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Heidi Venable

Kanye West’s Ex-Manager Scooter Braun Gets Real About Where They Stand Now Following Rapper’s Many Controversies

Scooter Braun on CBS Mornings and Kanye West on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Kanye West has caused a lot of issues over the past few years, losing a lot of business deals and friends for his antisemitic behavior, promotion of hate and declaring himself a Nazi. Justin and Hailey Bieber cut ties with the controversial rapper, and Ye’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, reportedly has to keep her lawyer on speed dial. It sounds like he can also count Scooter Braun amongst his former friends, as the music mogul discussed his relationship with his ex-client.

Scooter Braun — likely best known for his feud with Taylor Swift — has retired as a music manager but has a pretty storied career of helping artists like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato and more reach high levels of fame. Braun went on the Question Everything podcast, where he admitted to feeling “betrayed” by some former clients. That likely includes Ye, who he managed for two or three years, Braun said. He explained the person Kanye West is today is not the man he once worked with. In his words:

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