US musician John Legend has admitted he’s ‘sad’ to have witnessed the very public fall from grace of his former buddy and collaborator Kanye West.
The 47-year-old rapper, who now goes by the identify Ye, has displayed erratic behaviour and made controversial social media posts, together with a few of an antisemitic nature, in recent times.
Legend, 46, was among the many first artists Ye signed to his Good Music label within the early 2000s, and the rapper was an government producer on his 2004 debut album, Get Lifted.
Speaking in a brand new interview, Legend, recognized for his solo hits and collaborations with Sam Smith and Ariana Grande, mirrored: ‘Back then, Kanye was very passionate, very gifted, and he had big dreams not only for himself but also for all the people around him.’
‘He had so much optimism, so much creativity,’ he added to The Times.
‘It does feel sad, sometimes shocking, to see where he is now.’
Earlier within the yr, calls have been made to X proprietor Elon Musk to take away Ye from the social media platform over a string of offensive tweets.
In 2018, the Gold Digger hitmaker additionally gave an explosive interview to US outlet TMZ the place he stated slavery ‘sounds like a choice’.
Additionally, on the Grammys in February, he triggered controversy on the pink carpet together with his spouse, Australian mannequin Bianca Censori, sporting a clear costume.
Since marrying in a non-public ceremony in 2022, Ye and Censori’s relationship has been a subject of debate. For a number of months, the web has speculated that he ‘controls’ her and what she wears, given how Ye will all the time be absolutely clothed out in public whereas his partner is almost bare.
Ye was previously married to Kim Kardashian, they usually share 4 younger youngsters. They finalised their divorce in 2022.
It’s believed the Skims founder’s relationship together with her ex-husband is now extremely strained, regardless of navigating co-parenting.
The exes’ newest public row got here when Kardashian, 44, allegedly fumed over Ye involving their 11-year-old daughter, North West, in a song with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
In truth, in response to Page Six, the Skims founder has shown ‘support’ for 30-year-old Censori and has let her know she’s there to ‘talk if she needs’.
An insider claimed to the outlet that Kim ‘feels like she’s the one different particular person on this planet who actually is aware of what Bianca has been via’.
‘Kanye blew up after producing Jay-Z’s album The Blueprint in 2001,’ Legend added.
‘Then he skilled a buzz as a solo artist, and the entire time I used to be travelling with him, doing reveals with him, getting publicity not solely as his singer and keyboard participant but in addition as an artist myself.
‘I had been turned down by labels everywhere, then The College Dropout (Ye’s debut studio album) offered 400,000 copies in its first week, everybody needed to know what was taking place in our camp—and all these individuals who turned me down all of a sudden determined that my music sounded quite a bit higher than it did the primary time spherical.’
In 2022, All of Me hitmaker Legend instructed The Axe Files podcast that he didn’t agree with West’s resolution to run for public workplace and added that it had grow to be troublesome for them to ‘sustain our friendship’.
‘I didn’t see a touch of what we’re seeing now, his obsessions with antisemitism, anti-Blackness, and it’s unhappy to see his devolution,’ he acknowledged.
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