Kanye West, the controversial rapper who continues to make headlines almost on a daily basis, is now engaged in a Twitter beef with Shaquille O’Neal. West launched his latest rant when he took to Twitter to diss O’Neal’s business deals.
The Grammy-winning artist specifically attacked O’Neal’s partnership with Canadian billionaire Jamie Salter, who owns a brand development, marketing and entertainment company known as ABG. The company, according to Basketball Network, owns a portfolio of global media, entertainment and lifestyle brands.
“Shaq is in business with Jamie Salter,” West tweeted on Thursday. “Jaimie first said he’s 50/50 with David Beckham and 50/50 with Shaq I said ‘Jamie . . . There’s no such thing as 50/50 in business . . . Who has the extra 1 percent for the control and voting rights.”
Shaq is in business with Jamie Salter
Jaimie first said he’s 50/50 with David Beckham and 50/50 with Shaq
I said “Jamie . . . There’s no such thing as 50/50 in business . . . Who has the extra 1 percent for the control and voting rights” pic.twitter.com/M36WhsMFf1
— ye (@kanyewest) November 4, 2022
O’Neal of course didn’t let the tweet slide without a response.
“Believe me you don’t know me like that,” the NBA Hall of Famer replied. “Worry about your business, and to quote the once great Kanye west ‘I got more money than you, so why would i listen to you’ take my advice get your family business in order. Have a great day brother.”
Believe me you don’t know me like that. Worry about your business, and to quote the once great Kanye west “ I got more money than you, so why would i listen to you” take my advice get your family business in order. Have a great day brother.
— SHAQ (@SHAQ) November 4, 2022
According to Shaq Fu Radio, a website dedicated to providing updates on O’Neal’s investments, the basketball legend has owned shares in ABG since 2015. After the company bought the rights to O’Neal’s personal name brand, the former Los Angeles Lakers eventually became the second-largest individual shareholder.
Salter, who spoke with Footwear News, said O’Neal showed full trust in ABG when he decided to sign some of his personal brands to the company.
“[O’Neal] says, ‘You know all that money you’re going to give me? I’d like to invest it in ABG.’ And I said, ‘Hold on, I don’t understand. You need to explain that to me.’ He says, ‘I’m doing a deal with you to sell you 50% of everything I have going on for the rest of my life. Do you think I trust you?’ And I said, ‘I hope so.’ He says, ‘Why wouldn’t I be partners with you? We’re going to build this company together,'” Salter told Footwear News. “And that’s how he became the second-largest shareholder of ABG.”
