The recent claim made by Kanye West that he was the one who came up with the idea for Django Unchained isn’t quite true, according to the director of the film. Recently, Ye turned some heads when he told Piers Morgan in an interview that he’d pitched the concept of Django Unchained to Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Foxx. The rapper said he wanted to use the idea for his “Gold Digger” music video, but when the pitch was scrapped, Tarantino went on to turn it into a feature film.
Tarantino says Ye spoke to him about using a slavery theme for his “Gold Digger” video, but that’s not where he got the idea for Django Unchained. Read More