Pusha T has stepped down as the President of GOOD 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.’”
