kanye did an iconic Nike commercial together&comma; which Kanye touched on as he spoke of being the rap version of Kobe Bryant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Everyone in our life is now a member of the Lakers on one of Kobe’s championship teams&period; The way that Kobe would say that we all have to come together and win this championship is the way I look at life now&period; To an infinite&comma; other level&period; This is a game changer for me&period; He was the basketball version of me&comma; and I was the rap version of him&comma; and that’s facts&excl; We got the commercials that prove it&period; No one else can say this&period; We came up at the same time&comma; together&period; And now it’s like&comma; yeah&comma; I might have had a reputation for screaming about things—but I’m not taking any mess for an answer now&period; We’re about to build a paradigm shift for humanity&period; We ain’t playing with ’em&period; We bringing home the trophies&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Check out Ye&&num;8217&semi;s full GQ interview<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gq&period;com&sol;story&sol;kanye-west-kobe-bryant-friendship"><strong> here&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"59304" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-on-kobe-bryant-he-was-the-basketball-version-of-me&sol;" data-secure&equals;"c4f3441ad3"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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