N.O.R.E. has responded to the backlash over Kanye West’s latest Drink Champs interview, admitting “regret” over how the episode unfolded.

The Chicago rap icon made a number of controversial remarks during the three-and-a-half-hour conversation, which premiered on REVOLT over the weekend.

In addition to calling rap peers like Diddy and Meek Mill “fake hard n-ggas,” Kanye launched into another diatribe against “the Jewish people” and even suggested George Floyd was killed by fentanyl, not ex-cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck for almost nine minutes.

Drink Champs co-host N.O.R.E. has faced criticism for how he moderated the interview, specifically for failing to push back against Ye’s offensive — and in some cases factually inaccurate — statements.

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