--- title: Actor Reads Kanye West Tweets Shakespearean Style description: David Schneider turns phrases like "you were wearing cool pants" into a speech that is almost heartbreaking. canonical: https://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-28T16:58:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:25.028Z og:title: Here's Kanye West's Twitter Rant Turned Into Shakespearean Tragedy og:description: Wherefore art thou Yeezy? og:url: https://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Kanye West's Twitter Rant Turned Into Shakespearean Tragedy twitter:description: Wherefore art thou Yeezy? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kanye West's Epic Twitter Rant Has Been Turned Into Shakespearean Tragedy by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 28, 2016 4:58 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 28, 2016 4:58 PM UTC Yesterday, the world was captivated by the biggest drama since William Shakespeare debuted _Romeo & Juliet_ for an audience at London’s [Theater](http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhouses.html#theatre) (that’s a precursor of The Globe, nerds). It pitted Kanye West against Wiz Khalifa in an [epic Twitter feud](http://time.com/4196396/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-spree/) that quickly turned into high art. Specifically, a Shakespearan tragedy. In the supernova of a public meltdown, which has been deleted from the rapper’s Twitter account, West accused Khalifa of many things, but none worse than this: “You have distracted from my creative process.” West also noted that “[#Wizwearscoolpants](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wizwearscoolpants?src=hash),” a jibe so harsh it sounds like West was using MIT’s [Shakespearean Insult Generator](http://web.mit.edu/dryfoo/Funny-pages/shakespeare-insult-kit.html). Now, _I Am Alan Partridge_ star and Internet hero David Schneider has transformed West’s rant into a monologue worthy of treading the boards at The Globe itself. In a [Twitter video](https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/692477078814392320), Schneider reads West’s irate tweets as a Shakespearan actor, turning phrases like “you were wearing cool pants” into a speech that is almost heartbreaking. > [](https://twitter.com/davidschneider/status/692477078814392320) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/"},"headline":"Kanye West's Epic Twitter Rant Has Been Turned Into Shakespearean Tragedy","datePublished":"2016-01-28T16:58:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:25.028Z","description":"Wherefore art thou Yeezy?","url":"https://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","twitter","Kanye West","Theater","Shakespeare","Kim Kardashian"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4198073/kanye-west-wiz-khalifa-twitter-shakespeare/","name":"Kanye West's Epic Twitter Rant Has Been Turned Into Shakespearean Tragedy"}}]}] ```