David Crosby Continues to Throw Shade at Kanye West, Says He's a "Poser" Who "Can't Write, Sing or Play"

The 73-year-old folk rock singer made his comments to HuffPost Live

By Corinne Heller Jun 27, 2015 7:22 PMTags
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Shade alert!

Don't expect David Crosby to hit up a Kanye West concert anytime soon.

"Kanye West can't write, sing or play, so I have trouble with him as anything but a poser," the Grammy-winning 73-year-old folk rock singer told HuffPost Live in an interview posted on Friday.

"But he can produce," host Alyona Minkovski said.

"Produce," Crosby said. "That means he sits in a chair while the engineer does the work. He's a poser. I'm not backing off it."

West, a 21-time Grammy winner who is headlining this weekend's 2015 Glastonbury Music Festival in the U.K., has not responded to Crosby's remarks.

Crosby had first slammed West, 38, back in March, responding to a fan who asked for his opinion about "Kanye's music" and "impact as an artist."

"He's an idiot and a poser...has no talent at all," Crosby replied.

He told The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in an interview published earlier this week that there was "lots" of backlash over his remarks about West.

"People raging at me on Twitter, and I don't care," he said. "I think the guy's an idiot! What can I tell you?"

West, one of the most famous hip-hop stars in the world, had once said his "greatest pain in life" is that he will never be able to see himself perform live.

Earlier this year, he stirred controversy when he did a mock reenactment of his 2009 Taylor Swift-MTV VMAs stage rush at the 2015 Grammys, stealing the spotlight from alternative rocker Beck after he won Album of the Year for his 2014 record Morning Phase. He told E! News after the Grammys that "Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé." He later clarified his remarks and apologized.

"I'm fine to apologize for inaccuracies," West told The Sunday Times recently, while talking about the incident. "You know, I send flowers to inaccuracies."