kanye west
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Cam'ron Disses Kanye West on New Diplomats Single
Cam’ron is a lot of things. He’s a polarizing rapper, a top-flight interior decorator, and the proud owner of real estate in Bill O’Reilly’s head. Though he’s taken some Ls in his day, one thing Cam’ron rarely is? Entirely off-base. Case in point: the first verse from Dipset’s new single, “Stay Down.” Coming from Cam’ron,…
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Kanye West Donates $150,000 to the Family of Black Security Guard Shot and Killed by Police
While Kanye envisions Trump as a father figure, thankfully he has yet to inherit his lack of empathy. Last night, Kanye donated $150,000 to the family of Jemel Roberson, a black security guard who was killed by police after preventing what had the potential to escalate into another mass shooting. The enormous donation was made…
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Kanye West Makes Six-Figure Donation to Chicago Mayoral Candidate
After announcing his sudden retirement from politics, the no-longer MAGA-adjacent advocate for “free thought,” Kanye West, dropped a six-figure sum on the campaign of activist and candidate for mayor Amara Enyia. West gave her $126,460, according to the Chicago Tribune, which reviewed state campaign records. The donation brings the sum of Kanye’s contributions to Enyia’s…
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Yeezy Taught Him: A Theory on How the Yeezy Mauve’s Poor Sales May Have Rescued Kanye From the Sunken Place
At The Root we loves us a good conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories. On the tame side, we absolutely believe that Russian bots stole the election through deception and Russian prostitution pee pee blackmail. And on the aluminum foil Kangol side, we believe that Tupac may or may not be living in a Cuban flat…
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Kanye Claims He Is Back From the Sunken Place … Again
Kanye West (or someone tweeting from Kanye West’s account) took to Twitter this afternoon to announce that he is stepping back from talking about politics and will now be completely focused on being creative—something everyone has been urging him to do for a while now, but he just wouldn’t listen. Ye (or someone using his…
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Blackface Is a Choice: Friends Praise SC Bank Executive For MAGA Kanye Costume
A South Carolina bank executive and business leader recently heralded for his innovation in the field of finance is now receiving even more accolades for his work in the minstrel ministry after he donned blackface to go to a Halloween party dressed as Trump supporter, Kanye West. Banker Bryan Lenertz began his October being praised…
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Kanye West's Pro-Republican 'Blexit' T-Shirts Call for Black Exodus From Democratic Party
If you’re a black person who likes hanging out with racists, you have some new fashion choices that don’t include pairing running shoes with Dockers, All Lives Matter haircuts or tucking a polo shirt into your jeans. Kanye West lent his creative skills to Candace Owen when he designed a T-shirt line for the conservative…
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Kanye and Chance Go to a Rally for a Black Democrat, Yeezy Leaves After 5 Minutes
The rapper, designer and superhero whose resumé for a post-Thanos substitute Avenger claims his “Make America Great Again” hat gives him superpowers, made an appearance with a Chicago mayoral candidate but bounced after five minutes because he probably got a call to save a child from a burning building or wanted to watch a Trump…
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My Only Feeling About This Drake, Pusha T, Kanye Beef Is Anger at the Liars Who Told Me ‘Men Don’t Gossip’
You need a flow chart to keep it all straight. It all started some years ago, because of some ambiguous beef between Pusha T and Lil Wayne and Baby. Then, this summer, Pusha T said some things on his album about Drake not writing his own lyrics. Then Drake responded with an especially-angsty-even-for-Drake song that…