Teyana Taylor on Friendship With Kanye West: “I Don’t Have to Agree With Everything He Does”

Golden Globe winner Teyana Taylor has revealed the raw honesty and loyalty that characterize her friendship and professional relationship with on-off collaborator Kanye West, who buoyed her first wave of fame as a singer before she exited the music industry to pursue Hollywood stardom more than five years ago.

Taylor is poised to light up the remainder of awards season after bagging her first major trophy at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, where she took home best supporting actress for her scorching turn as revolutionary and reluctant mother Perfidia Beverly Hills in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Before her pivotal role in this year’s Oscars frontrunner — as well as the 2023 indie A Thousand and One, comedy roles in White Men Can’t Jump and Coming 2 America; and TV work including Straw and All’s Fair — Taylor was a sought-after choreographer and rising singer.

“Google Me,” Taylor’s debut single,…