21 October 2016 2 Min Read

My stage was inspired by something that I had seen by Kanye, admits Cassper

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Cassper Nyovest admits that he drew inspiration from Kanye West for his floating stage at the TicketPro Dome last year, but maintains that he still had the idea for the stage before his idol.

Cassper's stage has been the topic of hot debate in world hip-hop, after Kanye West told concert-goers at his show in Canada recently that people had been trying to "steal" his idea for a floating stage. US media quickly pointed the finger at Cassper, suggesting that Kanye may have been referring to him.

Speaking to 947 about the stage debacle on Friday morning, Cassper said that as a fan of Kanye West he had been inspired by something Kanye had done in the past, but said that he had the idea for the floating stage first.

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"It's so weird because I'm such a big fan of Kanye and when we did that stage it was actually inspired by something that I had seen by Kanye," Cassper said.

Although he would not go into detail on what that was, Cassper may have been referring to an overhead collection of lighting effects that Kanye used for his stage at the Glastonbury Festival in 2015.