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Pusha T complains feud between Kid Cudi and Kanye West ‘sucks’

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Pusha T has weighed in on Kid Cudi and Kanye West’s bitter feud.

Earlier this year, the hip-hop stars fell out after Kanye blasted Kid Cudi, who used to be signed to his G.O.O.D. Music label, for being friends with Pete Davidson, who is dating his ex-wife Kim Kardashian. He later decided to remove Kid Cudi from his album Donda 2 due to his association with the Saturday Night Live comedian.

In an interview with Vulture, Pusha reflected on the situation, which is awkward for him as they all collaborated on a song titled Rock n Roll for his new album It’s Almost Dry.

Acknowledging that the tension “sucks”, the star explained: “You know Cudi is my f**king brother to the end. Just navigating these relationships, this brotherhood, the arguing… it gets public. It’s one thing for us to argue. We all argue – that’s not a problem. It gets out there, whether it’s Ye bickering first, or Cudi coming back with what he says. It’s super f**ked up.”

Pusha, real name Terrence Thornton, also claimed that Kanye and Kid Cudi were on great terms back when they recorded the track a year ago.

“Everybody was so f**king happy,” he recounted. “Ye’s chopping the BeyoncĂ© sample. Cudi happens to come in that day. We see each other, and I hadn’t seen him in a while. He’s like, ‘I gotta get on a record. Are you crazy?’ Cudi did, like, three or four different references. BeyoncĂ© cleared the sample. There was so much great energy around the making of that record.”

Despite the drama, Pusha noted that Kid Cudi still cleared Rock n Roll for release after the fallout: “He did what he did for his bro, and I love him for that.”

– Cover Media