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Adidas Reconsiders Kanye West Partnership

After outbursts, company questions 'mutual respect and shared values'

(Newser) - Under pressure over inflammatory and offensive remarks and actions by Kanye West—including wearing a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt at a fashion show—Adidas announced last week that it's rethinking their profitable arrangement and added an ominous postscript. "The Adidas-Yeezy partnership is one of the most successful...

Ye Returns to Twitter, Immediately Gets Himself Suspended

Rapper violated social network's policies, company says

(Newser) - After Kanye West's Instagram account was suspended Friday for antisemitic content, the rapper took his rants to Twitter. On Sunday, Twitter announced that it, too, had locked the rapper's account . Ye, as the rapper is now legally known, had been away from Twitter for almost two years when...

Instagram Restricts Kanye West's Account

American Jewish Committee calls post anti-Semitic

(Newser) - Instagram has placed restrictions on Kanye West's account in response to posts criticized as anti-Semitic. A spokesperson for Meta, Instagram's parent company, told the Hollywood Reporter that the platform also has deleted some content posted on the @kanyewest account. Instagram said the restrictions were imposed for violations of...

Kanye's Interview on Fox Was a Wild One

Rapper talks with Tucker Carlson on controversial 'White Lives Matter' shirt, the media, Kim K

(Newser) - Kanye West is back in headlines this week, after making an appearance at Paris Fashion Week sporting a "White Lives Matter" shirt that immediately drew backlash . On Thursday night, the 45-year-old rapper and fashion designer showed up on Tucker Carlson's Fox program, and he had a lot to...

Source Explains Why Kanye West Wore 'White Lives Matter' Shirt

Rapper showed up at Paris Fashion Week wearing shirt with the message

(Newser) - On Monday, Kanye West showed up at the surprise debut of his YZY Season Nine collection at Paris Fashion Week wearing a controversial shirt—and now a source says the move was not a publicity stunt, and the rapper is confused as to why it caused such a backlash. The...

Even With $2.5B, Oprah Isn't Among 400 Richest in US

Kanye West doesn't make the cut, either, though Donald Trump does

(Newser) - Donald Trump has found his way back onto Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. The former president was excluded in 2021 for the first time in 25 years. But with an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion—up from $2.5 billion last year—he's back for...

Ye: 'I Actually Haven't Read Any Book'

'Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me,' rapper says

(Newser) - If Donda West, former chair of the English department at Chicago State University, was still alive, she might be startled by a claim her son Kanye made during a podcast Friday. The rapper, now officially known as Ye, claimed he had never read a book and said "good conversation"...

Kanye West Mocks Davidson After Break-Up

He returns to Instagram to declare 'Skete Davidson' dead

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson's break-up appears to be amicable—unlike the end of her previous relationship. Ex-husband Kanye West, aka Ye, returned to Instagram Monday to celebrate the split, TMZ reports. He posted a fake New York Times front page with a headline declaring "Skete" Davidson dead...

Kim Kardashian on Gift From Kanye: He 'Got It All Back for Me'

On latest episode of 'The Kardashians,' taped in October, West presents last footage of her sex tape

(Newser) - The way to a man's heart is reportedly through his stomach, but looks like the way to Kim Kardashian's heart (at least temporarily) is via retrieving her sex tape and giving it back to her. That's exactly what Kanye West managed to pull off, as evidenced by...

World's Richest Musician Disputes Spot on Forbes List

Sources say Ye believes estimate is $5B too low

(Newser) - The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is the richest musician in the world, with a net worth of around $2 billion, according to the latest Forbes billionaires list —but insiders say Ye wants a recount. Sources tell the Blast that Ye believes Forbes is trying to "diminish"...

Kanye Is Reportedly Getting &#39;Help&#39;
Kanye Is
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Kanye Is Reportedly Getting 'Help'

Rapper pulls out of Coachella without stating a reason

(Newser) - Ye has pulled out of Coachella amid reports that he's getting "help." The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was to have headlined both weekends of the festival, scheduled for April 15-17 and April 22-24 in Indio, Calif. He will no longer appear on April 17 and...

