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Kanye West Mourns “Skete” After End Of Kim Kardashian & Pete Davidson Union
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Kanye West hasn’t shown much in the way of grace towards his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and boyfriend Pete Davidson, and that streak continues after the end of the celebrity union. Ye took to Instagram and delivered his thoughts on the conclusion of Kardashian and Davidson’s romance in an extremely petty way. Taking to Instagram, Kanye West AKA Ye shared an image of a doctored New York Times newspaper issue with the breaking headline reading, “Skete Davidson Dead At The Age Of 28” which was posted in the early morning hours of August 8. Related Stories In small print below the larger headline, Kid Cudi caught an unfortunate stray. As so might know, the Cleveland star recently performed in Kanye’s stead at Rolling Loud Miami and wa...
John Legend Confirms Kanye West Bromance With Trump & Bootleg Presidential Run Doomed Friendship
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz/MTV1415 / Getty We all know John Legend and Kanye West’s friendship is no longer a thing. The r&b singer is shedding more light on why he and Ye won’t be hanging out again. John Legend got real candid about his former friend Kanye West. Speaking on an episode of CNN’s The Axe Files podcast with David Axelrod, Legend revealed his friendship with Ye was doomed all because of West’s love for former President Donald Trump and his headass run for the White House. Related Stories Legend told Axelrod he and West weren’t “friends as much as we used to be” because “we publicly disagreed on his running for office and supporting Trump.” No surprise there. John Legend Had Enough of Kanye West’s Foolishness The artist, formerly known as Kanye West, di...
Chaka Khan Still Angry About Kanye West “Through the Fire” Sample
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Phillip Faraone / Getty 10-time Grammy Award-winning R&B legend Chaka Khan told an interviewer this week that she is still dissatisfied with the way her voice was used on Kanye West’s debut single, “Through the Wire.” “That’s what he [Kanye] did with his music,” Khan told Good Day DC. “I was upset about sounding like a chipmunk because he didn’t put that when he asked could he use [sample] my song. He didn’t mention he was going to speed it up three times its normal speed. Had he, I would’ve had something to say, but since I didn’t think of that, believe me, I think of it now.” Related Stories Khan did clear the sample for the 2004 hit song—which launched West’s rap career. However, she has frequently criticized it. In 2020, she did an interview...
Kanye West Calls Out Adidas For Making “Yeezy Day” Without His Approval
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jonathan Leibson / Getty On August 3, “Yeezy Day” once again had the sneaker world in a frenzy as Yeezy sneakers and slides dropped every hour all day and had sneakerheads counting more L’s than a MF. Interestingly enough, Kanye West himself not only had nothing to do with the sneaker holiday, but took to social media to call out adidas for creating the day without his blessing. Continuing his war on the striped brand for using his ideas for their own profit, Kanye West DM’d a lengthy rant about how adidas continues to use his products without so much as informing him of their ideas. Related Stories Accusing adidas of making “Yeezy Day” without his approval, Kanye also called them out for stealing his styles, colorways and material ideas for his sneakers ...
Kanye West Gifts A$AP Bari New Maybach Following Car Accident
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty It looks like Kanye West is in the blessing business and the latest recipient is A$AP Bari. Following a car accident that totaled his previous vehicle, on Tuesday (Jul 26) Yeezy surprised the fashion designer with a new Maubach truck. The VLONE co-founder took to Instagram stories to share the news, posting a video of his new ride, while thanking the Chicago-bred mogul for the generous gift. “Yo, this n**ga Ye bought me a new f**king Maybach, yo!” he exclaimed. “If you know me, you know I crashed my Maybach two days ago, bro! This n**ga bought me a new Maybach truck, bruh. What the f**k is going on right now, I’m ’bout to cry, bro.” Related Stories Sharing with fans the significance of the gesture, A$AP Bari also posted photos of h...
On Sight: YEEZY x GAP Product Available For The First Time At GAP Stores
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YEEZY X GAP / YEEZY X GAP If you’re in The Big Apple and want to get your goth on look no further. The YEEZY x GAP collection is available for the first time at The GAP Manhattan flagship store. Source: YEEZY X GAP / YEEZY X GAP Today (Thursday, July 21) marks a historic day for the YEEZY x GAP brand. The very much anticipated collaboration will be available at a brick and mortar location for the very first time ever. According to a formal press release a selection of YEEZY GAP Engineered By Balenciaga will be available to purchase at The GAP Times Square location. The store has been reengineered and distilled to its most essential form in YEEZY GAP Engineered By Balenciaga’s vision of utilitarian design. The entry into GAP stores fulfills the visio...
