Kanye West and Beyonce Knowles playing Connect FourKanye West has revealed he’s become a devoted player of the children’s game Connect Four - but he still has a long way to go before becoming the celebrity world’s Connect Four champion.

He explained on his blog recently: “When I was in Europe [on tour], I would play this game for hours and hours - it helped me zone out.”

“Everybody would get involved - Derrick Dudley [the manager of Common] and [rapper] Consequence were the best other than me.”

“But every now and then people would speak of this legendary Connect Four champion - Beyonce Knowles! I had to play her.”

So he arranged a New Year’s Day play-off at Jay-Z’s new 40/40 Club in Las Vegas but he couldn’t come close to beating the former Destiny’s Child star: “she beat me nine times in a row!”