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“Kanye’s Sad, Shocking Descent Came After His Mother Died,” Says Former Collaborator John Legend


West's former collaborator suggested the change came with the sudden death of West's mother in 2007.

20 years later, Legend has described West during that fertile creative period as “passionate, gifted and had big dreams for himself and the people around him.” West has encountered widespread controversy in recent years, from selling T-shirts adorned with swastika logos to wearing a black Klu Klux Klan hood in public. Get Lifted, which Legend is now taking on tour to mark its 20 th anniversary contained songs about infidelity, and harked back to Motown classics.

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