John Legend recently discussed his former mentor Kanye West.
Recently, John had a confessional with TimeIn which he recalled what Kanye West looked like before falling.
He started by saying: “At the time, Kanye was very passionate, very gifted, and he had great dreams not only for himself but also for all people around him.”
“He had so much optimism, so much creativity. It seems sad, sometimes shocking, to see where he is now,” added the singer.
In addition to that, John Legend led that the anti-Semitic remarks of his ex-friend and anti-black comments could be the result of his mental worsening.
“I have not seen what we see now, his obsessions with anti-Semitism, anti-lawyer, and it is sad to see his devolution,” he also expressed.
Conclusively, John Legend admitted that he had witnessed “definitively a difference” in the rapper’s mental state after the death of his mother Donda West in 2007.
“I do not think that we are qualified for the psychoanalysis, but after the death of his mother in 2007, there was certainly a difference,” he said and noticed in conclusion: “His descent started at that time and seems to have accelerated recently.”