Somewhat late within the yr for all this unfavorable power however right here we go. Looks as if Dame Sprint remains to be holding a grudge–amongst many–towards John Legend for selecting to not signal with Roc-A-Fella Data again within the day, regardless of the rapper and entrepreneur’s perception that Legend was destined for the label.
Talking candidly on The Artwork of Dialogue, Dame revealed a long-standing frustration concerning the Grammy-winning singer’s early profession selections.
“John Legend was speculated to be Roc-A-Fella,” Sprint declared. “I took him on tour. I wouldn’t have spent cash to take John around the globe with Kanye [West], letting him sing earlier than Kanye carried out, until I believed he was signing with Roc-A-Fella. However he did some sneaky shit and went to Sony as an alternative.”
Sneaky ish … Ha. Dame is certainly one to by no means, ever mince phrases.
Now in fact regardless of not becoming a member of Roc-A-Fella, John Legend went on to forge a profitable profession with Kanye West, changing into the primary artist signed to West’s G.O.O.D. Music imprint. Legend’s 2004 debut album Get Lifted was launched by a three way partnership with Sony, a partnership that led to 5 extra albums collectively.
However means again when, their skilled relationship soured throughout Kanye’s controversial 2020 presidential marketing campaign, significantly over political variations, which created a rift between the 2 artists.
ICYMI, as a result of we did, in a 2022 interview with The New Yorker, Legend clarified the rationale behind the fallout, explaining that the actual challenge wasn’t Kanye’s help of Donald Trump, however reasonably Legend’s refusal to again Kanye’s presidential bid. “He was very upset I didn’t help him working for president,” Legend defined. “That’s what prompted the pressure in our friendship. I don’t know what the long run holds, however it’s as much as him whether or not he strikes previous it.”
Get this, even Kanye himself mirrored on their damaged relationship throughout a 2021 look on Drink Champs, accusing each Legend and Large Sean of betraying him throughout his marketing campaign. “After I ran for workplace, John Legend and Large Sean obtained utilized by the Democrats to return at their boy—the one who really modified their lives. That’s some sell-out shit. I don’t rock with both of them anymore,” Kanye mentioned, additional deepening the rift.
Again to Dame Sprint. His feedback, although, convey consideration to a different layer of business politics, as he believes Legend ought to have joined forces with Roc-A-Fella reasonably than making a cope with Sony. His feedback additionally spotlight the fractured relationships which have grow to be a theme in Kanye West’s profession—one which has seen alliances shift as private and political variations got here to the forefront.
For Dame Sprint, his longstanding discontent with Legend is a part of a broader narrative of shifting allegiances within the hip-hop world. With their once-close ties now fractured, this newest reveal solely provides to the difficult historical past between among the largest names in music.
What ya’ll assume? Is Dame simply being Dame or does he have a degree? Eh, we’ll let ya’ll be the choose.