Kanye West's Ex: "I Wish Him the Best"

Martha — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:53:36 -0400

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"We truly do remain friends," Alexis Phifer tells Us after he calls off their engagement

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Kanye West’s former fiancee Alexis Phifer opens up to Usmagazine.com about the rapper breaking off their engagement.

"It's been hard and not been an easy time. I tried to keep things private but yes, it's sad when things end like this and we truly do remain friends,” Phifer tells Us. “I wish him the best in his future and all of his endeavors. He's one of the most talented people I've ever met, that's for sure."

Murmurs of a split began late last week with rumors erupting Monday morning over airwaves and blogs. A source close to the couple tells Us that "Kanye is possessed by the tour and everything going on and just couldn't keep it going. They are still friends and have broken up and gotten back together before, so it could work out."

West, 30, proposed to Phifer in 2006 while vacationing in Italy.

A source close to the couple tells Us, "He broke up with her. Alexis still doesn't really know what happened. It's like she lost her best friend too. Things may change one day. He embraced her son and supported her business and her with all his heart. It's just a rough time right now."

A rep for West had no comment.

The couple — who were honored at Us' Hot Hollywood bash last year — had been dating since 2002, but split briefly in 2004 when West briefly hooked up with Brooke Crittendon, an assistant at MTV, a source told Us.

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Mandi Illuzzi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:46 -0400

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The rapper "just couldn't keep it going," a source tells <b>Us</b>

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Kanye West and his fiancee Alexis Phifer have split, a source tells Usmagazine.com.

A source close to the couple tells Us that "Kanye is possessed by the tour and everything going on and just couldn't keep it going. They are still friends and have broken up and gotten back together before, so it could work out."

A rep for West had no comment.

West, 30, proposed to Phifer in 2006 while vacationing in Italy.

Sources close to the Grammy-Award winning rapper previously told Us that he would tie the knot with Phifer to honor his late mother Donda’s wishes that they make their relationship official. (Phifer stood by West's side after Donda died following plastic surgery last year.)

“I’m just going to go and get married,” West told GQ last year. “I’m not going to make a big deal out of it.”

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