Kanye West was spotted during a low-key outing on Wednesday as he enjoyed breakfast with a friend in New York City.
The 45-year-old superstar rapper was seen at the upscale French bakery Ladurée while deep in conversation with his friend over coffee.
The meeting occurred shortly after the Kanye’s former friend Kid Cudi blasted him in a new profile for the way Kanye publicly ended their friendship over Cudi’s coziness with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian‘s former boyfriend Pete Davidson.
Catching up: Kanye West, 45, was seen in a sleeveless hoodie while sporting a thick beard as he met a friend for breakfast at Ladurée in New York City on Wednesday
Kanye wore a similar outfit to one he was seen wearing while in Malibu with the OnlyFans model Monica Corgan on August 12.
He had on a similar sleeveless black hoodie with the sides cut off, and he pulled the hood up over a plain black baseball cap.
He paired the top with black cargo pants and wore muted charcoal Yeezy trainers.
The Flashing Lights rapper appeared to be letting his beard grow out, and he showed off a particularly thick one while out in New York City.
No fuss: He wore baggy cargo pants and charcoal Yeezy trainers while having a chat over coffee. The outfit was similar to one he wore days earlier in Malibu
It’s not clear if the two men were having a business discussion or a personal chat, though the producer’s business sense was recently questioned on social media.
He was widely mocked after a photo began circulating that showed how Yeezy products sold in Gap stores were displayed rumpled up in what looked like large trash bags.
‘This is how they are selling Yeezy GAP. The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had it on hangers and this is how he wanted it,’ claimed the original account. ‘They won’t help you find ur size too, you just have to dig through everything.’
West was criticized by many users who expressed sympathy for Gap employees who now had to deal with the unwieldy piles of messy clothes.
‘Remember, Kanye literally worked at The Gap. He knows what he’s doing to those employees,’ wrote one Twitter user.
Not great: The producer’s business sense was recently questioned on social media when was widely mocked after a photo circulated showing Yeezy products sold in Gap stores that were displayed rumpled up in what looked like large trash bags
Kanye was a prime subject of Kid Cudi’s recent Esquire cover story, in which he lambasted the older hitmaker for mercilessly mocking him on social media in recent months.
Cudi (real name: Scott Mescudi) became the target of Kanye’s broadsides because of his apparent friendship with Pete Davidson, who had been dating Kanye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian since late last year.
As payback, Kanye removed Cudi’s feature on his critically reviled album Donda 2 and made him an occasional punchline in Instagram posts harassing Pete.
‘I’ve been on every one of that man’s albums. He’s only been on two of mine. That should tell you something,’ Cudi said to illustrate the lack of mutual respect between the two former friends. ‘And don’t think I didn’t ask.’
The occasional actor continued: ‘Do you know how it feels to wake up one day, look at your social media, and you’re trending because somebody’s talking some s*** about you?’ Cudi said.
‘And then you got this person’s trolls sending you messages on Instagram and Twitter? All in your comments? That s*** pissed me off. That he had the power to f*** with me that week. That he used his power to f*** with me. That pissed me off. You f***ing with my mental health now, bro.’
Loyalty: Kanye’s ex friend Kid Cudi also blasted him in his Esquire profile on Wednesday for taking him off Donda 2 because of his friendship with Kim Kardashian’s then-beau Pete Davidson; Kanye (L) seen with (L–R) Timothée Chalamet, Cudi and Pete Davidson
‘I don’t see it happening’: Cudi said Kanye would ‘have to become a monk’ for them to ever be friends again; pictured in 2011
He didn’t pull his punches when criticizing Kanye for making him collateral damage in his feud with Pete.
‘I’m not one of your kids. I’m not Kim. It don’t matter if I’m friends with Pete or not friends with Pete. None of this s*** had anything to do with me,’ Cudi said. ‘If you can’t be a grown man and deal with the fact that you lost your woman? That’s not my f***ing problem. You need to own up to your s*** like every man in this life has. I’ve lost women, too. And I’ve had to own up to it. I don’t need that in my life. I don’t need it.’
He also included a jab at Drake for restarting his friendship with Kanye after years of feuding, and said the Power rapper would need to ‘become a monk’ if they were ever to put their differences aside, which he strongly doubted could ever happen.
Can’t help himself: Kanye brought a peaceful phase of his divorce from Kim Kardashian to a screeching halt with a meme mocking her ex Pete Davidson after their split
In recent weeks, Kanye appeared to have entered a relatively peaceful phase of his divorce from Kim Kardashian, but that came to a screeching halt shortly after news broke of her split from Pete.
He celebrity the announcement by posting a meme of a fake New York Times front page with a massive headline reading, ‘Skete Davidson Dead At Age 28.’
Kanye also included a jab at Cudi in minuscule text at the bottom which referenced him ending his Rolling Loud set after audience members threw bottles and other objects at him.
Following the post, a source exclusively told DailyMail.com that Kim found it ‘appalling.’
Seeing red: Following the post, a source exclusively told DailyMail.com that Kim found it ‘appalling.’ A source close to her said, ‘Kim won’t stand for this. She is demanding that Kanye take the post down, but he won’t’; seen in 2020 in Beverly Hills
‘Kim won’t stand for this. She is demanding that Kanye take the post down, but he won’t,’ said a source close to the reality icon.
Although there was no indication that the formerly married couple might get back together, Kanye’s behavior toward her and Pete — and his final parting shot at the comedian — seems to have ended those prospects for good.
‘She has been vigorously defending Pete. She’ll never get back together with Kanye over the way he’s treated the people she loves and respects,’ the source continued.
Hours after he shared the post, it was taken down and his Instagram was again bare.
source: dailymail.co.uk