'I Said Counsel Kanye, Not Cancel Kanye'

Trevor Noah responds after Ye's banishment from the Grammys

(Newser) - Trevor Noah's latest comment about Ye, aka Kanye West, is succinct and maybe one that could be applied to lots of public feuds in the modern age: "I said counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye," the Daily Show host tweeted on Sunday. The line comes after news emerged...

Ye's Camp Says Grammys Pulled the Plug

Academy says 'concerning online behavior' will keep him offstage

(Newser) - Ye will not be performing at the Grammy Awards next month because of what the Recording Academy called his "concerning online behavior," a representative for the rapper said Saturday. The former Kanye West was shut down for 24 hours by Instagram this week after he posted racial slurs...

Ye's Instagram Privileges Have Been Revoked

Rapper temporarily banned for bullying on Wednesday

(Newser) - The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been forced into a 24-hour Instagram hiatus. Instagram temporarily banned Ye's account Wednesday for violating policies on hate speech, bullying, and harassment—but the posts in question had nothing to do with Ye's most recent foe , Pete Davidson. The rapper...

Pete Davidson Texts Kanye: &#39;Grow the F--- Up&#39;
Pete Davidson
and Kanye Go
At It in Texts
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Pete Davidson and Kanye Go At It in Texts

'Grow the f--- up,' 'SNL' star wrote in one message that popped up on Insta over the weekend

(Newser) - We kind of get why Pete Davidson is heading into space (and can we come, too?). The Saturday Night Live star, who's caught in a triangle of sorts between girlfriend Kim Kardashian and her ex Kanye West , is now pushing back at Ye, as evidenced by a series of...

Ye's New Music Video Startles Even His Fans

Rapper's clip shows his Claymation character kidnapping, burying Pete Davidson character

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian may be done with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West (now Ye), but he doesn't seem to be done with her, or her current boyfriend, SNL star Pete Davidson. Just hours after Kardashian attained legally single status in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, West released...

Kim Kardashian: Ye&#39;s Posts Caused &#39;Emotional Distress&#39;
Kim Kardashian
Gets What She Desires
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Kim Kardashian Gets What She Desires

Judge declares her legally single on Wednesday

(Newser) - Update: Kim Kardashian has gotten what she told the court she desired: She is now a West no more. Page Six reports a judge declared both Kardashian and Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, legally single in a Wednesday court hearing that Ye did not attend. TMZ notes the hearing...

Kanye&#39;s New Album Comes With a Catch
Kanye's New
Album Fails
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Kanye's New Album Fails to Drop as Expected

'Donda 2' requires an extra $200 purchase of a Stem Player to hear it

(Newser) - Update: Kanye West fans waited for his new Donda 2 album to drop at midnight Tuesday—the day of the album's planned release—and they're still waiting, reports the Daily Beast . This particular wait might be more annoying than most because West, who now refers to himself as...

Kanye Demands Apology From Billie Eilish, Who Won't Give It

West claims she dissed Travis Scott in helping fan in distress; all 3 are to perform at Coachella

(Newser) - Kanye West says his headlining performance at Coachella hinges on an apology from another headliner: Billie Eilish. And Eilish sees no reason to give one. West, now known as Ye, demanded 20-year-old Eilish apologize to rapper Travis Scott, whom he said would join him at the California music festival in...

Kim Kardashian, Kanye Tussle on Social Media

Ye is steamed his ex made a TikTok with their daughter; Kim says he's trying to 'control' divorce

(Newser) - Last we heard, Kanye West's romance with new girlfriend Julia Fox was going well . His relationship with ex Kim Kardashian—not quite so well. TMZ reports the 44-year-old rapper and record producer was miffed after a video starring Kardashian and their daughter North, 8, was posted earlier this week...

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