While John Legend was shut with rapper Kanye West, the 2 musicians don’t seem to be precisely the most efficient of pals anymore.
During an look on “The Axe Files” podcast on Thursday, Legend, 43, shared a glimpse into what led to his friendship with the Donda rapper to head downhill.
“We don’t seem to be pals up to we was,” he published at the podcast, consistent with People. “I truthfully assume as a result of we publicly disagreed on his operating for place of business, his supporting Trump. I feel it become an excessive amount of for us to maintain our friendship.”
The “All of Me” singer additionally recalled West being unsatisfied when Legend did not toughen his determination to run for president in 2020.
“He was once disappointed that I did not toughen his run for government of the United States of America—for comprehensible causes,” Legend defined. “I wasn’t on my own in that, however, you understand, he was once no longer satisfied about that. And we truly have not been shut since then.”
The former pals had somewhat the historical past ahead of issues went bitter, as Legend in the past claimed that he met after they have been each up-and-coming artists, noting that the Yeezy fashion designer even helped him get his first document deal.
Kanye West and John Legend
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“He was once dwelling in an condominium in Newark,” Legend in the past mentioned of West, according to Insider. “I’d move to his position and we’d paintings on songs. He would give me beats for my demo and I’d write to them, after which I’d sing hooks on his.”
“Eventually, he helped me get signed to Columbia [Records],” he added on the time.
Legend and West have in the past teamed up on quite a lot of songs, together with the 2008 observe, “It’s Over,” and 2010’s “Blame Game,” even though lovers most probably mustn’t be expecting extra collabs anytime quickly.
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