Jared Leto Advises Kanye

04 May 2009

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Jared Leto gave Kanye West singing advice.

The 30 Seconds to Mars star has been collaborating with the rapper and advised the 'Stronger' hitmaker not to rap or use auto-tune - the electronic device used by the rapper on his album '808's and Heartbreak' to give his voice a smoother sound - when recording his vocals.

Jared - who was also joined by The Killers singer Brandon Flowers on 'Hurricane' - said: "This is Kanye singing. I happen to think he has a really great voice. I like his voice a lot. My favourite is when he sings, as opposed to rapping, and I told him that as well, that I really liked him as a singer. But the Auto-Tune thing doesn't really bug me."

I happen to think he has a really great voice

Jared is thrilled with the trio's efforts and admits he was amazed that the collaboration came about.

He added to MTV news: "I had actually brought up the idea of working with Kanye some time ago, but it's pretty unbelievable that it actually happened.

"He came by here, he was here in the studio, and we did some initial kind of listening, and he did some singing, and we knew we needed to kind of follow up and finish things, so I went over to Hawaii with an engineer and a small crew, and we had a great time."