Consequence Claims He Threatened Michael Che—But What Really Sparked the Kanye Showdown?
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Ever wonder what happens when a fiery Leo like Kanye West storms backstage at Saturday Night Live, channeling Mars energy in full-on battle mode? Well, buckle up—because the tension between Kanye and Michael Che wasn’t just your average almost-throwdown; it was a cosmic collision of egos and unresolved beef that’s now splashed across the silver screen in the documentary In Whose Name. Picture this: 2018, Kanye strutting with a MAGA hat, firing off an unscripted pro-Trump rant that sends the room buzzing. Michael Che, not one to hold back, calls him out—especially on those sensitive Bill Cosby jokes—and things get heated fast. Enter Consequence, who claims he wasn’t there to throw punches but was fully ready to break it up, all while trying to keep peace for his kid right there in the middle of the storm. If you think reality TV drama is intense, wait until you get a load of this real-life backstage showdown layered with more twists than a full moon in Scorpio. Curious about what really went down behind closed doors? LEARN MORE!
Consequence didn’t come to fight, but he says he was ready if things got physical during the tense backstage moment between Kanye West and Michael Che at Saturday Night Live—a scene now making waves in the documentary In Whose Name.
The footage, captured in 2018 after West’s controversial appearance on SNL wearing a MAGA hat, shows Che confronting the rapper over remarks made during an unscripted, pro-Trump speech.
Che took issue with being referenced in West’s rant, particularly regarding jokes about Bill Cosby and Black comedians.
“You good with me? For real? That was messed up,” Che told Kanye West, who responded that he was actually referring to Leslie Jones. Che fired back, “I’m the Black comedian who made a joke about Cosby. That’s messed up. Why would you do that to me?”
As tensions rose, Consequence stepped in. He later explained his involvement in a video posted to social media, stating that he was simply trying to prevent things from escalating—especially with his son nearby.
“Those gentlemen were having a conversation that I walked into, okay? So, as I started to realize what was going on, because my POV was Kanye was in front of me, Michael Che was to the left of me, Pete Davidson was to the right of me…I realized that that conversation was actually a confrontation.”
Consequence said he tried to cool the situation down without causing more drama.
“Because we were in a business setting, I tapped the gentleman [Che] on the shoulder. I said, Look, we should reconvene this conversation for later,” Consequence claimed.
Things calmed down, but Consequence said things got real when Che came back to continue arguing and he criticized the documentary for leaving out a second confrontation.
Rapper Consequence exposes what really happened in the viral clip of Michael Che clashing with Ye backstage at Saturday Night Live over Ye’s impromptu pro-Trump speech after his 2018 performance, and says the viral clip was edited.
“I told him either you back the f*ck up, or we… pic.twitter.com/h5Q0R77xaT
— The Art Of Dialogue (@ArtOfDialogue_) September 20, 2025
“When he came back beefing, I told that n####, ‘look, n####, either you back the f### up, or we could go outside.’ He chose to back the f### up. I gathered everybody together, I said ‘we leaving’ and we left. You can ask Kim Kardashian, you can ask Michael Che, and you can ask Nico, the director.
The documentary, now in theaters, was directed by Nico Ballesteros and offers a rare, unfiltered look at Kanye West’s life.
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