Pusha T has stepped down because the President of GOOD Music, seven years after he was appointed to the place at Kanye West’s esteemed label.
In an interview with XXL, the It’s Almost Dry hitmaker confirmed he was not affiliated with Ye’s label, and mentioned he’s distanced himself from the Yeezy mogul because of his latest torrent of hate speech and antisemitism. Pusha first spoke out towards his shut collaborator in November, saying Ye’s derogatory feedback about Jews have been “disappointing,” and King Push reaffirmed this sentiment to XXL.
He referred particularly to feedback Ye made just lately about Hitler on Alex Jones’ Info Wars podcast.
“It’s beyond that and it’s nothing to tap dance around,” Push mentioned of the feedback. “It’s wrong. Period. But to me, it’s just me and him having a difference of opinion yet again. ’Cause we done had this for years.”
He continued, “He’s not speaking to me now. If you ain’t with it, you ain’t down. And I ain’t with it. I’m not budging on that. I’m not with it. I heard about this new stuff [on InfoWars]. I don’t know. It’s something that just sort of tells me he’s not well, at the same time. I will say that. It’s going to places where it’s no way to move around it.”
Elsewhere within the interview, Push referred to Ye’s alignment together with his arch-nemesis Drake, in addition to the political disagreement they received in over the 2016 presidential election.
“Remember, I’m the one that said the MAGA hat is the new Klu Klux Klan hood while he’s making my album,” Push mentioned. “He beefing with [former President Barack] Obama. I met Obama. But it’s the same thing with him and the Drake thing. I’m going through this and that, he’s doing shows [with Drake].”
He added that the final time he spoke to Ye was whereas he was within the midst of his It’s Almost Dry Tour, and whereas they continued to disagree, Push mentioned that Ye was grateful he wasn’t dragging his identify by means of the mud.
“I just expressed myself. I express myself to him a lot,” Pusha mentioned. “He expressed his thoughts to me. And he got off the phone saying, ‘Thank you. I know you don’t agree with me, but you never kill me in the public. And some people can’t wait to do that.’”
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Push’s feedback come as Ye, who has been criticized for weeks over his repeated antisemitic remarks, just lately doubled down on his love of the bigoted German mass assassin Adolf Hitler throughout an interview with Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes in Los Angeles.
“So, you love Jews, but you’re canceled for antisemitism because you also love Hitler, but you love everyone equally,” McInnes mentioned.
“Yeah, Jewish people can’t tell me who I can love and who I can’t love,” Ye replied. “You can’t force your pain on everyone else. Jewish people, forgive Hitler today. Let it go, let it go, and stop trying to force it on other people. Goodnight.”
Most just lately the New York Post reported {that a} 63-year-old man was attacked whereas strolling by means of Central Park on Wednesday (December 14), with authorities saying the assailant made a number of antisemitic statements earlier than yelling out “Kanye 2024” and strolling off. The phrase was a reference to Ye’s present presidential run.
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