John Legend reflected on his longtime friendship with rap legend-turned-sh-t-posting-Nazi-supporter Kanye “Ye” West in an interview with The Times of London. Legend said that he was first introduced to West in 2001,

As we write this, Kanye West has successfully mined the latest deposit of the life-giving attention that appears to be the only thing that sustains him at this point, having released a song this week called “Heil Hitler.

The singer said it has been "somewhat shocking" to see his former friend, a.k.a. Kanye West, develop "obsessions with antisemitism" and "anti-Blackness."