Record producer DJ Clarke Kent actually tweeted the news saying he had been in the studio with West when the artist said to "let that new "XTCY' joint go!"
"I mean, you've so famously and so powerfully said George (W.) Bush doesn't care about black people", Kimmel said to West.
"Following his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week, Kanye West has unleashed a new song by the name of 'XTCY".
Since the song's release, people immediately got to work sussing out every bit of it although most people seemed to be chucking question marks over one particular verse. "Let me clarify the click bait".
West said that he and Kimmel were having "a great time" with their dialogue before the question about Trump came up.
"That interview showed strong personalities with different opinions having a civil conversation", he continued.
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"As a musician, African-American. everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me", he said, suggesting there was a perception that "blacks can only be Democrats".
Kimmel earlier asked West if he was anxious about his wife, Kim Kardashian West, being alone with the president in the Oval Office. It's called "XTCY" and it involves West rapping about how he "would smash" all four sisters of wife Kim Kardashian.
The father-of-three went on to address his now infamous TMZ Live interview from May in which he said slavery "sounds like a choice". I got more of 'em.
"Liberals can't bully me; news can't bully me; the hip-hop community, they can't bully me".
Watch Kanye's full interview with Kimmel below.
'A lot of black on white, obviously'.
