Kanye West is being sued by a photographer who says he was pummeled by the rapper and his people at a 2008 party underneath the Queensboro Bridge.
Michael Vazquez is demanding unspecified damages for the beatdown he says he suffered at the hands of the "Gold Digger" hitmaker and several security guards at Guastavino's on East 59th Street.
Last week Kanye West and Nicki Minaj held the first and second spots but this week they get dethroned by Susan Boyle and Taylor Swift. That means the number one Hip Hop (and I use the term Hip Hop loosely) album for the week is by none other than The Black Eyed Peas. The group’s sixth studio album, The Beginning, enters the charts at number six and sells 117,066 copies. Unless there is some kind of a Hip Hop, Christmas miracle, expect to see these guys… Continue
Kanye West is back at number one. The emcee’s new album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” opens atop this week’s Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 496-thousand. The record is Kanye’s fourth release to reach number one, and is enjoying a bigger debut than his last effort — 2008’s “808s & Heartbreak” — which sold 450-thousand copies in its first week. Following Kanye West this week is fellow rap star Nicki Minaj. The hip-hop diva’s… Continue
Kanye West spent 90 minutes gift wrapping presents for foster kids today at a charity event in NYC -- but he didn't do it for the publicity ... he did it because he happened to be in the area and he felt like helping out.
Sources tell TMZ West was not scheduled to attend the New Yorkers for Children's 8th annual "Wrap to Rap" event at the Ainsworth in NYC this afternoon ... but around 6:00 PM, he strolled right in and asked if he could help… Continue
Rihanna has remained notoriously private despite her superstar status, but in a new spread for Interview magazine the singer finally gets personal, opening up to Kanye West about her vulnerabilities, how she feels about being a sex symbol, and when she plans to have kids.
The interview, accompanied by a series of dazzling shots of the sulty star, is scheduled to run in the December/January issue of the… Continue
There's one Taylor who Kanye West is quite fond of - and her name ain't Swift.
Harlem native Teyana Taylor, 19, was handpicked by the rap superstar to sing on his new album "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." She followed that up by stealing the show last week when she performed with West at the Bowery Ballroom on the lower East Side.
Taylor, the Teyana version, described the controversial artist as a mentor, a big brother and fellow… Continue
That’s how much it cost you to see the great Kanye West in concert last night.
As had been rumored, Mr. Ego performed at the Bowery Ballroom last night on Delancy Street (capacity: 550 people). In that intimate space he performed his brand new album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" in its entirety.
The album has been declared a masterpiece - this time not… Continue
The hits just keep on coming in the Kanye West vs. Today Show slugfest.
The Grammy-award winning rapper cancelled his Nov. 26 performance on the NBC morning show after host Matt Lauer aired an interview that featured an irritated West apologizing for calling George W. Bush a racist.
"I'm not performing on the Today Show for obvious reasons," he tweeted Friday from Dubai. "I'm happy the world got to see just a small piece of ‘the set… Continue
Kanye West is mad about a "Today Show" interview of him apologizing for calling George W. Bush a racist.
But the show's host, Matt Lauer, isn't sorry at all for showing it.
Lauer played more of the interview with the Grammy-award winning rapper on Thursday, after West went on a Twitter rampage declaring Lauer tried to force his answers.
West was also upset the network replayed footage while he was… Continue
Kanye West is sorry for giving George W. Bush the worst experience of his presidency.
The Grammy-award winning rapper says he regrets saying "George Bush doesn't care about black people" five years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
"I would tell George Bush in my moment of frustration, I didn't have the grounds to call him racist," West said in a taped "Today" interview, which aired on Wednesday.
Is Kanye West keeping up with Kim Kardashian?
He could be.
The "Runaway" rapper, 33, remained coy during a phone interview with Detroit radio show Mojo in the Morning Thursday when asked about an alleged fling with the 30-year-old reality TV queen. The hosts even mentioned photos on the Web of the twosome looking friendly at a Chicago restaurant.
"There's pictures of us hanging out?" West responded. "Man, I need to get on the… Continue
I really don’t know what to say about the rumors that Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have recently recorded a song together. My only question is why would Kanye record with Kim if he is consider to be one of the biggest artist in the game. If he did record a song with her he need to know he’s dumbing the industry down by helping someone that has no music back ground? Yall she doing it for the money we all know that, and thats cool but don’t mix someone… Continue
The debate as to whether Kanye West is one of the biggest music stars in pop culture has a whole new layer to it now that a nude photo of the rapper has hit the Web.
The website MediaTakeOut.com posted the image Friday, after weeks of rumors that claimed naked shots of West were making the rounds.
In the picture, which the site claims they received Friday morning, West is shown sitting on what appears to be a couch or chair, shirtless… Continue
Kanye West has announced that his collaboration EP with Jay-Z entitled “Watch The Throne,” will now be a full length album.
In a recent interview with XXL Magazine, West stated that the release will be a full album, not an EP, as was initially reported.
"We had done five songs so far, and then a few of 'em, kind of, were out there, and I put them on my album. Sorry Jay," he said, laughing. "But we got some more, and we going to the… Continue
Kanye West is a sexy lingerie model with feathers.
At least that's how he portrays himself in his new music video, "Runaway," a 30-minute hit-you-over-the-head parable about rebirth in response to last year's VMA incident with Taylor Swift.
In West's directorial debut -- a beautiful if sterile nod to a typical fashion magazine photo spread -- Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks plays a phoenix that falls to… Continue
Kanye West has revealed the first official cover for his upcoming My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.
As previously reported, Kanye's original cover caused controversy for depicting a monster being straddled by a partially nude woman.
Now with that cover reportedly banned, Kanye plans to debut five new covers for the project.
The first will be a picture of a ballerina and was originally used to promote his short film… Continue
Kanye West came by "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Tuesday (Oct. 19) where he spoke about the Taylor Swift incident and his diamond teeth.
"It's a pretty bugged out story. I literally left America, I stopped doing music altogether," says West, of the Taylor Swift incident. "I went to Japan just so I could get away from paparazzi altogether. And then in November I moved to Rome ...… Continue