Kanye West’s manager Bu Thiam is in support of Ye meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“Listen man, that’s King Ye. Why Not?” he said. “I love that dude. He’s a leader. Sometimes he has to make tough decisions. Unfortunately in America, you hate everybody that’s not American. He’s a strong man. In his country he’s loved.”

This week, Ye’s rep shut down reports that the rapper meeting Putin.

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 “Entirely fabricated. Work of fiction or wishful thinking from these Russian people,” Pierre Rougier, a representative for West, told Rolling Stone.