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Kanye’s Ghost
Posted in Blog, Kanye West, Rapper on the July 20, 2008
Kanye West was recently accused of hiring a ghost writer to post blog entries for him on his official blog. The accuser claims “I know you don’t really believe Kanye West updates his blog several times a day while chasing skirts and displaying his astounding ignorance all over the world? Hopefully you’re not that naive. Sure Kanye wrote that one outburst on his blog, but no, he doesn’t find all those neat gadgets or post those videos and photos from the road. Someone else does all that for him.” The rapper retaliated with a blog of his own and cheekily posted pictures of himself looking at the very blog entry he posted.
Kanye Caps it Off
Posted in Kanye West, Music Festivals, Performance on the June 28, 2008
Kanye West has just posted a long rant about his performance at the Bonnaroo Music Festival which had fans angrily throwing stuff on stage after he went on really late. He says “I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall… Why???? I understand if people don’t like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much, But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I’ve ever had in my life. This is the most offended I’ve ever been… this is the maddest I ever will be. I’m typing so fucking hard I might break my fucking Mac book Air!!!!!!!! Call me any name you want…. arrogant, conceited, narcissistic, racist, metro whatever you can think of…. BUT NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!†And I’m going to stop at that because all the caps are dangerous to anyone’s eyes. After that last line, everything was written in caps. He’s mad people.
Kanye West Plagiarized
Posted in Hit Song, Kanye West, R&B, Rumor on the March 26, 2008
One crazy songwriter/producer in Maryland is claiming that Kanye West stole what’s rightfully his by lifting his tune ‘Volume of Good Life’ for Kanye’s smash hit ‘Good Life’. In a rambling lawsuit filed in Maryland District Court, Dayna ‘D’Mystro’ Staggs is suing the rapper and his record label for copyright infringement saying that Kanye “didn’t obtain a license to use ‘Volume of Good Life’” for his tune and even points out that Kanye was only a kid when the song was written. D’Mystro is also outraged because Kanye’s song was vulgar as compared to his much cleaner song. He’s demanding 85% of all world sales of the proceeds from the music that uses his work.
Kanye Loves Connect Four
Posted in Beyonce Knowles, JAY-Z, Kanye West, Rapper on the March 11, 2008
Remember the video making rounds on the internet of Kanye West and Beyonce playing Connect Four in Kanye’s locker room? It looks like the rapper wasn’t kidding about being a junkie of the game. Kanye’s concert rider has been uncovered and it demands a Connect Four setup in his dressing room at every show even though he travels with his own set. You never know when you might lose a piece after all. And it seems that he’s not the only rapper getting addicted to the game. Jay-Z has his own video playing with a friend. It must be Beyonce’s influence.
Kanye Still Hiding
Posted in Hip-Hop, Kanye West, News, Photography, R&B on the February 6, 2008
Kanye West, the rapper who’s known for his enormous ego just as much as his music, has been keeping a low profile since the passing of his mother. He has taken a major turn away from his massive self-promotion campaign, his feud with 50 Cent and has chosen to just stay quiet. He was recently spotted over in West Hollywood last week and even his style has become low profile. Gone were the signature shades and flamboyant attitude. All that was seen of Kanye was a hoodie covering his face, trying not to catch a lot of unnecessary attention. You better snap out of it soon Kanye! The world needs another ego to fight off John Mayer’s and 50’s! They’re just douche bags anyway.
Music and Basketball - Beyonce and Kanye West
Posted in Beyonce Knowles, JAY-Z, Kanye West on the January 15, 2008
Beyonce and Kanye West chose to put aside their Connect Four rivalry aside as they shared a laugh during the New Jersey Nets’ NBA basketball game against the Seattle Supersonics on Wednesday night in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Nets won the game with a 99-88 victory. I’m sitting here wondering what the heck they were doing in New Jersey but I’m not going to ask.
Beyonce sat courtside and was sandwiched between her main man Jay-Z and Kanye. Their seats had ‘Rocawear’ emblazoned on the back. It’s the urban clothing label which was created by Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem ‘Biggs’ Burke.
Kanye Breaks Down
Posted in Concert, Kanye West, Life Style, Music, Music People, Performance, Photography, Rap Music, Singers on the November 24, 2007
Kanye West made his first public appearance since his mother’s tragic death. The show must go on for the rapper when he performed in Paris for the kick-off date of his European tour on Saturday.
Understandably, the night was very emotional for Kanye. During the end of his set, with the riff of ‘Hey Mama’ starting up, he attempted to make a tribute to his mother but could go no further. The rapper choked up, started crying and broke down on stage. Members of his band came close to console him while fans continued to applaud in support. Kanye then left the stage for 15 minutes but then came back to end the concert with a performance of ‘Stronger’.
Kanye is expected back in the US for his mother’s funeral on Tuesday.
