kanye west
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Virgil x Naomi: Fashion’s Biggest (and Still Blackest) Stars in Conversation for Vogue
“I’m going to see Virgil,” Naomi Campbell whispered in her famously husky British accent, en route to the Paris headquarters of Louis Vuitton for a conversation with fashion’s man of the moment, designer and disruptor Virgil Abloh. A meeting between the legendary supermodel/contributing editor of British Vogue and the innovator behind cult hit brand Off-White…
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GQ Asks: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Yeezy?
“I’m not wearing the sneakers, I’m not wearing the clothes, I’m not listening to the music. I’m definitely taking a step back—indefinitely,” said DJ and former Yeezy enthusiast Jerome Baker III to GQ, when asked how Kanye West’s recent antics affected his feelings about the Yeezy merchandise he owns. For months now (or years, for…
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Kanye West Thought Kim Kardashian Would Divorce Him Because of His ‘Slavery Was a Choice’ Comments: Report
If you care, it turns out that Kanye West may have been facing some serious repercussions at home after his infamous slavery comments, believing that his wife, Kim Kardashian West, might have divorced him because of his callous (not to mention misinformed) words. In an interview with the New York Times, the rapper spoke a…
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For the Culture: Celebs Stepped Out to Support Virgil Abloh’s Debut at Louis Vuitton
In March, Virgil Abloh made headlines when he was announced as the new artistic director of menswear for Louis Vuitton, becoming the first African American to hold the position. (Might I add, we’re still shook and inspired by that.) Today, Thursday, Abloh debuted his first collection for Louis Vuitton Men. As he walked the runway…
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Fade 2 Focused: Why Teyana Taylor Turned Off IG to Turn Up for Her New Album
Fun fact: We still haven’t gotten used to the idea of Teyana Taylor being grown. Yes, we know she’s a 27-year-old wife and mother to toddler Iman Tayla (aka “Junie”). And of course we also vividly remember feeling sick with envy over her sleek and slicked-up post-baby body (and ridiculously sexy dance moves) in the…
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Sen. Marco Rubio Has Thoughts on Kanye West, Pusha T and Drake … Random, Confusing Thoughts
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) posted a video of himself on his social media accounts talking about Kanye West’s new album. And it was pretty odd. “I don’t know anything about Kanye West’s new album other than I guess he premiered it out there in Wyoming and invited a bunch of people,” Rubio said. “He’s an…
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10 Things I Already Know About You if You’re Listening to Nas’ New Album Nasir
Sometime in the ungodly hours after midnight—the hours when men get drunk and send “Hey Bighead, you up?” texts—one of the cinderblock pillars in the upper portion of hip-hop’s foundation released an album. Queens, N.Y., rapper Nas released the “Make America Great Again”-hat-wearing-Kanye West-produced album Nasir, and the internet was ablaze; the Queensbridge listening party…
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New Yeezy Campaign Features Nude Models
Editor’s note: This post contains images of nude models. Yeezy taught me—well, he tried. Now that Kanye West has released his new albums, Ye and Kids See Ghosts, he’s got time to devote to his Yeezy fashion line. With no warning, of course, we were ambushed on social media with pictures from his latest Yeezy campaign…
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Hannibal Buress Is a Grown Man Who Plays Tag in a Movie, but Would He Play Tag With Kanye West?
“I’m Hollywood?” Hannibal Buress asked me, completely puzzled as to why I’d be congratulating him on his latest movie role in Tag, where he plays Sable, the only black friend in a group of white dudes who have been playing tag once a year, every year, for the last 30 years. Yeah, let that sink…
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Black People Aren’t Stupid: The False Notion That Kanye and Kim Are Helping Trump Win Black Voters
Although I am rarely amazed by racism, privilege or America in general, when it comes to the audacity of whiteness, I am sometimes astounded at white people’s perception of black people. I often marvel at the Caucasian notion of our inherent simplemindedness; the idea that dangling any dancing black puppet in front of the Negro…