Future says that he is a lot higher associates with Kanye West than individuals notice, as a result of he would not submit all the things on social media. The govt producer of Donda 2 mentioned his relationship with West throughout a brand new cowl story for GQ, wherein the outlet labels him the “greatest rapper alive.”

“Me and Kanye at all times had a relationship,” Future explains. “Nevertheless it’s onerous for individuals to grasp, as a result of I don’t put all the things on Instagram. Kanye flew me to Paris in 2011 or 2012 to work on music. [Discussing] his clothes line earlier than it got here, his shoe enterprise earlier than it got here. Folks don’t know I’ve been in a position to go to his home, and pull up proper into the crib. We simply by no means talked about it.”

Future. Kanye West
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West has had excessive reward for Future as of late, calling him “essentially the most influential artist of the previous 10 years” on the Drink Champs podcast again in 2021. As for the way Future felt in regards to the praise, he says it made him mirror on the aforementioned Paris from journey a decade prior.

“When he mentioned that, I understood why he known as me to Paris, regardless that I didn’t perceive it at the moment,” says Future. “I understood why we had sure conversations. I understood him being part of ‘I Received.’ Even him having me write on sure [Kanye] albums that folks don’t even perceive I wrote on.”

He provides: “Generally not getting credit score whenever you write with him as a result of the love of the artwork is…I need it to be proper. Prime tier. Simply having the ability to create and put these textures over completely different music, and being concerned with one thing like that. After which later down the road in a priceless second, him saying what he mentioned on Drink Champs. The worth of that assertion. The worth of the connection because it continues to develop, the worth of simply treating individuals like they’re priceless, as a substitute of treating individuals like they obtained a greenback signal on them each time.”

Take a look at Future’s GQ cowl under.

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