Kanye West To Pen Book Of ‘Philosophies & Anecdotes’
Posted in Book, Celebs, Kanye West, Music People, Photography, Singers on the November 1, 2007
Kanye West is set to add author to his resume, with a new book of “insightful philosophies and anecdotes.” The rapper has teamed up with J. Sakiya Sandifer to pen Thank You And You’re Welcome, which will hit book stores early in 2008. I can sum up Kanye’s philosophies so you won’t have to buy the book: 1. Make unoriginal music and claim to be groundbreaking 2. Act like a giant douche 3. Cash checks and wallow in money. Can you ever think that a man who has – I am a complete shit piece, written all over him tell the writer anything about ‘insightful philosophies’. I think it’s another idea that he has caught on from some else and thinks that while he has no work to do in the music field he might as well sell some book things under his name hoping people would be interested in what shit stuff he has to say. Folks it’s basically the idea of the author and his work with the author’s and Kanye’s name appearing alongside on the book, nothing else. So all of you people, please do not get tricked by his stupid idea.
Kanye West Turns Jewelry Designer
Posted in Fashion, Kanye West, Music People, News, Singers on the October 10, 2007
Superstar rapper Kanye West is designing his own jewelry line. The 30-year-old has teamed up with artist Takashi Murakami - who designed the artwork for the hip-hop star’s recent Graduation album - to work on the collection. Yeah with his album not doing that well on the charts ( he just got to number 1 and since then has been gradually falling down and also 50 Cent has started to out sell him album), I expected the not to be that chart busting too. So he, like Leonardo Dicaprio who is thinking of opening a Hotel, West is thinking of different ideas to keep himself earning the high bucks and if ever he cannot repeat the success he has had so far in the music world he can always fall upon designing because Americans are quite found of weird designer stuff, just put a label on it of a famous person it at least grantees you some kind of start to the project. I can’t wait to see what hie jewelry line look like because Kanya got weird taste “they won’t all be diamonds”. I hope there won’t be any diamonds, like his song blood diamonds, after that song, I wanted to get rid of my diamond ring.
50 Cent Beats Kanye West In European Chart Battle
Posted in 50 Cent, Kanye West, Music, Music People, Performance, Rap Music, Rumor on the September 28, 2007
Rapper 50 Cent has at last emerged victorious in his chart battle with Kanye West - his Curtis CD is Europe’s number one album. West’s album Graduation beat rap rival 50 Cent’s Curtis to the top of the charts in the U.S. and U.K. when they were both released on September 11th. Yes finally, finally 50 Cent has something to smile about and reason for some kind of celebration. ne wayz 50 cent should’ve beat Kanye all around the world…kanyes good but not as good as 50 cent. Everyone says that 50 Cent is a better business man and great knowledge on ways to beat rivals but this time he has failed at least in the initial sales and that comes a surprise to me. I said a few days ago that Kanye might have won the first few rounds of the sales battle but the war is far from being over and 50 Cent might just be proving me right and his critics wrong here.
Kanye leads 50 Cent in CD sales face-off
Posted in 50 Cent, Billboard's Top Music, Celebs, Hip-Hop, Kanye West, MTV, MTV VMA, Music, Music People, Photography, R&B on the September 13, 2007
50 Cent may be getting hip-hop’s equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West’s “Graduation” is on pace to sell about 575,000 to 700,000 its first week out, while 50 Cent’s “Curtis” is on track to do 550,000, according to Billboard magazine.
As of day one, Kanye had sold 437,000 copies to 50’s 310,000, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
Both albums came out Tuesday, and a confident 50 Cent famously announced that he would retire if West outsold him in first-week sales.
“I just don’t view him as competition based on our previous sales histories,” 50 Cent told The Associated Press last month.
But it looks as if 50 underestimated the power of West, and perhaps, overestimated his own appeal.
“I don’t think it’s helped 50 that so many of these pre release singles that have come out have fizzled on the charts right away,” said Jonathan Cohen, Billboard’s senior editor. “There were street date changes. It has just not been a good run-up to this record for him.”
Meanwhile, Cohen says West is having a more “charmed” experience, despite his recent tantrum at the MTV Video Music Awards after going home empty-handed.
“These tantrums he goes on, these outlandish comments he makes, they don’t really hurt him,” said Cohen. “If anything, they’ve got more people interested in what he’s all about.”
Still, don’t finalize those retirement party plans for 50 just yet; there are several days to go before a final tally is determined, and he could catch up and overtake West.
“It is a projection,” Cohen said of the initial sales predictions. “It can very easily deviate.”
And there’s still the potential of a third-party candidate winning the race: country superstar Kenny Chesney, who’s “Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates” also was released on Tuesday, is so far on pace to sell 400,000 to 550,000 copies.
Kanye West Loses It Again, Says He’ll ‘Never Return To MTV’
Posted in 50 Cent, Britney Spears, Celebs, Kanye West, Las Vegas, MTV, MTV VMA, Music, Music Award, Music People, Performance, Photography, TV Show, Video on the September 11, 2007
Kanye West has never been shy about voicing his opinions, especially when it comes to awards shows.
