He would never had gotten on without P, but his solo career would be unnoticeable if it was not for Ye
Without Kanye he would be fairly irrelevant as a solo artist
I was around for my name is my name release. To the KTT music listeners heavily invested in rap? Yea we knew. But even at that time people were not checking for him or his music. And that was a good album. Darkest before dawn? Forget about it. S*** was mid and nobody cared.
He had some features but he barely got any shine until 2018 and we all know how that came about. And that was because of Kanye too. Daytona came and he decided to soldier up for Kanye and that saved his entire career.
For Pusha T alone it's definitely Ye. Without him he would be nothing
For Clipse it's Pharrell
It’s P… without Pharrell him and Malice would’ve been a forgotten duo from the 90s that got shelved and would be every “hip hop head” blog online’s favorite what if to post about.
Ye was also essential to his career once he went Solo and def raised his profile but P was also there during that period of his career and was still a factor.