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Ye/XXXTentacion Song ‘True Love’ Getting Proper Release on Friday
The Ye / XXXTentacion song “True Love” is the lead track on the rapper formerly known as Kanye West’s recent album Donda 2, but unless you purchased a Stem Player or scoured the Internet for a bootleg, odds are that you haven’t heard it. The track is now getting a proper release at midnight ET Friday (May 27) via Columbia Records in conjunction with the Hulu documentary Look at Me: XXXTentacion and will also appear on XXXTentacion’s Look at Me: The Album, a release date for which has not been announced. The cover art for the track was designed by Ye and sports handwritten notes from XXXTentacion (“am I supposed to pretend to be heartless?,” “love love love” and “a feeling you just can’t explain”) from a journal recently discovered by his mother. The controversial rapper was murdered in 201...
Kanye West Drops His Kids at School in a Fire Truck in Adorable ‘Kardashians’ Scene
Sure, the new season of Hulu‘s The Kardashians has been filled to the brim with drama surrounding Kim Kardashian and Kanye West‘s divorce, but in the episode that premiered Thursday (May 17), fans got to enjoy a sweet moment of fatherhood from Ye. In the adorable scene, the “Praise God” rapper made what might be a mundane everyday activity into a fun one for his four children. Eight-year-old North, 6-year-old Saint, 4-year-old Chicago and 3-year-old Psalm are all seen coming out to the driveway of their home to a massive red fire truck that Ye hired to bring his kids to school. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Kanye is here to pick up the kids to take them to school. He loves to do that,” Kardashian tells the camera. “So, of course...
Kim Kardashian Says Kanye West Told Her That Her “Career’s Over” Due To Suspect Fits
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty Kim Kardashian is continuing to use her family’s new reality show, The Kardashians, as a stage to air out all of the toxic details regarding her former relationship with Kanye West as well as their post-divorce interactions. In fact, in the latest episode, Kim recalled how Ye told her that her “career’s over” now that she’s no longer taking his fashion advice and confining her wardrobe to whatever he has approved. From BuzzFeed News: Within months of them getting together in 2012, Kanye literally reworked Kim’s entire closet after apparently telling her that she had “the worst style.” Related Stories And for the next nine years, Kanye would go out of his way to ensure that Kim’s out...
Kanye West Drops New Visuals To “Life of The Party”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yeezy GAP / YEEZY GAP In celebration of Mother’s Day yesterday (May 8), last night FOX premiered Kanye West’s new visuals to Donda‘s “Life of The Party” during Family Guy and not only was it actually pretty cool, he didn’t even threaten Pete Davidson in it. Progress! Though this isn’t the version that saw the legendary André 3000 drop a ridiculously creative verse and Kanye call out Drake in his bars, Kanye did get his bars off on this version too. For the video Kanye uses old pictures of himself during his childhood years while incorporating some CGI to make his younger self rap his verses. Ultimately the visual concludes with a home video of a young Kanye in 1990 rapping at a family gathering while the adults went about their business not knowing they w...
Kim Kardashian Talks About How Kanye West Walked Out During Her ‘SNL’ Monolog On Latest Episode Of ‘The Kardashians’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Will / Getty Sometimes it seems like the entire post-breakup drama between Kanye West and Kim Kardashian was a long, elaborate trailer for Kim’s new reality TV Show The Kardashians. I mean, I’m not a faithful viewer of the shadow, so I can’t say for sure, but it seems like Ye’s name is always coming up, don’t it? Anyway, according to Variety, in the last episode, Kardashian talked about last year when she hosted Saturday Night Live and she revealed that Kanye Jesus walked out during her opening monologue because she had jokes regarding their divorce. From Variety: Related Stories Kim quipped at the time about West, “I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he’s the richest Black man in America,” she said onstage. “A talented, legit geniu...
Pastor Sues Kanye West For Sampling His Sermon on ‘Donda’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Reaves / Getty Kanye West might’ve used Donda as a way to spread the gospel according to Yeezus, but a pastor in Texas wasn’t too happy when he realized his sermon was sampled without his knowledge or consent and found it’s way onto the hit album. According to TMZ, Bishop David Paul Moten is suing Kanye West claiming that Kanye West sampled his sermon without his permission and used it on his Donda cut, “Come To Life.” [embedded content] Related Stories In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Moten claims his sermon is used for 70 seconds of the 5-minute, 10-second track … which is more than 20 percent of the song. Moten says his voice and sermon are used in the song intro and looped throughout the song … and he says it’s the latest example of Kanye and the...
