Teyana Taylor revealed her friendship status with Kanye West in rare remarks after the rapper’s public controversies in recent years
The 35-year-old star – who recently gave an emotional speech after her Golden Globe win over the past weekend – opened up about the topic during an interview with Vanity Fair published on Tuesday.
Taylor has previously worked with West and appeared in his 2016 music video for the track Fade. She was also signed to his record label G.O.O.D Music until she left in 2020 after feeling ‘underappreciated.’
‘I don’t have to agree with everything that he do or say, but I’m not going to, like, abandon him and be like, “Yeah, eff that motherf*****,”‘ the singer told the outlet.
The Heartless rapper garnered backlash after he made a series of antisemitic comments and political rants on social media.
However, he has since renounced his past statements and said on X last year: ‘I am done with antisemitism. I love all people.’
Taylor further expressed to Vanity Fair, ‘My brothers do s*** that I don’t agree with… I don’t get into none of that.’
She went on to explain that she keeps it ‘real’ when it comes to her conversations with West – who also goes by Ye.
‘If you want a real answer, you ask me. So if he asks me something, he knows he’s gonna get a real answer.’
However, the star emphasized that she keeps her focus on her own life and said, ‘I do my s*** behind the scenes and do what I need to do to help. I’m in my business and I drink my water.’
Taylor signed to the rapper’s G.O.O.D. record label back in 2012 and the pair worked on a number of collaborations such as the music video for We Got Love.
The dancer had the chance to work on her own music and released three albums under West’s label including VII (2014), K.T.S.E (2018) and The Album (2020).
But after the release of the latter, she took to Instagram to announce that she would be ‘retiring’ from the music industry.
‘I ain’t gone front in times of feeling super under appreciated as a artist, receiving little to no real push from the “machine,” constantly getting the shorter end of the stick, being overlooked, I mean the list on and on lol,’ she penned to her followers.
‘I’m retiring this chapter of my story with the comfort that i can depart with peace of mind seeing that all the hard work & passion put in was indeed loved & supported somewhere in the world!’
She gave a special shout out to her fans and positively added ‘that when one door closes another will open’ when it came to her future.
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