Pusha T unloaded on his former friend and frequent collaborator Kanye West because of the latter’s alleged antics in recent years.
The 48-year-old rapper, who was born in New York and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia, under the name Terrence LeVarr Thornton, got raw in an interview about his defunct friendship with the troubled emcee.
“We made some great s–t, bro,” Pusha T told GQ. “We did… He’s a genius. And his intuition is even more genius level, right? But that’s why me and him don’t get along, because he sees through my fakeness with him. He knows I don’t think he’s a man. He knows it.”
Pusha made it explicitly clear that while he admired Yeezy’s past musical feats, he said the respect has evaporated over time.
“He’s showed me the weakest sides of him, and he knows how I think of weak people,” he added.
The “Mercy” rapper also touched upon Ye’s unpredictable online behavior that includes virulent antisemitism, devotion to Nazism and calling out multiple entertainers.
“It’s like, bro, you’ve been mentioning me, screaming about me… you got every soul believing that I’ve done such a great injustice to you. And that’s a lie,” Pusha said.
“The one thing that I can say about him is that he knows that every issue that he’s having and crying about online right now, I’ve told him distinctly about those things, distinctly. So when he gets up there and with his KKK mask and he’s screaming behind it like a pro wrestler — he gotta scream behind a mask. He don’t talk to me like he talks to others.”
Unbeknownst to Pusha T, just before the interview dropped online, Kanye shocked pop culture by renouncing antisemitism and hatred in an emotional message on X. He also lamented his former brotherhood with Pusha.
“I miss me and Pusha’s friendship.”
The post came right after Clipse’s new single, “Ace Trumpets.”
For now, Pusha T remains focused on the highly anticipated Clipse reunion album, “Let God Sort Em Out,” which hits the airwaves on July 11. This will be their first full project in 15 years.
It’s undeniable the influence that Ye once had in Pusha’s career while under the G.O.O.D. Music label, but he intimated that he cannot subscribe to Ye’s current public pronouncements and bizarre behavior.