Pastor Sues Kanye West For Sampling His Sermon on ‘Donda’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Reaves / Getty Kanye West might’ve used Donda as a way to spread the gospel according to Yeezus, but a pastor in Texas wasn’t too happy when he realized his sermon was sampled without his knowledge or consent and found it’s way onto the hit album. According to TMZ, Bishop David Paul Moten is suing Kanye West claiming that Kanye West sampled his sermon without his permission and used it on his Donda cut, “Come To Life.” [embedded content] Related Stories In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Moten claims his sermon is used for 70 seconds of the 5-minute, 10-second track … which is more than 20 percent of the song. Moten says his voice and sermon are used in the song intro and looped throughout the song … and he says it’s the latest example of Kanye and the...
D.L. Hughley Says Pete Davidson “Out Of Pocket” For Getting Kanye & Kim’s Kid’s Initials Tattoo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bobby Bank / Getty Apparently, the messy and public feud between Kanye West and Kim Kardashian‘s current boo Pete Davidson is still ongoing, and while Ye typically seems to be the aggressor in the reality TV-ish shenanigans, this time it’s Pete causing folks online to raise their eyebrows. It appears that Davidson has tattooed the first initials of Kanye and Kim’s children’s names on his neck in the order of the children’s ages. Yikes! Related Stories “Yeeeeah, I gotta say I’m team Kanye on this one. While it might be true that Pete treats his body like it’s the inside of a high school yearbook and is constantly getting simple-word tattoos to represent various things in his world, getting the names of someone else’s children tattooed on his neck is weird,...
Authors Say Jared Kushner Used Ye FKA Kanye West To Direct Black Voters Away From Biden
HipHopWired Featured Video Jared Kushner rose to infamy as a notable, if inexperienced, member of former President Donald Trump’s political inner circle. A new book makes the claim that Kushner employed the spectacle of Ye FKA Kanye West‘s failed presidential run as an attempt to divert Black voters away from President Joe Biden. In a report from Raw Story, New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin write in their joint book This Will Not Pass that Kushner used the Chicago superstar’s name for an ultimately botched political advantage. West, who aligned himself with Trump ahead of his aims to run for president, found himself an unlikely candidate running on a platform that didn’t exactly mirror campaign runs in times past. “The president’s son-in-law possessed limited cam...
Pistol Pete: Pete Davidson Jabs At Kanye West At Netflix Is A Joke Appearance
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: STEFANI REYNOLDS / Getty Pete Davidson has apparently broken his silence on all things Ye FKA Kanye West, opting to address all of the smoke via a recent appearance onstage. During his set. Davidson threw some light jabs at Kim Kardashian’s ex and promptly kept it moving. Variety reports that during Davidson’s set at the Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival, the overall tension between Yeezy and the man he infamously dubbed “Skete” was lightly discussed. Davidson didn’t take the lowest road but didn’t exactly shy away either. From Variety: Related Stories At his stop at the Netflix is a Joke festival this week, Davidson spoke publicly about the situation, poking fun at West’s behavior towards him. That included an alleged incident where West attempted to spr...
Ray J Calls Cap On Rumors He Gave Kanye Unreleased Kim Kardashian Footage
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Patrick McMullan / Getty Ray J is trying to stand on business but the streets keep pulling him back. He is denying the recent rumors that he gave Kanye unreleased footage of Kim Kardashian. As per Page Six the “Wait A Minute” singer isn’t here for any smut being placed on his name. Last week a new episode of The Kardashians premiered on Hulu. During a scene Kim is seen very emotional and reveals that Kanye had to meet up with Ray J on her behalf to retrieve some unreleased footage from their infamous sex tape. Naturally the clip quickly went viral and several celebrity gossip media outlets ran with the story. Related Stories Hollywood Unlocked posted it on their Instagram and the Raycon co-founder made it clear the story isn’t true. “All o...
What Is Your Favorite Kanye West Met Gala Look? Vote!
Ahead of the 2022 Met Gala next week, Billboard is delving into some of the most memorable musician looks from past events — and today, we’re taking a closer look at the artist formerly known as Kanye West. Ye has attended eight Met Galas, from 2009 through 2019, with five of those appearances alongside his ex-wife Kim Kardashian. In the video above, you can see the rapper’s evolution from a classic black tux for his first three galas to his much more experimental looks, like his Balmain silver sequined jacket and blue contact lenses in 2016 to his no-frills black Dickies jacket in 2019. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news It remains to be seen whether Ye will attend Monday’s 2022 Met Gala, where Lin-Manuel Miranda, Regina King, Blake Liv...
