Tyga isn't the kind of guy who will insist on taking credit for his near-billionaire ex Kylie Jenner's success. He's just the type who will say he's responsible for some of it, but please, spare him your recognition. Nicki Minaj asked him about it on her Queen Radio show last night when he called in.
'You’ve got to look at the before and after,' he started, regarding Jenner. 'She always had a platform, and she was always destined to be what she was going to be regardless, but, when I stepped in, there was a lot of codes being taught. It was like, you could do this, you should start this, you should start doing your hair like this…you should add that because you need black people to f*ck with you ‘cause you need culture. If you ain’t got black people behind you, you ain’t got nothing. Ain’t nobody going to listen. You can’t influence nobody. So I had a lot to do with all that, you know what I’m saying? Which I don’t need credit for. I don't need to go online and tell people I did this and I'm the one who helped her coming up with these colours and names on her...lip line [Jenner's best-selling lip kits that started her Kylie Cosmetics line]. It was a lot of stuff, but it’s like I’m not that bitter type of person because God is going to pay me back. The universe is going to pay me back.'
But Tyga is 'not a bitter person,' he finished. 'If we break up, we break up. We had a good time and kept moving, and we went our separate ways and we're both doing good.'
He additionally has 'no beef' with Travis Scott, Jenner's new boyfriend. And no, he does not miss Jenner. 'Nah, I'm good,' he said. 'I'm good, love, enjoy.' Okay, Tyga.
Alyssa Bailey is the senior news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She previously held positions at InStyle and Cosmopolitan. When she's not working, she loves running around Central Park, making people take #ootd pics of her, and exploring New York City.
