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NEWS ABOUT: Kanye West

Kanye West stories: 67 news summaries

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(Newser) - Kanye West was one of the first rappers to say, “Yo, stop it” to homophobic hip-hop artists, and his stance on homosexuality “remains the highest-profile rebuke of gay-bashing that hip-hop has seen,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. So why did West use the anti-gay hip-hop phrase “... More »

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entertainment • homophobia • Kanye West • celebrity • homosexuality • hip-hop • rapper • rap music

 Who Needs Chris? 
 Rihanna Lines Up Duets 

Jay-Z, JT, Kanye among those who want to record

Jul 14, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna’s planned duet with ex Chris Brown ended on a flat note when he allegedly assaulted her—but lucky for her, she has five back-ups good to go. Jay-Z, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, and Soulja Boy are all ready to record with her, the Mirror reports. “... More »

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entertainment • music • Kanye West • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Pharrell Williams • Soulja Boy • Chris Brown • duet

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brown Moves 
 On—With 
 Kanye's Ex 

And she's Kanye West's ex

Jul 6, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown is moving on from Rihanna by jumping into the arms of Kanye West’s ex, model Amber Rose. “They were holding hands and making out in the shadows” at Diddy's July Fourth party, sources tell the New York Daily News. More gossip:
  • Also from the Daily
... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • hip-hop • Chris Brown • Amber Rose

(Newser) - Diddy may be mixing beer with his vodka soon. Rapper-pitchman-entrepreneur Sean Combs is in talks to help market Guinness and Red Stripe, sources tell Advertising Age. Combs has already worked with Diageo, the British company behind the brews, on its Ciroc vodka brand. If the deal goes through, Combs would... More »

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marketing • beer • Kanye West • Diddy • Smirnoff • Diageo • Absolut • Guinness • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Red Stripe • KRS-One • Bud Select

GOSSIP ROUNDUP



 Tyson Weds 
 for 3rd Time 

Plus, Hef ex Kendra is pregnant, and more

Jun 10, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Less than 2 weeks after the death of his daughter, Mike Tyson married his third wife, E! reports. Tyson and Lakiha Spicer looked “very happy and very sincere,” said a spokesperson for the Las Vegas chapel where the private ceremony took place over the weekend. Elsewhere:
  • Kendra
... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Mike Tyson • Kanye West • celebrity • celebrity pregnancy • Hugh Hefner • celebrity marriage • James Van Der Beek • Kendra Wilkinson • Hank Baskett • Heidi Pratt • Lakiha Spicer • Jason Trawick • Heather McComb • Amber Rose

Concert Review

 Lil Wayne 
 Pupil Drake 
 Thrills in NYC 

Kanye, record execs come to hear buzzed-about rapper

May 28, 09 10:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Child-actor-turned-rapper Drake had fans and luminaries like Kanye West enthralled at a small New York show Tuesday, where the as-yet-unsigned artist tried to live up to the buzz.
  • “Drake's greatest gift is his ability to translate his love of rap's many styles into his own music,” Chris
... More »

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music • New York City • Kanye West • rapper • rap music • Lil Wayne • music review • Jay-ZTV • Drake

(Newser) - Kanye West says Jay-Z’s new album, Blueprint 3, will not feature the Auto-Tune effects West himself has relied on in the past, MTV reports. “We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album to make the point that this is an anti-Auto-Tune album,” said... More »

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music • Kanye West • hip-hop • rap music • album • Jay-Z • Auto-Tune • Jay-ZTV • Blueprint 3

 Nonstop Party 
 Girl Rihanna 
 Spotted at 
 Kanye's 

Friends fear she's slipping off the rails

May 25, 09 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Who's the latest in a string of new guys rumored to be dating Rihanna? Kanye West. This weekend—days after the rapper reportedly split with girlfriend Amber Rose—Rihanna was spotted leaving his New York apartment in a particularly sexy outfit, the Sun reports. Meanwhile, friends are worrying about Rihanna’... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • Rihanna

 Jay-Z 
 Leaves 
 Def Jam 


May 21, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z confirmed to RapRadar today that he has left Def Jam Records after more than a decade. The news follows an unconfirmed report on HitsDailyDouble that the rapper bought out his contract for $5 million. Jay-Z, 39, owed Def Jam one more album, but he was eager to move on... More »

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music industry • Kanye West • hip-hop • rap music • Def Jam • Jay-Z • record label • Jay-ZTV • Roc Nation • Doug Morris • LA Reid • Blueprint 3

 I Don't Have 
 a F*#@ing 
 Twitter: Kanye 

Rapper rants against fakers, in all caps

May 13, 09 10:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West’s blog is real—and not ghostwritten at all!—but he would never stoop to the level of joining Twitter, Gawker reports. The rapper vented his frustration at “losers making fake Kanye West Twitter accounts” on his blog yesterday in an all-caps rant (his usual style)... More »

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Kanye West • celebrity • Twitter • rants • Jay-ZTV

