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Kanye West Threatens To Shelve Jay-Z Verse In Documentary
The build up to Donda was a sight to be seen. A leak of documentary behind the album shows Kanye West threatening to shelve a Jay-Z verse. As spotted on HipHopDX now the world will get a better idea of his very unique creative process. Earlier this week footage from a film documenting how his tenth album […]
Lawsuit Claims Kanye West’s Donda Academy Banned Black History Books, Allowed Bullying & Served Nothing But Sushi
At this point, I just need everyone to raise your hand if you’re not currently suing Kanye West. Seriously, Ye stays drowning in litigation like his big homie Donald Trump drowns in criminal investigations. In the last couple of years alone, Yeezus has been sued by Black-owned companies and other businesses. He’s been sued by […] The post Lawsuit Claims Kanye West’s Donda Academy Banned Black History Books, Allowed Bullying & Served Nothing But Sushi appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Kanye West In Talks To Relocate Donda Academy To Church In Southern California
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Kanye West continues to move forward with rebuilding his collapsing empire. He is now trying to relocate his Donda Academy to a church in southern California. As spotted on TMZ, the Chicago, Illinois native is reportedly in talks with the Cornerstone Christian Church in the Northridge area of Los Angeles. Their pastor, Ronald Nagin, tells the celebrity gossip website the “Flashing Lights” rapper has met with their executive team several times. His goal is to secure some space at their facility for Donda Academy’s new home. The religious leader says West believes the church would be a better fit due to having more space on site. Pastor Nagin also adds that they also see value in housing the school as Kanye’s goal is to have the kids...
Illumiyeezy: Kanye West Says His Mother Donda Was Sacrificed
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yui Mok – PA Images / Getty The Kanye West train wreck continues. Ye is now saying that his late mom Donda West was sacrificed by the powers that be. As spotted on Bossip, the polarizing figure continues to say some very off the wall things. In a new interview Ye goes to allege that his mother Donda West was taken away from the world as a part of a occult ritual. “My mama ain’t here. My mama was sacrificed” he said. Ye went on to correlate her passing to the passing of several high profile parents or siblings. “Michael Jordan, what about him?” he asked. “His daddy, right? Bill Cosby, his son. Dr. Dre, his son. Out in Hollywood, a lot of people come up missing. It feels like it might be a lot of that, in order to control, traumatize…They want to monet...
Celtics Star Jaylen Brown Signs With Kanye West’s Donda Sports
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Andy Lyons / Getty Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has reportedly signed on as the first pro athlete at Kanye West’s Donda Sports. The multi-hyphenate stars venture into sports management certainly has a legitimate client on its roster, but there are no guarantees in this game. According to TMZ Sports, Brown is the first pro athlete to ink a contract with Ye’s sports agency. Reportedly, things got real when the “All Of The Lights” rapper attended a Warriors vs. Celtics game back in March. Ye inking a star on the rise like Brown is a no-brainer. Per TMZ: So, why 25-year-old Brown?? We’re told Donda eyed the Eastern Conference champ because of his intelligence, social activism and charitable work … as well as his success on the court. On top of that, the d...
‘SLAM’ Magazine Gets Up Close & Personal With Kanye West’s Donda Academy Basketball Team
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SLAM / Slam Magazine Ye and his love for basketball is no secret, so it shouldn’t come as a shock that West is involved in youth hoops. Thanks to SLAM Magazine, we are getting up close and personal with his stacked Donda Academy basketball team. Kanye West, who is currently living out his best life with his new barbie doll Julia Fox in Paris for Fashion Week, let his team full of the country’s next crop of basketball talent do all the talking, thank God. In the interview, the young hoopers talked about playing for Ye, bringing his vision to life and what it means to be the building blocks for the Chicago rapper’s prep school’s basketball program. The team is comprised of notable high school prospects Jalen Hooks, Jahki Howard, Chuck Bailey, Braeden Moore,...
