Kanye West’s collaborator Vory says he is ‘taking a year off’ from music while ‘battling his own s***’… after his split from Chaney Jones

Kanye West is stepping back from the music industry temporarily, one of his collaborators recently claimed.

In an interview with Complex that was published Tuesday, the rapper Vory — who worked with West on his song Daylight — said the 45-year-old hip hop icon is ‘taking a year off’ as he works on ‘battling his own s***.’

Representatives for West did not immediately return DailyMail.com’suest for comment.

‘I was just talking to [Kanye] today,’ Vory, 24, said in the interview. ‘We’ve been talking through my best friend who’s also his ᴀssistant, because he hasn’t been wanting to talk to anybody.

‘He’s taking a year off, and he was like, “Damn, you think Vory is going to be mad at me if I don’t go to his release party?” And I was like, “Nah, you’re straight, bro,”‘ he shared.

‘He’s battling his own s***,’ Vory claimed, before adding, ‘That’s my dog, I learned a lot from him.’

In addition to their collaboration on his album Lost Souls, which was released last week, Vory is also featured on several tracks on Kanye’s Donda album.

‘I was originally featured on Donda five times,’ Vory explained to Complex. ‘And [Kanye] was just like, “Bruh, we damn near got an EP on this thing.” So I guess his team decided that three times was enough.’

Daylight was initially part of the tentative Donda track list and was played at the first album listening show, but it was dropped from subsequent iterations before making its way to Vory’s solo album.

He praised the rapper-turned-fashion star for helping to legitimize his vision.

‘The person who made me realize my twisted thoughts weren’t so twisted was Ye, because we think alike,’ he said.