Pusha T Credits Kanye West With Teaching Him About Fashion

Keys (and couture) open doors.

Rapper Pusha T, 41, teamed up with streetwear resale site Grailed for the “Pusha’s Purge” closet sale with plans to sell around 100 of his personal designer pieces from brands like Valentino, Balenciaga and BAPE.

And while the former Clipse member is now considered to be one of the chicest men in the music industry, regularly appearing in the front row at runway shows for brands like Dior and Louis Vuitton, in an interview with Grailed the G.O.O.D. Music president made it clear that wasn’t always the case.

“I knew that once I got [signed] to G.O.O.D. Music, I had to upgrade my style,” the rapper said. “I knew that I had to step it up.”

Thankfully, Kanye West, 41, was there to provide him with some sartorial instruction. Pusha continued, “Ye put me on to brands that I wasn’t as knowledgeable about, brands like Phillip Lim; he definitely put me on Dries [Van Noten].”

He explained that, at first, he felt like an “oddball” at G.O.O.D. Music because “I was the ‘dope boy’ here next to more conscious, backpack rappers. It’s like, ‘How do I dope boy this high fashion?'”

“I used to be like, ‘Man, I have to get into my Slick Rick bag,'” the “If You Know You Know” musician concluded. “Slick Rick would have on Louis cardigans and Gucci things with the gun in it. I thought ‘Oh, nah. Let’s play. Let’s look at that.'”

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