Trump and Kanye's Oval Office Hang Was Fucking Wild
On Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump welcomed Kanye West to the White House for the pair’s recently announced lunch and policy chat, and if that sentence makes you feel like you’re tripping balls, it’s nothing compared to how surreal the actual meeting was.
Donald Trump Calls Into Fox & Friends to Ramble Incoherently
Whenever President Donald Trump calls into his favorite morning TV show, Fox & Friends, one of two things always happens: Either he offers his usual, low-grade, self-promoting bluster, or he goes completely and irrevocably off the rails in a string of unhinged, and unrelated mini-rants about whatever half-formed…
Buckle Up: Kanye's Going to the White House
Kanye West is headed to the White House on Thursday, per a report by the New York Times. West is slated to meet with both Trump and senior advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to two sources who spoke with the newspaper.
We're Going to Hear About Trump and Kimye Forever Aren't We
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…
Conservative Idiots Abandon Their Followers in a Heartbeat to Meet Kanye West
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…
Good Lord, Trump Really Went Off in His NRA Speech
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.
Treat Kanye West Like a Conspiracy Theorist
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…
Now Trump Has Dragged Chance the Rapper Into This Kanye Mess
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.
The Gates of Hell Are Wide Open
Well, this happened today. Welcome to hell, again.
Kanye West Appears to Be Joining Forces With a Bunch of America's Worst Conservative Demons
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.…
The wild reason why Trump's team says they didn't ask Kanye to perform at the inauguration
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…
Sorry y'all, Kanye West never cared about black people
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.…
It feels right that Kanye West's childhood home is going to be used to help young artists in Chicago
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.
Kanye West says he’ll boycott the Grammys if Frank Ocean isn’t nominated. There’s just one problem.
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…
So this is what Kanye West really meant by ‘multiracial' women
Twitter was rightfully outraged last week when Kanye West shared his Yeezy Season 4 fashion show casting call for “multiracial models only.”
Kanye West 'multiracial' casting call manages to anger pretty much everyone
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.”
Would you pay $4 million for the bed of celebrities from Kanye's 'Famous' video?
UPDATE: Bad news, Yeezus fans. The Blum & Poe gallery has confirmed that the sculpture is not actually for sale. (Maybe one day!)
Read Kanye West’s incredibly relatable ode to McDonald’s fries
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…
