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I know this going to start a big debate but Kanye West lands on Mtv’s Hottest MC In The Game list.
Kanye West has proven time and time again that as a soloist, he can single-handedly shift rap’s sonic focus, but over the past year Yeezy made sure that there wasn’t anybody messin’ with his clique. So even during a period when he put out G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summercompilation, ‘Ye was enough of a force to land him at #7 on the ”Hottest MCs in the Game VIII,” MTV’s hip-hop power ranking.
Kanye West Rant In Amsterdam
Kanye made the good people in Amsterdam’s night at Heineken Music Hall with a rant focusing on creativity and those “muthaf***in’ brands”.
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian In L’Officiel Hommes Paris (FULL SPREAD)
We posted a sneak peek of the cover before (no need to backlink), but now we get to see the full spread for L’Officiel Hommes Paris‘ Spring 2013 cover. Check ’em out below.
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Kanye West’s 97 Year-Old Grandpa Won’t Attend Kimye Wedding
Reports Sohh:
While Portwood Williams thinks highly of Kim K, he is also familiar with how her marriage to estranged husband Kris Humphries turned out.
“She is beautiful — and she’s just as sweet as she is beautiful — and that’s what I liked about her!” said Portwood Williams Sr., the wizened-but-wise grandad who has long been a tower of strength for West. “She was just down to earth, she’s rich, and those kinds of people, they’ve got everything,” added Williams, a veteran of Oklahoma’s civil rights sit-ins of the 1950s who helped desegregate lunch counters. Williams knows all about long-term nuptials — his own marriage lasted 72 years, until the death of wife Lucille five years ago. And he knows all about short-term unions — like the 72 days Kim spent with NBA star Kris Humphries before filing for divorce. “They didn’t make it,” he joked. (New York Daily News)
Mr. Williams also said he has no plans on watching KimYe wed due to the frequency of couples divorcing these days.
That pessimistic view of modern marriage led him to conclude — after five hours in which Kim charmed him last autumn — that the pair should be in no rush to tie the proverbial knot. “Maybe they could have a successful marriage, but I’m not going to spend time worrying if they’re going to make it or not,” Williams said. But if Kayne ever gets around to popping the question, would he go? “No, I don’t do weddings,” he quipped. “I don’t like weddings… You spend a lot of money, then in a few weeks, you’re separated!” (New York Daily News)
Kanye West Takes His Next Rant To Paris
So…..is dude just gonna go off like this for every show? He’ll be back in London too, by the way.
Kris Jenner Wants To Manage Kanye West’s Career?
Reports Radar Online:
“Kris has wanted to manage someone of Kanye’s stature and talent for a very long time,” a source close to the family tells Radar. “She feels that it could open even bigger doors for her career, and she is always looking to expand her client base. Kris has told Kanye that she would love to be his manager — even though he has a team in place.
“She said she would be willing to start out representing him in new endorsements and his personal life as it pertains to the reality shows…..Kris reps Khloe’s hubby, Lamar Odom in non-basketball matters. Kanye politely declined though as he is extremely happy with his current manager, agent, etc. Kris took it well, but she will definitely approach Kanye again if she sees an opening.”
However, despite Kris’ tenacity and overwhelming desire to sink her manager claws into Kanye, the rapper is holding fast and won’t be giving in.
“Kanye won’t be pressured into anything about his career by Kris,” the source says. “He knows how to say no, and won’t be pushed into anything. Look at the announcement of Kim’s pregnancy, Kanye did that all on his own.”
French Magazine L’Officiel Hommes Scores Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Magazine Cover
The cover was shot by lucky photographer Nick Knight, who has worked with the likes of Dior, YSL, Alexander Mcqueen and more. We’ll post more when we get it.
Kanye Screams & Slams Mic At Hammersmith Apollo
Kanye held his second show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo last night and he decided to end the show with a screaming at the crowd and slammed the mic.
Kanye West’s Rant Turns Toward Taylor Swift (& Beyonce) During London Performance
Early this morning we posted about Kanye’s shots toward Obama, Justin Timberlake and more…..in the above clip, it continues with his feelings toward Beyonce (no diss, I think) and Taylor Swift.
