Kanye to make old school rap record?

Mr Hudson has spoken about his friend and mentor Kanye West, revealing that the 'Love Lockdown' star is "getting back into rapping" on his new material.

West was thought to be planning a visit to a Hindu retreat following the backlash for his on-stage VMAs outburst. However, Hudson claimed that the incident has not affected the rapper's work rate.

"Kanye West hasn't gone crazy or entered rehab after the Taylor Swift MTV awards debacle - I just think everything around him went crazy," he told the Daily Star.

"I saw him a couple of weeks ago and he was keeping a low profile, which is sensible. He's been working so hard, touring, producing stuff for Jay-Z and Rihanna while also doing shoots for Louis Vuitton."

Hudson added: "And Kanye's getting back into rapping. He might make an old school record on a tape deck, like the Beastie Boys used to do. Just a drum machine, ghetto blaster and a microphone."