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Showing posts with label Kanye West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kanye West. Show all posts
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Amber Rose did more than just pose for a seductive pictorial in the July/August issue of King magazine, she also fired back at Kanye West for his public jabs at her. The Philly native responded
to the 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' creator's diss towards her, which was caught on camera at this year's Coachella music festival -- he changed the lyrics of 'Stronger' to include, "I did anything for a blonde dyke, and she'll do anything for the limelight," in reference to his relationship with Rose.
Ironically, Rose was at the festival to show support for her new boyfriend Wiz Khalifa, a move that clearly didn't go over too well. The 27-year-old revealed that she was not only unhappy with his remarks, but blasts West for stooping to a level that she feels is beneath her. "It's just unfortunate that he said that in the song 'cause that's not the lyrics," she told the magazine. "I can say whatever I want about him. I can write a book or do whatever but I choose to take the high road. It's just unfortunate he has to constantly say s--t."
With a few good months of the new relationship under her belt, Rose explained that she is not only more comfortable with her fame but free to express her feelings. "When I was with my ex [West], I didn't have a voice. I was there and I was new to the fame. I didn't understand everything. Now I get everything. With me and Wiz, we show our love to the world. We don't try to hide it; we're not quiet about it. We're just in love and we're just happy and we want people to follow in our footsteps and not be afraid to be in a committed relationship."
Aside from her relationship, Rose is also focusing on entrepreneurial efforts, and is said to be releasing a line of sunglasses and shooting a reality show.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Movies and sun aren't the only thing Kanye West is soaking up in Cannes. The controversial rapper, who is in France for the Cannes Film Festival, is enjoying some affection from the fairer sex
as well. He was spotted kissing a mystery blonde on his hotel terrace on Sunday (May 15), and the pair didn't seem to mind putting on a show for photographers.
This throws a big question mark over rumors that West has been romancing beauty queen and former Miss Universe contender Angela Martini.
West, who split from former stripper/model Amber Rose last summer after two years together, has been embroiled in a war of words with his ex. Most recently, Rose told King magazine that her new boyfriend, Wiz Khalifa, is an upgrade from West.
"There's no comparison in personalities," she explained. "You know when people say, 'How do you go from Kanye to Wiz Khalifa, that's a downgrade.' But the only question I can ask them is: Have you ever dated Kanye? Because I have, and believe me, I did not downgrade at all. Not in any aspect, at all."
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
Don’t look now but Kanye West’s charity just vanished into thin air! The Kanye West Foundation, focused on preventing teens from dropping out of high school, has abruptly closed without any
reason merely four years after it launched.
The news became public knowledge when its executive director Joseph Collins basically told colleagues he was out of a job, according to PopEater. In an e-mail he wrote, “I am reaching out to let you know that the Kanye West Foundation has officially closed it doors after a successful 4+ years of programming and events [sic].” He added, “It has been an incredible experience working with Kanye and the board to realize his mother’s vision and I am honored to have been given the opportunity to lead the Foundation.”
As reported by The Boombox, although Kanye’s name was on the foundation, he didn’t fund it all by himself. The foundation filed taxes like a private charity and contacted corporations Kanye has done business with like Madison Square Garden. They donated $151,74! Overall, the charity raised almost $500,000 each year.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Kanye West's charity is no more, according to The Boombox. The Kanye West Foundation, which was intended to prevent teens from dropping out of high school, has suddenly closed without
reason, four years after its establishment.
The news was made public after former executive director Joseph Collins sent an email to associates stating that he was out of a job and that the phone had been disconnected at headquarters.
"I am reaching out to let you know that the Kanye West Foundation has officially closed it doors after a successful 4+ years of programming and events [sic]," he wrote. "It has been an incredible experience working with Kanye and the board to realize his mother's vision and I am honored to have been given the opportunity to lead the Foundation."
According to reports, West did not actually fund the establishment himself. Filing its taxes as if it were a private charity, the foundation reached out to corporations with whom West does business. Madison Square Garden donated $151,754 to the organization, while clothing shingle Karmaloop shelled out $20,000 to 'Ye. In total, the charity raised an average of $492,000 each year.
The foundation's site, which is yet to be taken down, explains that the mission of the organization is to "help combat the severe dropout problem in schools across the United States by partnering with community organizations to provide under-served youth access to music production programs."
The 2007 death of its founder and West's mother, Donda West, may have contributed to the program's cancellation, though an explanation is still pending.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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Saturday, March 26, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
SXSW's longstanding nickname "Indie Rock Spring Break" certainly wasn't accurate during the final day of the Austin music festival as hip-hop took over the Texas town, culminating in Kanye
West's not-so-secret show in the city's former power plant.
After a day marked by stellar sets from Big Boi at the MOG showcase at the Mohawk; Killer Mike, Lil B and a surprise mini-set from Diddy and Odd Future at the Fader Fort; Z Trip with special guest LL Cool J at the Red Bull Thr3style event; and Snoop Dogg and Warren G performing a Nate Dogg tribute at the Pepsi Max party, it was time for the festival's biggest (and hardest to get into) showcase -- West's VEVO Power Station.
Taking place in the epic industrial setting, the line-ups began early in the day, though the doors didn't open until midnight. Thousands of people were queued up outside in a chaotic crush, with many no doubt left disappointed.
But for the 3,000 or so who made it inside, they were treated to a truth-in-advertising showcase from Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music label, with a host of talent including Big Sean, Kid Cudi, Mos Def, John Legend and the Clipse's Pusha T.
Though stars in their own right, this was West's night, a late capper to a year that saw his 'My Beautful Dark Twisted Fantasy' top music critics and bloggers' year-end lists the world over. Now he had come to their annual gathering spot to hold court, and, unlike two years ago when he did a surprise set at Fader, this was all-out epic.
