Pusha T Addresses His Friend & Collaborator Kanye West's Antisemitic Comments

Pusha T is speaking out about his friend Kanye West.

The 45-year-old rapper opened up in a new interview about the 45-year-old Yeezy superstar’s recent rants on social media and in interviews, which featured anti-Semitic commentary about the Jewish community and conspiracy theories.

“It’s definitely affected me,” Pusha T said to the Los Angeles Times.

“It’s been disappointing,” he continued.

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“As a Black man in America, there is no room for bigotry or hate speech. So yeah. It’s been very disappointing, let’s talk straight.”

The two artists have collaborated together since 2010, when Pusha signed to Kanye‘s G.O.O.D. Music imprint under Def Jam Recordings. He appeared on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy on the track “Runaway.” Since then, Kanye has served as executive producer on Pusha’s solo albums, My Name is My Name and Daytona.

“Writing and recording with Ye is a very special thing for me. We actually have a lot of the same taste, we love just barred-out rap. He would tell me things like, ‘Man, you just be the extreme version of yourself. And I’m gonna be the extreme version of myself,’” he said of working together on his latest project, It’s Almost Dry.

“Creatively, Ye has meant freedom to me. A lot of times, people would try to get me to change certain things about my process, change certain things about me lyrically, change certain things about the content. He never has been like that. He always saw me for who I was and knew how to take it to the next level.”

Kanye West‘s relationship with another high-power friend is also seemingly fizzling.