In 2004, he walked out of the American Music Awards, claiming he was “robbed” in the Best New Artist category (see “Usher, Outkast Clean Up; Kanye Strikes Out At American Music Awards”). The following year, he promised hellfire and brimstone if his Late Registration album didn’t take home the Grammy for Album of the Year (see “Kanye’s At It Again: ‘If I Don’t Win Album Of The Year I’m Gonna Have A Problem’ “). And, perhaps most famously of all, he stormed the stage at the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards after losing the award for Video of the Year And now, well, there’s another outburst to add to his highlight reel.
According to several sources backstage at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards — and a report published late Sunday night by The Associated Press — West lost it again, this time because his performance of “Stronger” took place in the Palms’ Hugh Hefner Sky Villa and not on the main stage
“Kanye was watching the closing performance [a medley featuring Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nelly Furtado] on a closed-circuit monitor, and he started getting upset,” a source who was backstage told MTV News. “He started asking anyone who’d listen why he wasn’t allowed to perform on the main stage. ‘Why did I perform in just a suite?’ he was saying. ‘Justin’s my boy, but even he gets to perform in both a suite and on the main stage? Something’s wrong here.’ ”
According to the AP, West was also upset about being shut out of all five categories in which he was nominated . He reportedly yelled, “That’s two years in a row, man … I’m trying hard, man, I have the … #1 record, man.”
AP also reported that West claimed he would “never return to MTV.”
At a pre-VMA concert on Friday, West also expressed his frustration that Britney Spears would be opening the show instead of him, freestyling, “I can’t believe she would perform. She hasn’t had a hit record in years” . And according to MTV News’ source, he was claiming the same thing during his tirade.
“He said, ‘Brit hasn’t had a hit in like 5 million years and she opens the show?!?’ ” the source said.
NYC SCREAMFEST T.I. JAY-Z 50 CENT KANYE
Posted in 50 Cent, Celebs, Concert, Kanye West, Music, Music People, Song on the August 24, 2007
Jay-Z, Kanye West, Diddy, T.I., 50 Cent and Ciara were all together at the latest date of the Screamfest ‘07 in NYC at Madison Square Garden
Free Rides Cost More than 50 Cent
Posted in 50 Cent, Celebs, Diddy, Hip-Hop, Kanye West, Music, Music People, News on the July 9, 2007
Life’s hard when you’re a multi-platinum, multi-millionaire, record label-owning, clothing-ling designing, hip hop mogul. Just ask 50 Cent. He’s had to cut off throwing money at the artists on his label.
50 has ended up being the gravy train over at G-Unit Records. In years past, he’s bailed his artists out of poor financial decisions and paid for the huge entourages and rides but it all comes to an end.
No more slacking off fellas. You’re boss is pinching every penny he’s got. Maybe it’s because he hasn’t had a good hit either. After all, he’s not P. Diddy or Kanye West.
Concert for Diana Preview
Posted in Concert, Diddy, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Music, Song on the July 4, 2007
Princes William and Harry attended a rehearsal with Joss Stone prior to The Concert for Diana at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The musical celebration of the life of their mother Princess Diana can be seen in its entire 6 hours on VH1 Sunday and will air highlights of it later in the evening.
The first part of the concert would see a welcome from the Princes, Elton John, Nelly, James Morrison, Lily Allen, The Feeling, Fergie, Duran Duran and the English National Ballet. The second set will feature Status Quo, Joss Stone, Orson, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, Tom Jones, Will Young, Natasha Bedingfield, Pharell, Bryan Ferry, and an Andrew Lloyd Webber blowout featuring Donny Osmond, Andrea Bocelli and more.
The third part features Rod Stewart, Kanye West, Diddy, Take That and closed off by Elton John again.
Diddy Says Cassie Hasn’t Been Dropped — She’s Just Busy With Kanye, Pharrell
Posted in Diddy, Kanye West, New LP, Song, Video on the June 27, 2007
‘When you’re a label, you have to be with people through good times and bad times,’ mogul says of singer’s rough patch.
Diddy says he didn’t drop Cassie. While replying about all the rumors on the urban-music blogs that started sprouting last week saying that singer/model Cassie had been released from Bad Boy Records.
“Cassie’s definitely not dropped from Bad Boy,” Sean Combs said on the L.A. set of a video for his next Press Play single, “Through the Pain” (see “Diddy Shows Off New Stuff From Yung Joc — And Himself, Of Course — At NYC Event”).
“She’s in the studio [working on her next album]. So many people are excited to be working with her. … She was just in the studio with Kanye West. She’s going to be doing some stuff with Pharrell. People really understand that she does have some talent and it takes some time to mold it. Everybody’s not perfect. I think she had some rough shows, just being nervous. Sometimes people have to break out of that.”
In addition to recording her next LP on Diddy’s label, Cassie is also one of the new spokes models for the Sean John women’s collection, along with “ATL” actress Lauren London. “It’ll be out in the next four weeks,” Diddy said of the line.
“Through the Pain” was the first of two videos Combs shot this week. On Thursday (June 21) he goes in front of the camera for “Diddy Rock.”