Pusha T has stepped down as the President of G.O.O.D. Music, seven years after he was appointed to the position at Kanye West’s esteemed label.
In an interview with XXL, the It’s Almost Dry hitmaker confirmed he was no longer affiliated with Ye’s label, and said he’s distanced himself from the Yeezy mogul due to his recent torrent of hate speech and antisemitism.
Pusha first spoke out against his close collaborator in November, saying Ye’s derogatory comments about Jews were “disappointing,” and King Push reaffirmed this sentiment to XXL.
He referred specifically to comments Ye made recently about Hitler on Alex Jones’ Info Wars podcast.
“It’s beyond that and it’s nothing to tap dance around,” Push said of the comments. “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 in the interview, Push referred to Ye’s alignment with his arch-nemesis Drake, as well as the political disagreement they got 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 said. “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 last time he spoke to Ye was while he was in the midst of his It’s Almost Dry Tour, and while they continued to disagree, Push said that Ye was grateful he wasn’t dragging his name through the mud.
“I just expressed myself. I express myself to him a lot,” Pusha said. “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.'”
Push’s comments come as Ye, who has been criticized for weeks over his repeated antisemitic remarks, recently doubled down on his love of the bigoted German mass murderer Adolf Hitler during 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 said.
“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 recently the New York Post reported that a 63-year-old man was attacked while strolling through Central Park on Wednesday (December 14), with authorities saying the assailant made several antisemitic statements before yelling out “Kanye 2024” and walking off. The phrase was a reference to Ye’s current presidential run.
Here come the Koonye stans.
Most of ’em probably white boys from the burbs, ironically.
Isn’t that what Koonye has wanted to be from the beginning?
Hindsight being 20/20, it would seem so, unfortunately.
Push a real one. I remember him being the only one telling ye to his face when he does something foul. Glad to see Push had enough and realized he has to cut ye off. Cant have toxic people in your life. That will drain you fr.
There’s no GOOD Music to distribute or run. He’ll be aight.
Didn’t Clipse have a line from HHNF, something like “when I cook crack, I turn it to a tight wad, like the Pyrex is Jewish”. Saying Jews are tightwads? As in cheap? It wasn’t a Pusha line, it was Malice, but still…
For that matter, hasn’t Push made a career out of the glorification of selling dope? I’d argue that way worse than saying Hitler had a few redeeming characteristics. But what do I know?
You dont know anything.
Didn’t Clipse have a line from HHNF, something like “when I cook crack, I turn it to a tight wad, like the Pyrex is Jewish”. Saying Jews are tightwads? As in cheap? It wasn’t a Pusha line, it was Malice, but still…
For that matter, hasn’t Push made a career out of the glorification of selling dope? I’d argue that way worse than saying Hitler had a few redeeming characteristics. But what do I know?
Stfu you dimwit and stop reaching. Calling somewhat out for being financially savvy is not the same as saying you love the main villain in a people’s history. Ye went too far with his “I’m a tortured genius” rhetoric.
is your dumb ass tryna say that rapping about coke is worst than praising hitler and pushing his propoganda?
Ye isn’t pushing no Hitler’s propaganda. He can praise w.e the fuck he want. Yeah rapping abt sailing drugs is worse the. Someone liking hitler
Anthony marshall – award for dumbest, dumb nigga comment I’ve seen this year. Nigga you were 2 weeks away from avoiding this award but you chose to defend koonye with the worst defense since gunna saying he didn’t snitch
Awesome to see Push keep it real even in the face of losing positions. It’s a win in the long run, Kanye has completely lost his mind and his self destruction will also take out anyone around him.
I despise disloyal people. Kanye West produced his last two albums (with co-production from Pharrell on the last one) and both albums were nominated for Grammys. I bet he won’t have another Grammy-nominated album without Ye.
Disloyalty is the worst trait. Kanye West produced his last two albums (with co-production from Pharrell on the last one) and both albums were nominated for Grammys. I bet he won’t have another Grammy-nominated album without Ye.
You sound like you have a thing for abuisve relationships.
Who gives a fuck about a goddamn grammy?
It’s not disloyalty, it’s business. And Gimpye is bad for business.
Right, True
RIP Pusha
Ye is getting too negative for people concerned with their career to bother with. Talking all this hitler business saying jews need to forgive is bad for business. bad for the brand. I’m sure it hurts Push to have it come to this but the fact is if Ye has been going around for years ranting and raving about whatever then he’s going to have to accept the consequences. can’t have public figures going around being racist and acting strangely. Ye would rather rep for Balenciaga than his old block and that’s why he doesn’t have the public support for whatever he’s on. at a certain point this hurts others. hopefully ye likes his new life as a indie rapper and can come up with something to redeem himself.