He also may have given some reason as to why he’s mad at Justin Timberlake:
Kanye West Disses ‘Suit & Tie’, President Obama & The GRAMMYs During London Performance
While performing at the Hammersmith Apollo in London, Kanye West decided to up his previous antics by ranting about various hot topics, including Justin Timberlake’s latest single that was produced by peer Timbaland and features cohort Jay-Z. Tt even sounds like he threw a little dig at Lil’ Wayne toward the end, when he asked the crowd to remind him why dudes only rap about “fucking another nigga bitch”:
During Kanye’s rant in London he said, “I got love for Hov, but I aint fucking with that suit & tie”
— Team Kanye Daily (@TeamKanyeDaily) February 23, 2013
“I don’t give a fuck what the president got to say” – Kanye, during his rant.
— Team Kanye Daily (@TeamKanyeDaily) February 23, 2013
“The grammys can suck my dick” – Kanye
— Team Kanye Daily (@TeamKanyeDaily) February 23, 2013
“I’ve never won a Grammy against a White person” – Kanye
— Team Kanye Daily (@TeamKanyeDaily) February 23, 2013
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Are Reportedly Expecting A Baby Girl
Unlike Wiz & Amber, reality star Kim Kardashian couldn’t keep her mouth shut about her upcoming child’s gender (or, she was paid handsomely for giving US Weekly the exclusive):
Start buying little leather dresses! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West just found out they’re expecting a baby girl, a source close to the pregnant reality star tells Us Weekly exclusively.
“They’re over the moon!” a source close to the first-time parents-to-be tells Us. “Kanye always wanted a girl.”
UPDATE: Kanye West Announces Show In London; Adds Additional Date
UPDATE: Fans upset that the below show sold out before they could score tickets will be happy to know that the 23rd has now been added. Tickets have already gone on sale, so you need to head here immediately.
London fam rejoice: Kanye West is going to be performing at the London Hammersmith on February 24th. The tickets will be £65 and officially go on sale this Friday at 9am. Head here for more info.
Kanye West In Brazil: In The Studio With Will Smith
It looks like Kanye West will not be attending the Grammys because he’s currently in Brazil reinventing himself….also present was Will Smith, which certainly makes me wonder if the Fresh Prince is planning on making a return to music. UPDATE: Miss Info has plenty more pictures of Smith & West sightseeing.
Also, a video has been released of Kanye West experimenting with Samba music while there:
Entire Tracklist To Upcoming Kanye West Album Rich Black American Reportedly Revealed
Karen Civil just reported that she has a photo that shows the full tracklisting for Kanye’s supposed upcoming project titled Rich Black American. We can’t see the photo for whatever reason on this end…..she was nice enough to type of the tracklisting as well, which you can check out below:
1: Intro (Kanye West)
2: Faith (Feat. Frank Ocean & Pusha T)
3: Whole Lifetime (Feat. Beyonce)
4: Replay (Kanye West)
5: Popular (Feat. Florence Welch)
6: Perfect Bitch (Kanye West)
7: Need Somebody (Feat. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Skrillex)
8: Rich Black American (Feat. Jay-Z)
9: Cruelty (Feat. Q-Tip)
10: Distressed (Feat. Rihanna)
11: Royalty (Feat. John Legend, Pusha T & Kid Kudi)
12: Timeless (Feat. Teyanna Taylor & Common)
Kanye West x Giuseppe Zanotti
For the third time, Kanye West teamed up with Italian shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti to design a pair of stiletto heels . The winged, white stiletto shoe is named Cruel Summer, after West’s G.O.O.D. Compilation. These stilletto are apart of Spring/Summer Collection for 2013.
Does Lord Jamar (Of Brand Nubian) Have Kanye West Shook?
Recent reports say that Kanye West has recently requested to have images and footage of him wearing a skirt during last December’s Sandy Benefit concert removed; this would appear to be more than a coincidence, as Brand Nubian’s Lord Jamar just put out a diss track — titled ‘Lift Up Your Skirt‘, no less — blasting West for his dress, music and pretty much everything else:
Instagram, Black man lookin’ half a f*g/ With a blazer and vest, I’m just amazed at the mess/Pioneer of this q*eer sh*t is Kanye West/He introduced the skinny jeans to the rap scene/Then he wore a f*cking skirt on the video screen/Then he wore it again at a memorial/I can’t pretend that this sh*t ain’t deplorable/I bet this n*gga thinkin’ he lookin’ adorable/Your music’s good but your ego is horrible…
Lord Jamar even further explained his feelings on the issue:
First of all, it’s not just jabs at Kanye West. It’s anybody promoting the feminization — of the Black man in hip-hop culture. Anybody that I see out there, rocking dresses and all of that type of sh*t, I might shoot a jab at. But Kanye is one of the ones right now that’s representing that movement. He’s one of the first ones that you see in a skirt. Now you got other people following suit and rocking full-out dresses or they’re trying to rock kilts. We’re not Irish. We’re not Europeans. Rocking kilts and all that is just another excuse to introduce that skirt style. You understand what I’m saying? And I’m not with it. This has nothing to do with sexuality, who they choose to be with and all that, I’m not even talking about that. I’m talking specifically about, what is hip-hop? And that’s not hip-hop. Rocking dresses with mean faces, that’s not hip-hop.”