Clad in rock 'n' roll leather and standing before a giant GOOD Music sign -- and suspiciously positioned in front of one of the Os so the word spelled out "God" -- West unleashed a fierce and fiery set of largely new numbers, a tribute to the strength of 'Fantasy' atop an outstanding back catalog. Sure, the sound echoed around the cement room, and the VIP section was raised and therefore blocked the view of the plebes in the back, but everyone was so happy to be at this only-in-Austin event that the excitement was infectious.
Opening with 'Gorgeous,' West subsequently raged through 'Can't Tell Me Nothing' and the Black Sabbath-sampling 'Hell of a Life,' before bringing out John Legend for a sleepy 'The Blame Game.' Legend played a few more songs so West could take a break, but he returned full-bore with a rousing rendition of 'Power,' which got the crowd adding handclap percussion.
Then all it took was a single piano plink for the crowd to go insane over the impeding 'Runaway,' a song so popular and strange it's a sheer testament to West's envelope-pushing. Not surprisingly, it was highlighted by Pusha T's verse, which he proceeded to chew up and spit out like a monster.
West was soon joined by a full marching band for 'Turn out the Lights' and eventually by his old boss, Jay-Z, which sent the flagging 4AM crowd into paroxysms of Roc-handsign throwing ecstasy when the pair ploughed through their posse cuts, 'Monster' and 'Swagger Like Us' before Jigga dropped 'H to the Izzo' and, for old times sake, 'Big Pimpin'.'
Bon Ivor's Justin Vernon added some indie star power for 'Lost in the World,' before West took the spotlight back for himself with the perfectly appropriate set-closer 'Good Life.'
It may not have been your typical indie-centric SXSW show, but it was an epic event that will become part of the South-by-Southwest canon and another example of Kanye's power.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Kanye West has an eye for fashion, but that doesn't necessarily mean he gets to see the catwalk shows in Paris this week. The outspoken rapper has been making the rounds at Paris Fashion
Week, and while he's been spotted at the Valentino, Givenchy and Vivienne Westwood shows, apparently some designers are turning him away.
According to the New York Post's Page Six, organizers are getting tired of uninvited celebrities showing up and expecting royal treatment. Namely, show organizers KCD, who handled the Alexander McQueen, Balmain and Louis Vuitton shows where West was rumored to have trouble getting in.
"Kanye has been a welcome guest at several events that KCD has managed over the years. Several designers chose to have smaller shows this season and therefore chose to not invite celebs in order to accommodate press and buyers," a KCD rep told the Post.
The same source said that West tried to get into the Balmain runway show with his entourage at Le Grand Hotel last Thursday, but was denied entry. "Mr. West requested to attend and we let him know we would not be able to accommodate him. He chose to come to the door anyway and we kindly let him know we could not accommodate him."
Apparently, West then snuck off to "a separate part of the hotel, so people didn't see him."
The same story played out on Tuesday at the Alexander McQueen show, but West was eventually let in by the venue. No word on his presence at the Louis Vuitton show, though he wasn't on the list for that one either, and a Vuitton rep would only say, "Kanye remains a great friend of the house."
Monday, March 7, 2011
Although Kanye West has expressed an interest in fashion, he's not ready to get schooled in it. After the rapper was spotted at London's Central Saint Martins College last week, rumors began
to circulate that Mr. West was there to apply for a master's degree in fashion. But a rep for the college denies the reports."Kanye West has not applied for a place on M.A. Fashion at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He visited the college last week on unrelated matters," Jo Ortmans, the university's Press Officer, told PopEater in an e-mail.
Ortmans would not comment on the real reason West was visiting the university.
Sources told U.K.'s The Sun that West reportedly met with Professor Louise Wilson, whose previous students include some of Britain's most well-known designers including the late Alexander McQueen.
"Kanye spends a lot of time with fashion students and often hooks up with Central's arty pupils when he is in London," the sources said, adding CSM is reportedly one of the toughest schools around to get into.
West does have some work experience at Fendi and Louis Vuitton, but even that wouldn't be enough for him to secure a place in the master's program, the sources told the newspaper.
West -- who likely doesn't need a degree to start a fashion line anyway -- has been in Paris taking in every Fashion Week show from Givenchy to Vivienne Westwood.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Kanye West's video for the track 'Monster' has leaked all over the Internet. The six-minute video for the rapper's latest single is supposedly incomplete, but the footage
available online packs a big punch.
Kanye West's 'Monster' video is somewhat of a creepy mini-film, a modern 'Thriller' with enough gore, zombies feasting on flesh, decapitated heads, and blood to make Michael Jackson turn over in his grave. 'Monster' features cameos from Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver and Nicki Minaj.
Minaj could be considered more of a co-star to Kanye's lead. In one scene, Minaj is shown with gold fangs, acting as a dominatrix to another version of herself in a white dress, wearing her signature pink wig. Watch the video after the jump
available online packs a big punch.
Kanye West's 'Monster' video is somewhat of a creepy mini-film, a modern 'Thriller' with enough gore, zombies feasting on flesh, decapitated heads, and blood to make Michael Jackson turn over in his grave. 'Monster' features cameos from Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver and Nicki Minaj.
Minaj could be considered more of a co-star to Kanye's lead. In one scene, Minaj is shown with gold fangs, acting as a dominatrix to another version of herself in a white dress, wearing her signature pink wig. Watch the video after the jump
Monster' is from West's latest album 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'. The album debuted atop the Billboard charts in November, selling close to 500,000 copies in its first week.
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