The release of Kanye West’s album Ye last Friday put an end to my hope that his manic-depressive defenses of President Trump and arguments that slavery was a choice would culminate in some sort of weird and rewarding artistic flourish. Kim Kardashian’s recent, more serious dalliance with Trump—she talked prison reform…
There are two good—or at least non-horrifying—things that have come out of Kanye West’s recent cavorting with white supremacy. One is the cute Quiet Place parody from the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. The other is this objectively funny story from the Washington Examiner (I know, I know) about a horde of…
President Trump was in fine, unhinged form during his appearance at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Dallas on Friday. He did everything from graphically describing and acting out acts of mass killing with guns to dissing John Kerry and thanking Kanye West.
Over the last few days, the media has twisted itself into knots trying to figure out how to understand Kanye West’s tweets about Donald Trump. Does Kanye really support Trump? Should we attribute his tweets to some sort of vague “mental health” issues? Is doing so actually offensive and dismissive? Even Vox, a site…
Wow, what a week! Kanye West went full MAGA on us, elicited an approving tweet from Donald Trump, said some weird shit about dragon energy, and illuminated who exactly would rather stan for a very talented and prolific producer and rapper versus who would rather keep their dignity.
Well, this happened today. Welcome to hell, again.
Last week, Kanye West returned to Twitter nearly a year after deactivating his account. West’s return initially essentially consisted of a few sneak peeks from his upcoming Yeezy collections and a stream of Jaden Smith-style assertions about culture, the past, ideas, and other nebulous concepts adjacent to creativity.…
It's no secret that Donald Trump has, erm, struggled to land A-list talent to perform at his inauguration celebrations this weekend. As it stands, the current list of entertainers slated to appear (3 Doors Down! Tony Orlando! The…Piano Guys?) is something more akin to a state fair grandstand than a major national…
Whenever Kanye West offers naive and infuriating racial commentary—a hallmark of his career—fans often wistfully recall the one powerful thing he ever said about race. It’s what many referenced yesterday while trying to make sense of the sight of West standing alongside our president-elect and noted bigot, Donald J.…
Rhymefest—perhaps best-known for co-writing "Jesus Walks"—announced on Instagram that he is purchasing Kanye West's childhood home. The Chicago activist and hip-hop veteran wants to turn it into a community art incubator, recording studio, and museum dedicated to musicians from Chicago's South Side.
We all need friends like Kanye West. He's always looking out to make sure his friends and family get the respect they deserve and has no problems dishing out compliments if he feels they are on the same level of "genius" and "influence" as him. To name a few: Beyonce, Kid Cudi, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, and now Frank…
Twitter was rightfully outraged last week when Kanye West shared his Yeezy Season 4 fashion show casting call for “multiracial models only.”
Kanye West posted a call sheet on his Twitter feed for Sunday for his upcoming Yeezy Season 4 event that asked for “multiracial women only—no makeup, come as you are.”
UPDATE: Bad news, Yeezus fans. The Blum & Poe gallery has confirmed that the sculpture is not actually for sale. (Maybe one day!)
The wait is finally over. On Saturday, Frank Ocean not only gave his patient, yet understandably demanding fans his long overdue album, but he also set up magazine pop-up shops in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London where fans could score free copies of his Boys Don't Cry zine which included a physical…
Congratulations! You are exactly five years older than you were when Watch the Throne was released on August 8, 2011. Kanye West and Jay Z's joint album debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 200 chart and broke iTunes' previous one-week sales record, held for three years by Coldplay (lol).
The 2016 Summer Olympics officially begin Friday in Rio with a grand display of opulence as Brazil slowly buckles under the collective pressure to pull off an international spectacle. That’s right: I’m talking about the Opening Ceremony.
Kanye West, famous rapper and husband of Kim Kardashian, dropped the music video for his single "Wolves" on this glorious Friday afternoon.
The 2016 MTV Video Music Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday afternoon, and—in a pop cultural climate where egregious snubs can feel like the norm—we were delighted to see that the Video of the Year category looks pretty much perfect. The five nominees:
There’s so much music out there, it’s hard to keep up! We’re halfway through this, the year of our Lord Beyoncé’s 2016, and thousands of albums have been released already. Several major stars put out chart-topping records, and a bunch of smaller names produced totally uncelebrated greatness. It’s really not safe to…