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John Legend credited Kanye West with pushing labels to sign him and landing early collaborations with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, stating in a new interview: "He bet on me."

Legend said he remains open to a private conversation with West despite their estrangement, but any meeting wouldn’t become a public reunion.

Legend reflected on their history while promoting Muse , his first full-length album in four years, which Pharrell Williams produced entirely.

John Legend has taken some time to reflect on the impact Kanye West had on the early parts of his career, even though the two of them don't speak anymore.

In a new interview with Genius , Legend, who released his new album Muse last week, described how Ye went to bat for him in the earliest days.

"Early on, he worked really hard to get me signed," Legend said. "He would go to all the meetings with me at the record labels, and he'd put me on other records with Slum Village, Dilated Peoples, Jay-Z, and Alicia Keys.…