kanye west
-
Oh Na Na, What's His Name? It's Drake, But Kanye Isn't 'Allowed' to Say it
What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to Drake, it probably doesn’t matter to Kanye, because he can’t say it. Mr. West is set to appear on David Letterman’s intriguing series, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman when the 2nd season drops on Netflix on May 31. With Letterman’s expert skills,…
-
Kanye West Lovingly Remembers His Mother, Donda, During Interview With David Letterman
In Netflix’s My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, which begins streaming May 31, Kanye West speaks candidly about how the loss of his mom, Donda West, continues to affect him. As Rolling Stone notes, Donda, who died in 2007 after having cosmetic surgery, never got to meet her four grandkids: North, almost…
-
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Announce New Baby Named … Psalm
Ye, though he walks through the valley of the shadow of Kris Jenner … He fears so no evil for the Psalm of God is with him. Yes, Psalm. A week after the child’s delivery on May 10, Kim Kardashian West revealed their fourth child and second son, Psalm West. Kim shared a photo of…
-
The Gospel According to Ye: Kanye West Wants to Take His Sunday Service to Church—for Real
He gave a “Sunday Service” performance at Coachella; now, Kanye West apparently wants to give Sunday services for real—at a church of his own. Yes, that’s right. According to a source close to Ye, the man known for “Jesus Walks” wants to minister to people from the pulpit as opposed to the studio, People reports.…
-
Yeezus Price: Kanye Charges $255 for 'Holy Spirit' Hoodies, $50 'Jesus Walks' Socks
Gospel music wasn’t the only Christian tradition Kanye West tapped into during his Sunday Coachella performance—the good Pastor ‘Ye also indulged in a good old fashioned holy hustle, selling basic “church clothes” for $70 to $225 a pop. Now, when you think of “church clothes”—especially on Easter Sunday—you may be thinking of sanctified freshness: crisp…
-
Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism
When confused philosopher king Kanye West rapped, “racism’s still alive, they just be concealing it…” on “Never Let Me Down” from his debut offering, The College Dropout, he was not talking about Mississippi. Or Alabama or South Carolina or, well, you get the point. Regarding Mississippi specifically, it is the last state in the union…
-
Jesus Walks to the Desert on Easter Sunday: Kanye West Is Taking His Sunday Service to Coachella
Remember when Beychella happened and we all side-eyed the white-dominated audience who couldn’t truly appreciate her swag surf break, Crucial Conflict nod, and belting out the Negro National Anthem? Yeah, imagine that same concept, except with Kanye West (who is already knee-deep in the Sunken Place himself, according to many fans) and a COGIC choir.…
-
Rapper Who Once Said 'Slavery Is a Choice' Chose to Sign Oppressive Contract and Is Now Seeking 'Freedom'
Kanye “Slavery Is a Choice” West seems to be having struggles getting out of a binding situation of his own … within his own industry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kanye filed a lawsuit against EMI (of Universal Music Group) in Los Angeles Superior Court in late January, in regard to his music publishing contract.…
-
Proving She Can Keep Up with the Kardashians, North West Stars on Her 1st Solo Magazine Cover
And so it begins… one of the youngest members of one of the world’s most visible families just proved she’s a chip off the overexposed old block. North West, firstborn daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, stars on the cover of a special edition of Women’s Wear Daily, Beauty Inc, titled “Keeping Up with…
-
Dear Future Lover, Please Don't Surprise Me with Kenny G on Valentine's Day
We have a minor “hot or not” debate going on in The Root’s Slack as I write this, sparked by the latest gesture of love from Kanye West to wife Kim Kardashian West. Having struck out on his $14 million condo Christmas gift to Kim— reportedly because it wasn’t private enough—Kanye decided to stage a…