Rolling Loud Miami Founder Retracts Statement That Travis Scott Wasn’t Allowed To Perform
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty Rolling Loud Miami has a new headliner but even that came with a bit of drama. The CEO has retracted a statement saying Travis Scott wasn’t allowed at the venue due to the Astroworld tragedy. As per TMZ Tariq Cherif had a bit of explaining to do. Originally Kanye West was scheduled to headline Friday, July 22 but it was announced last weekend he had withdrawn from the bill. The music executive revealed that he tried his best to get the “All of the Lights” rapper to honor the booking but he wasn’t successful. “Tried to convince Ye to stay on the lineup but he wasn’t having it” he wrote in a since deleted comment. Naturally the news took many fans and ticketholders by surprise and the requests for another big name performer to r...
Kid Cudi Replaces Old Friend Kanye West As Headliner For Rolling Loud Miami
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rolling Loud / Rolling Loud Kid Cudi isn’t currently on the friendliest terms with Kanye West so best believe he’ll have no problem replacing him at the upcoming Rolling Loud Festival in Miami. The Man On The Moon artist has been tapped to take on the vacant spot that Kanye West left behind after backing out of his scheduled performance at the July 17th event. Naturally Kanye decided to pull out of the concert just days before it was set to go down, but luckily for the Rolling Loud people, Cudi came to the rescue and will fill that spot on short notice. Related Stories “We were looking forward to Ye headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022. We spent months working with him and his team on the performance. Unfortunately, Ye has decided that he will no longer be ...
Gap Money?: Kanye West Sued By Company Saying He Fleeced Them For $7.1M On Canceled Coachella Gig, Other Shows
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Winter / Getty Kanye West seems to keep his lawyers busier than his accountants. The multi-hyphenate artist now known as Ye is being sued by Phantom Labs for a little over $7 million for what it says are payments he never delivered. According to TMZ, Phantom Labs is claiming it worked on numerous projects for Yeezy between June 2021 and March 2022, including Sunday Service dates, listening sessions for his DONDA 2 project and his canceled 2022 Coachella performance, amongst others. Related Stories However, Phantom claims that although Ye was initially good about making his payments on time, by February 2022, they were still owed over a cool $6 million. The lawsuit claims Ye told them he would get them their dough with the money he was set to make—re...
Cardi B Sports Call Of Duty Necklace In “Hot Sh*t” Video ft. Lil Durk & Kanye West
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cardi B / Youtube Who knew Cardi B was a gamer? Well, she probably isn’t but that’s not keeping her from rocking a one-of-a-kind Call of Duty Ghost Necklace in her latest visuals to “Hot Sh*t.” Designed by Omar The Jeweler, the piece was made specifically for Cardi in this video. As to whether or not she actually partakes in the popular game at home or online is anyone’s guess but the joint looks hella official. Y’all know gamers who balling gonna follow suit though. Getting her Matrix on and walking on skyscrapers before letting Lil Durk and Kanye West take over the clip, Cardi B slays it with her next level outfits and presence. For the record, though we think it’s Kanye West in the video, he never shows his face as it’s covered with a wild mask th...
North West Paparazzi Disdain Sparks Debate About Boundaries For Famous Kids
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: – / Getty In a viral moment last week, 9-year-old North West attended the Jean Paul Gaultier show and held up a handwritten sign which read, “Stop,” toward the paparazzi. The moment was one of levity for many, but for others—it highlighted the need for a conversation around respecting the boundaries of children. Even famous ones. Related Stories Her mother, Kim Kardashian, addressed the video with levity saying on Instagram, “For anyone who knows North knows how funny she finds this video! North I guess had it with the people taking pictures of her so she wrote on her invite STOP and held it up and wanted them to just focus on the show.” However, fans have pointed out, per Buzzfeed, that North has long expressed her disdain for the paparazzi and many wond...
Chicago House Music Legend Sues Kanye West Over Alleged Copyright Infringement
Legendary house music artist Marshall Jefferson has launched a lawsuit against Kanye West on the basis of alleged copyright infringement. The complaint, filed in New York’s U.S. District Court, alleges West sampled Jefferson’s 1986 song “Move Your Body” without licensed permission. After producing under the alias Virgo, it was the first track of Jefferson’s career he had released under his own name. Billboard reports the lawsuit claims West sampled Jefferson’s song 22 times in “Flowers,” a single from his 11th studio album, Donda 2, which released in February 2022. Unlike its predecessor, Donda 2 was released exclusively on West’s own Stem Player platform. The lawsuit notes that West earned a reported $2.2 million in physical Stem P...