Rubber Mask Kanye Clones Mob Through Manhattan For ‘Donda’ Deluxe Edition Release Promo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Revolt / Revolt November continues to not disappoint when it comes to bizarre Kanye West headlines. Last week, a mob of Ye clones hit the street in what seems to be a marketing ploy for the Donda deluxe edition. As spotted on TMZ, a crew of individuals hit the streets, and to say it was a scene to behold would be an understatement. On Saturday (November 13), about 20 to 30 people wearing the YZY x Gap round jacket, rubber face masks, and black caps walked together throughout the Union Square area of Manhattan. At first glance, it seemed that the group was either paying homage to the unique outfit but upon further review, all signs point to the stunt being a marketing ploy. The army hit the streets the same weekend that Ye’s Donda (Deluxe) finally mad...
Yeezy Tech: Kanye West Files ‘Donda’ Trademark for All The Tech Products
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West is certified in the apparel and sneaker game. But now Ye has his eye on the tech world, and he’s applied to use the “Donda” name on various tech products. The guy has repeatedly name-checked the late Steve Jobs of Apple fame as inspiration. Whatever you can think of, from laptops to watches to headphones, Ye is fittin’ to slap ‘Donda’ on it. Reports TMZ: According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Ye’s company filed a trademark application on September 21 to slap the name “Donda” on a slew of tech line products. And, by the looks of things … this line could be one helluva empire. Ye is looking to lock up the rights to slap “Donda” on a bunch of electronics, including tablet computers, audio speakers and surround sound systems....
Kanye West Made Collaborators Wear ‘Donda’ Merch & Yeezys In The Studio
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty We all know that Kanye West likes to be extra in different ways and forms when it comes to him creating his art, but apparently he also reels his peers into whatever he feels is aesthetically appropriate when in the studio with him. According to HypeBeast, Fivio Foreign revealed that Yeezy actually enforced a fashion rule on his fellow Donda collaborators that they’d have to be rocking Donda merchandise along with Yeezy sneakers whenever they were in the studio with him. In a recent interview on Power 106 FM Los Angeles’ The Liftoff/L.A. Leakers show, Fivio broke down how things went down in the studio saying, “When we went to ’He made us all wear DONDA merch,” said Fivio. “I thought we were on DONDA timing, I guess to get us in… he gave ever...
It Only Took 3 Days For Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ To Blow Kanye’s ‘Donda’ Out Of The Streaming Waters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Todd Williamson/NBC / Getty If you were invested in the Hip-Hop culture feud that emerged across social media after Kanye West’s 10th studio album, Donda, dropped in late August and then Drake’s 6th studio album, Certified Lover Boy, dropped five days later, just know that, if the number of streams each project got is an indicator as to who the victor of the “beef” is, the guy from Toronto is taking that W. And it isn’t even close. According to Rolling Stone, it took eight days for Donda to garner 423 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. The album’s success even earned it the No. 1 spot on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums Chart. But in only three days—Friday, Sept. 3, through Sunday, Sept. 5—CLB had already seen more than 430 million streams, accor...
Andre 3000 Explains Why “Life Of The Party” Didn’t Make ‘Donda’ Album
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Tommaso Boddi / Getty Drake dipped into his petty bag and “leaked” a Kanye West song called “Life of the Party” that features a standout lyricism from Andre 3000. Speculation about why the song wasn’t on Donda and debate over the bars aimed at Drake on Ye’s verse soon started running rampant, but 3 Stacks himself has shed some light on what went down. While on Andre 3000’s verse is deeply personal as he raps about the passing of both of his parents, Yeezy’s has some introspection but what most people are talking about are its shots at Drake and his once again doubling down on his Team MAGA affiliations. But 3 Stacks issued a statement to Rolling Stone explaining where his head was at when he created his verse. “A few weeks ago Kanye reached out about me b...
Shark Ye?: Kanye West Accused of Stealing Donda Merch Design From Black Designer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty As Kanye West’s long-awaited tribute album to his mother Donda was released this past weekend, it’s caused a firestorm of controversy—and now an alleged jack move by West that’s surprising in how blatant it appears is adding to the drama. According to Randy Dawkins, creative director of the fashion line Infinity G8ds, West blatantly stole the design used on their clothing for his own $100 t-shirt sold at the August 5 listening event for Donda at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The design in question is an elongated black Star of David logo with a thin cross in the middle, with the album name and the date of the event listed underneath. In an interview with The Daily Beast about the allegation, Dawkins said “We don’t have any bad vi...
