Pusha T Shuts Door On Musical Reunion With Ye: “That’s In The Past”

Pusha T is making it crystal clear: his collaborative days with Ye, formerly Kanye West, are officially behind him.

In a candid new interview with The Guardian published Thursday (Aug. 7), the Virginia-bred lyricist not only reflected on their creative peak, but firmly shut the door on any chance of musical reconciliation.

“Just as a rap aficionado, well, being there was special!” Pusha recalled. “Creating ‘So Appalled’ and ‘New God Flow’ were some of my favorite memories. The Good Friday series, that was crazy, too.

“The albums I dropped during that time, like Daytona and It’s Almost Dry, they are very, very strong offerings. It goes without saying that me and Ye made great things together.”

Still, for Pusha, the past is exactly where that era belongs. “Yeah, that’s in the past. That’s definitely in the past,” he said firmly. “If I diss someone, it’s a very real thing to me. I watch other rappers use disses as a gimmick and sh*t like that, but that ain’t what this is for me.”

The fallout between the two once-close collaborators has been simmering for some time, which Pusha offered insight into during an interview with GQ earlier this year.

“We did… He’s a genius. And his intuition is even more genius level, right? But that’s why me and him don’t get along, because he sees through my fakeness with him. He knows I don’t think he’s a man. He knows it,” Pusha admitted.

“That’s why me and him don’t click, because he knows what I really, really think of him. He’s showed me the weakest sides of him, and he knows how I think of weak people.”

With that, it seems one of hip-hop’s most potent partnerships has reached its final verse.