New Kanye West Album on the Way?
An image hit Twitter that displays a track list of his new album, which is allegedly titled Rich Black American. The (rumored) track list contains features from Pusha T, Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, Florence Welch, and Big Sean . Let’s hope we get a release date on this album soon.
Kanye West Performs In Abu Dhabi
Yeezy currently in Abu Dhabi and performed tonight at the Du Arena. Here’s footage of his show with performances of “Way Too Cold”, “Mercy” and “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”.
RECAP: Kanye West’s 2013 Fall/Winter Fashion Show
You can check out TNGHT’s latest track — if you’ve been living under a rock — below. Spotted on Miss Info:
…Production duo TNGHT (Lunice & Hudson Mohawke) released their new song “R U Ready.” If the song sounds familiar, Kanye purchased the bouncy tune early last year, using it to score his Fall/Winter 2013 collection runaway show at Paris Fashion Week 2012. At the time many speculated it was a song set to appear on G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer compilation album.
Kris Jenner Demanding Kanye West Take Out A $10 Million Dollar Life Insurance Policy
Reports Radar Online:
Kris Jenner is demanding that Kim Kardashian‘s boyfriend and baby daddy, Kanye West, take out a $10 million dollar life insurance policy, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
“Kris has made it known to Kim and Kanye that she expects the singer to take out a hefty life insurance policy, naming their baby as the primary beneficiary and Kim as second,” a source close to the situation tells Radar. “Kanye is absolutely on board with getting the policy and had actually already looked into it before Kris brought it up. Kanye is in perfect health but he travels a lot and performs all over the world, sometimes in not so safe locales, and that concerns Kris. It’s basically just good sense, and pretty common procedure for new parents, though not usually for such a high amount! Kim will also be taking out her own life insurance policy naming the baby as the beneficiary.”
PHOTOS: Kim Kardashian’s Simple Life Since Meeting Kanye West
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the reality star and the rapper are already in full nesting mode as they prepare for the birth of their first child together — recently splashing out a cool $11 million for a mansion in the elite SoCal neighborhood of Bel Air.
The super-couple plans on demolishing the current 10,000 square foot home that stands on the grounds to erect a 14,000 square foot Italian villa with amenities such as a bowling alley, basketball court, salon, theater, gymnasium and more. Among their new neighbors: A-lister Jennifer Aniston, 90s “It girl” Sarah Michelle Gellar and Girls Gone Wild entrepreneur Joe Francis.
@KimKardashian & @KanyeWest Buy New Mansion For $11 Million
Ballin’. From Hollywood Life:
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are so prepared to live happily ever after, they bought a 10,000-square-foot mansion for $11 million — and are completely gutting it to create an extravagant Italian-style villa home for their growing family!
The house was purchased in a super private gated community in Bel Air, Calif. a source close to Kim and Kanye told TMZ. The source added they have owned the house for a few weeks, and are in the process of transforming it into their dream house.
KimYe Brings In The New Year At 1Oak in Vegas (@KanyeWest @KimKardashian)
The newly (read: publicly) pregnant couple was on the scene for New Year’s, partying up at 1Oak Restaurant in Las Vegas.
@KimKardashian Speaks On Pregnancy With @KanyeWest
In addition to the below entry from Kim K.’s blog, TMZ also reported that the couple is 12 weeks into the pregnancy, which was conceived during their Italy rendezvous for Kim’s 32nd birthday.
It’s true!! Kanye and I are expecting a baby. We feel so blessed and lucky and wish that in addition to both of our families, his mom and my dad could be here to celebrate this special time with us. Looking forward to great new beginnings in 2013 and to starting a family. Happy New Year!!! Xo
Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Reportedly Expecting Baby
Congrats to Kim and Kanye.Happy for both of them…bit.ly/YE4Uzh
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) December 31, 2012
If Rush says it, does it confirm that it’s true? If so, congrats to the couple….from Global Grind:
According to several tweets from audience members at Kanye West’s Revel Atlantic City show tonight the man has officially announced that Kim Kardashian is pregnant!
Update. Video footage.
























