--- title: Slipknot: Kanye Is 'Not the Greatest Living Rock Star of All Time' description: "The fact that you had to tell people that kinda says it all," frontman Corey Taylor says canonical: https://time.com/3949196/slipknot-corey-taylor-kanye-west-rockstar/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-08T12:37:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:02:36.892Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Slipknot Frontman: Kanye West Is 'Not the Greatest Living Rock Star' og:description: "The fact that you had to tell people that kinda says it all" og:url: https://time.com/3949196/slipknot-corey-taylor-kanye-west-rockstar/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf54db2ce55cd4963/69885a00428a9e55eccce10e/kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kanye West og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Slipknot Frontman: Kanye West Is 'Not the Greatest Living Rock Star' twitter:description: "The fact that you had to tell people that kinda says it all" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf54db2ce55cd4963/69885a00428a9e55eccce10e/kanye-west.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Slipknot to Kanye West: 'You Are Not the Greatest Living Rock Star of All Time' ## Video: Five Things Kanye West Is Better At Than You [Watch (HLS stream): Five Things Kanye West Is Better At Than You](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PuUqNINz.m3u8) (1:50)  _Published 2015-07-14. We take a look at the top five thing Kanye West is amazing at ... according to Kanye._  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 8, 2015 12:37 PM UTC  Kanye West performs during the 2015 Glastonbury music festival. Kanye West performs during the 2015 Glastonbury music festival.Joel Ryan—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 8, 2015 12:37 PM UTC Kanye West believes he’s the No. 1 rock star on the planet. Music fans know this because he’s brought it up a number of times, first in 2013 during [an interview with BBC Radio](http://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/24/kanye-west-im-no-1-rock-star-on-the-planet/), then again during his recent headlining set at the Glastonbury music festival. Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor, however, does not agree. He’s apparently so bugged by West’s ego that he recorded a video for Music Choice in which he mimes slapping West on the wrist for his bold claims. (And he’s probably spent a lot of time watching this fan-made video for Freddie Mercury laughing at West’s [“Bohemian Rhapsody”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzNXfsJRijg) cover at Glastonbury.) “You are not the greatest living rock star of all time,” Taylor says. “The fact that you had to tell people that kinda says it all. You remind me of the guy who brags about p—y—they never get as much as they brag about. Stop it!” ### Artists Who Have Never Won A Grammy  Queen John Rodgers—Redferns/Getty Images  Jackson 5 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Spice Girls Ray Burmiston—Photoshot/Getty Images  GLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 01: Recording artist Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Björk Mark Horton—WireImage/Getty Images  Diana Ross performs in Dublin. 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