Kanye West played a pretty pivotal role in the career of John Legend. When he was cutting his teeth as an up-and-coming artist, he co-wrote and sang a variety of hooks for Ye. Eventually, when he launched his G.O.O.D. Music label, Legend was the first person to sign. With the Chicago MC in his corner as a producer and head of the label, he eventually became a star in R&B.

However, over the years, their relationship has cooled significantly. Their creative partnership died down over time, and the more controversy Kanye West sparked, the more distant he became. Eventually, the hurtful antisemitic and MAGA rants led John Legend to disavow himself completely from the artist who helped him blow up.

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Kanye West expressed deep remorse for his actions and comments over the years with a lengthy apology in The Wall Street Journal . There, he cited his bipolar disorder and his traumatic car accident early in his career as a major source of his mental decay. Many of his old collaborators and G.O.O.D.…