J Prince, the man credited with convincing both Drake and Kanye West to do a benefit concert together, explained what went down during that conversation with both rappers. Despite fans thinking he bullied Kanye into making up with Drake, J Prince said that wasn’t the case at all.
“We have to start with the name Larry Hoover. He planted the seed,” said Prince in a phone call to Billboard Tuesday afternoon (Dec. 7). “He wanted to see Kanye and Drake come together in the name of peace. His son Larry Jr. was hanging out with Kanye a lot, and of course, Drake is my son, but [Larry Hoover] planted the seed, and I watered it.”
Prince got both men face-to-face at Drake's Toronto mansion, and Prince says he had to use a "special lingo to reach these guys' hearts."
He stressed to Drake that he had a chance to set an example for all of hip-hop about how to settle beefs peacefully saying "this is a situation that could save lives."
Kanye and Drizzy are set to perform alongside each other on Thursday night (Dec. 9),for the first time in five years in efforts to draw awareness to prison reform and bring justice to incarcerated Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover. The concert is set to start at 11pm est. with streaming services such as Amazon Prime and Twitch slated to run the show on their platforms.