Does Kanye West need to apologize to fans for supporting Donald Trump? For Talib Kweli, who first started working with Kanye in the early 2000s and considers him a friend, it's hard to separate Kanye the artist from Kanye the Trump supporter. "When I hear his records, I think about Trump, and I'm like, 'I don't wanna feel like this,'" Kweli said on "Salon Talks." "It's triggering to me, and it's triggering to other people."

Watch the video above to hear why Kweli still takes Kanye's phone calls and why he believes Kanye is ready to start a healing process with fans and Black Americans. And check out the full "Salon Talks" episode with Kweli to hear him reflect on his career in hip hop and his new book "Vibrate Higher: A Rap Story": https://www.salon.com/tv/video/yupylc