Kanye West reveals death of 'one of my best friends' Kobe Bryant was 'a game changer for me'

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Kanye West revealed that the death of 'one of my best friends' Kobe Bryant was 'a game changer for me.'Kobe died aged 41 this January with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other people in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.'He was the basketball version of me, and I was the rap version of him, and that’s facts!' the 42-year-old said in a GQinterview conducted three days after Kobe's death.

Longtime bond:Kanye West revealed that the death of 'one of my best friends' Kobe Bryant was 'a game changer for me'; the pair are pictured at the World Music Awards in 2004Kanye shared: 'One thing I thought was really amazing is that we were able to find a groove with the photographs today even as out of it as I was with the loss of.