John Legend has responded to Kanye West’s latest weird insults, describing the remarks as “unhappy”.
John Legend has responded to Kanye West’s latest weird insults, describing the remarks as ‘unhappy’
The singer hit again on the rapper, 48, after he sparked controversy in a March interview with DJ Akademiks, throughout which he wore a Ku Klux Klan outfit and launched a rant together with the road: “Take a look at John Legend’s outdated sissy a**.”
Kanye went on: “I ain’t by no means do nothing incorrect to that n****. I modified generations of his life. And he acquired on that f****** ass scorching sweater. They mentioned he smells like mashed potatoes.”
Whereas reflecting on their previous collaboration throughout an look on Scorching 97’s Ebro within the Morning radio present, John, 46, tackled Kanye’s fixation on his look.
The crooner mentioned: “He was very obsessive about me sporting sweaters. He was very obsessive about the sweaters, and he mentioned I smelled like mashed potatoes. “What sort of potatoes? Tacky, garlic?”
When host Peter Rosenberg requested John if Kanye’s remarks “offended” or made him “unhappy,” John replied: “All of it makes (him) unhappy. All of it. Not for me, although, as a result of clearly, I scent nice.”
Peter agreed, confirming John “smells implausible”.
“It by no means impacts me personally, however the entire story is gloomy,” John added.
He went on: “Like, seeing this man reward Hitler, seeing this man be this power of hate and vitriol and nastiness. Any individual who has made a number of the nice artwork of this century as an artist, as a performer, as a dressmaker.
“All of the issues that he’s performed to make the world extra stunning and extra fascinating after which for him to be this now’s unhappy. It’s simply unhappy.”
John additionally insisted he “by no means noticed this facet of (Kanye) that was obsessive about Hitler” and had “no thought” the rapper felt this fashion.
“I’ve pals that I discuss politics with on a regular basis; he was by no means one among them,” John mentioned.
He added: “He simply by no means talked about it in dialog. What a time, what a time.”
Requested to explain the “outdated Kanye” with whom he labored on a number of tracks, John mentioned: “He was filled with a lot power and creativity and optimism.”
“We actually believed we had been beginning a brand new motion in music.
“Being part of that was inspiring and thrilling. That’s why it’s unhappy now as a result of we did wonderful issues collectively as a collective.
“I’ve no regrets as a result of regardless that he’s gone fully left now, I’m so glad we did what we did collectively.”
The pair collaborated on a number of songs early of their careers, with John’s soulful model complementing Kanye’s modern manufacturing.