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Ex-Manager 
 Owes Us $123K: 
 Brit's Lawyers 

Plus, Kiefer and Brooke speak out over headbutt, more

May 12, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears’ legal team slapped Sam Lutfi with a 3-year restraining order—and now they’re going after his money, People reports, asking a court to order the erstwhile manager to reimburse Spears $123,142 in legal fees. They also want $72,292 from similarly restrained ex Adnan Ghalib. Elsewhere:... More »

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entertainment • Britney Spears • Kanye West • celebrity • Kiefer Sutherland • Rihanna • Adnan Ghalib • Sam Lutfi • Spencer Pratt • Chris Brown • Heidi Montag • Brooke Shields • Jack McCollough

 South Park Humbles Kanye  

Rapper takes to blog to thank writers

Apr 10, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(AP) - South Park managed to achieve what no one else could: Taming Kanye West’s ego. West, self-proclaimed “voice of this generation,” was mocked on Wednesday’s show as being so narcissistic he couldn’t understand a joke at his expense, AP reports. The rapper responded yesterday with a... More »

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Kanye West • South Park

Those Twittering Celebs Have a Little Help

50 Cent, others turn
to 'ghost Twitterers'
for microblogging

Mar 27, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - 50 Cent has more than 200,000 fans following his every 140-character pronouncement on Twitter, such as this recent gem: "My ambition leads me through a tunnel that never ends." But the multimillionaire rapper doesn't bother to write his microblog; he has an assistant who does... More »

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Britney Spears • 50 Cent • Kanye West • celebrity • Shaquille O'Neal • Twitter

Kanye West Charged in
LAX Paparazzi Scuffle

Rapper, manager allegedly smashed photographers' cameras

Mar 18, 09 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kanye West was charged with three misdemeanors today after an incident in which he and his road manager allegedly smashed cameras belonging to two paparazzi, People reports. West and Don Crawley face charges of vandalism, battery and grand theft from the incident six months ago at Los Angeles International Airport.... More »

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Los Angeles • Kanye West • airport

 Radiohead on 
 Miley 'Feud': 
 Grow Up 

Band responds to her threat to 'ruin them'

Mar 13, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The members of Radiohead don't seem too worried about Miley Cyrus' threat to "ruin them" issued after they passed on meeting her at the Grammys, MTV reports. "When Miley grows up, she'll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement," the band told Us Weekly. Hannah... More »

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Kanye West • feud • Radiohead • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards

Miley Vows to 'Ruin' Radiohead After Snub

Band's refusal to say hello has starlet fuming

Mar 6, 09 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Rockers Radiohead aren’t huge Hannah Montana fans, the Daily Mirror reports. Miley Cyrus tells a Portland radio station she’s bent after the band snubbed her at the Grammy Awards. “My manager asked and said, you know, ‘Miley, she’s really obsessed and she’d really like... More »

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Kanye West • Radiohead • Miley Cyrus • Grammy Awards

 Whitney Grooves at 
 A-List Grammy Gala 

Paul McCartney, Kanye West also at Clive Davis tribute

Feb 8, 09 12:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Whitney Houston emerged from seclusion to headline the star-studded Pre-Grammy Gala last night, and didn’t disappoint, Edna Gundersen writes in USA Today. The diva belted out a “short but lively medley” that included I Will Always Love You and I’m Every Woman. But she wasn’t the... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • Kanye West • Jennifer Hudson • Grammy Awards • Whitney Houston • Barry Manilow

Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Jailed for DUI

Jan Adams had 2 previous arrests,
gets a year in the clink

Jan 8, 09 8:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died, has been jailed for a year in his third DUI, E! Online reports. The doc pleaded no contest after last June’s incident, in which he was caught driving his Jaguar the wrong way... More »

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plastic surgery • prison • DUI • Kanye West • drunk driving • jail • Donda West • Jan Adams

GLOSSIES

 2008's Top 10 Singles 

Beyoncé heads Rolling Stone list of the year's best tunes

Dec 20, 08 3:41 AM CST
(Newser) - When it comes to belting out the single of the year, Beyoncé ran (wedding) rings around the competition, says Rolling Stone, which lists its top 10:
  1. Beyoncé, Single Ladies: "Irresistible and exuberant."
  2. Santogold, LES Artistes: "New Wave guitar hook of the year."
  3. MGMT,
... More »

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Beck • Kanye West • Beyonce • Lil Wayne • Coldplay • TI • My Morning Jacket • Estelle • MGMT • Santogold • Blitzen Trapper • Best of 2008 • Lil Wayne jail • Lil Wayne pleads guilty

(Newser) - Days after Kanye West wrote on his blog that he's taking a break from releasing singles to let his latest songs “soak into the culture,” the star rapper is heading in a different direction—toward the London fashion world. The rapper will move to England next year to... More »

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music • fashion • Kanye West • celebrity • rapper • fashion designer • fashion industry

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