Throughout an look on the CNN podcast The Axe Recordsdata with David Axelrod, John Legend spoke about his distanced relationship with Kanye West, who he beforehand labored with on his 2004 album Get Lifted, revealing that their political disagreements resulted of their friendship struggling.
“[Kanye and I] aren’t buddies as a lot as we was once,” Legend stated (through Us Weekly). “I truthfully suppose as a result of we publicly disagreed on his working for workplace, his supporting Trump, I feel it turned an excessive amount of for us to maintain our friendship, truthfully.”
He added, “I wasn’t alone in that, however, you realize, he was not joyful about that. And we actually haven’t been shut since.”
Though they are not shut annymore, Legend did reward Ye for being open and sincere, “I feel he’s been very open with who he’s and his struggles with psychological well being, and he’s very actual, truthfully. So I feel there’s not loads about him that folks don’t get… Like he’s been fairly upfront together with his opinions, his struggles, all of the issues that he’s coping with.”
Following his look on The Axe Recordsdata, Legend introduced his upcoming eighth album LEGEND, and launched a brand new Saweetie collaboration titled “All She Wanna Do”.
“All She Wanna Do” that includes Saweetie is out now. John Legend’s LEGEND album can be launched on 9 September through EMI, and is obtainable to pre-order now.
