John Legend Laments The ‘Devolution’ Of Former Pal Kanye West

John Legend has expressed his disappointment and concern concerning the disturbing conduct of his former good friend and enterprise associate, Kanye West.

Legend, who famous that West was so “passionate” about his craft, slammed the controversial rapper for pushing “antisemitism” and “anti-blackness.”

John Legend additionally hinted that issues seemingly went south for Kanye West since he misplaced his mother in 2007.

Legend lately shared his ideas on West’s unsettling antics. In an interview with The Times of London, the singer described watching West’s descent into what he characterised as “antisemitism” and “anti-blackness” as “stunning” and “unhappy,” earlier than occurring to lament their previous friendship.

“Again then Kanye was very passionate, very gifted, and he had large goals not just for himself but in addition for all of the folks round him,” Legend recalled. “He had a lot optimism, a lot creativity. It does really feel unhappy, generally stunning, to see the place he’s now.”

The “All Of Me” hitmaker had a working relationship with West after the rapper signed him to his GOOD Music label in 2004.

Having labored carefully with the father-of-four, Legend witnessed West’s rise and fall firsthand. In his new interview, he defined how the rapper had a hand in placing his profession on the appropriate path.

“Kanye blew up after producing Jay-Z’s album ‘The Blueprint’ in 2001,” Legend defined. “Then he skilled a buzz as a solo artist, and the entire time I used to be travelling with him, doing exhibits with him, getting publicity not solely as his singer and keyboard participant but in addition as an artist myself.”

He continued, “I had been turned down by labels in every single place. Then ‘The School Dropout’ bought 400,000 copies in its first week, everybody wished to know what was occurring in our camp, and all these individuals who turned me down abruptly determined that my music sounded lots higher than it did the primary time round.”

They seemingly severed ties after West went public along with his assist for Donald Trump in 2022, but Legend mentioned he did not anticipate issues to tank with West as a lot as they did.

“I did not see a touch of what we’re seeing now, his obsessions with antisemitism, anti-blackness, and it’s unhappy to see his devolution.” Legend mentioned.

He added, “I do not assume we’re certified to psychoanalyse him, however after his mom handed in 2007, there was positively a distinction. His descent began then and appears to have accelerated lately.”

West has notably hurled a number of anti-semitic remarks on his social media platform, writing issues like, “I am a Nazi,” and claiming that Hitler was “so recent.”

He lately launched a brand new single referred to as “Heil Hitler,” with artwork that resembles a swastika, and has additionally featured the signal on his Yeezy merch.

During a recent interview with Piers Morgan, West stormed off halfway by way of the sit-down simply because the broadcaster wished to ask him why he has develop into “vile” on-line.

“UPDATE: I interviewed Kanye West once more right this moment. As I anticipated, given what I’ve mentioned about him lately, it did not final lengthy or go properly,” Morgan captioned a screenshot of West from the second.

“This was him proper earlier than he stomped off like a giant child earlier than I might ask him why he is develop into a vile, Hitler-loving, Nazi-slathering, antisemitic pr–k,” he added earlier than sharing the footage on “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”