In a new cover story with XXL, Pusha T revealed that he is no longer president of Kanye West’s record label G.O.O.D. Music.
“I just expressed myself. I express myself to him a lot. 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,’” the “Diet Coke” rapper said of his last conversation with West.
He continued, “We started working together in 2010. So, my relationship with him has never been like everybody else’s in regard to the filter. I never had a filter with him. I’ve always spoke my mind. People gotta remember, too. This isn’t new for me, when it comes to disagreeing with him politically and things like that.”
When Pusha T was asked about his thoughts on the Grammy Award-winning rapper’s controversial appearance on far-right radio host Alex Jones’ InfoWars podcast earlier this month, he said it was “nothing to tap dance around.”
“It’s beyond that and it’s nothing to tap dance around. 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 said.
He added, “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.”
In April, the New York native released his fourth studio album It’s Almost Dry under G.O.O.D. Music and Def Jam Recordings. It debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200 charts and earned 55,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.