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Kanye West Refutes Yeezy Gap Is In Trash Bags With FOX News Because Of Course
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FOX News / Youtube Kanye West insists his Yeezy Gap gear is not being sold out of trash bags, okay? They’re actually construction bags and they serve a specific purpose in the customer experience. After receiving backlash online over the aesthetics of how his Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection was being presented in stores, Ye talked with FOX News, a fave of his buddy Donald Trump, to set the record straight on his vision from the Times Square store. And of course he wasn’t about to apologize for what people thought. “Look man, I’m an innovator,” answered Ye when asked if his clothes in bags could be insensitive to some people, like the homeless. “And I’m not here to sit up and apologize about my ideas. That’s exactly what the media tries...
Kid Cudi Says It’ll Take A “Motherf*cking Miracle” For Him And Kanye To Be Good Again
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jason Koerner / Getty Friendships in the rap game can at times be fickle depending on circumstances and misunderstandings, but Kid Cudi isn’t even humoring burying the hatchet with Kanye West as their relationship seems broken beyond repair. Months after making it clear that he and Kanye West are no longer cool with one another, Kid Cudi has once again reiterated his stance on their relationship and shot down any notion that they’d be hugging it out anytime soon. In an in-depth interview with Esquire the Man On The Moon artist didn’t just say it would take a “motherfucking miracle” for him and Kanye to be friends again, but even got into detail about how one-sided their friendship had been for quite some time. Related Stories “I’ve been on every one of th...
Kanye West Requests Yeezy Gap Gear Be Sold Out of “Trash Bags”, Twitter Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Yeezy GAP / YEEZY GAP Billionaire rapper/producer Kanye West is nothing if not unpredictable. The star is being criticized for the merchandising presentation of his new Yeezy Gap collection. In a now-viral post, a Twitter user wrote, “This is how they are selling Yeezy GAP. The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had it on hangers and this is how he wanted it. They won’t help you find ur size too, you just have to just dig through everything.” Related Stories Per Page Six, an eyewitness said that, “The sales associate said Ye got mad when he saw they had [his clothes] on hangers” because “this is how he wanted it.” “They won’t help you find [your] size,” they added, “you just have to just dig through everything.” See More: EX...
Kid Cudi on Kanye West: ‘It’s Gonna Take A Motherf–king Miracle’ to Recover Friendship
Kid Cudi signaled the end of his tumultuous, 13-year friendship with Kanye West in a recent Esquire interview, saying “It’s gonna take a motherfucking miracle for me and that man to be friends again” in reference to the escalating beef between the two rappers over the past year. In February, West wrote on Instagram that he would not feature Cudi, a frequent collaborator, on his music “because he’s friends with you know who.” The since-deleted post was a reference to Pete Davidson, Cudi’s friend and Kim Kardashian’s first boyfriend since filing for divorce from Kanye West in 2021. Cudi broke his silence on the ordeal in the interview. “Do you know how it feels to wake up one day, look at your social media, and you’re trending because somebody’s talking some shit about you?” he said. “You fu...
Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert & Steve Lacy Show Off Their New Matching Tattoos
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mez Afram / Instagram Kanye West took some time off from harassing Pete Davidson to get matching tattoos with his friends. Tuesday (Aug.9), Kanye West, Lil Uzi Vert, and Steve Lacy showed off their matching tattoos in a photo taken by Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Mez Afram. Lacy shared the same photo on his Instagram account with the caption, “we here forever technically.” Per Page Six, a close-up of the trio’s identical ink all says, “we here forever technically.” In Afram’s post, who is rocking a pair of Yeezy’s new ugly shades and a black bodysuit from West’s GAP x YEEZY collection, she simply shared a heart emoji in the caption for the post. Related Stories The “YR 3022 YEEZY SHDZ” were also sported by West’s now ex-wife Kim Kardashian and his olde...
Pete Davidson Reportedly In Trauma Therapy Over Kanye West Harassment
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Pete Davidson is in the news of late after reports that his relationship with Kim Kardashian has come to an end. During their romance, the actor and comedian endured plenty of harassment from Kanye West and is reportedly seeking therapy to address the fallout. According to PEOPLE, which spoke with a source close to Pete Davidson, the SNL star is seeking therapy due to Kanye West’s relentless online harassment. Related Stories The source says to the outlet that since April of this year, Davidson, 28, entered into “trauma therapy” as a result of the harassment and social media threats from West, 45 during the period Davidson dated Kardashian, 41. “The attention and negativity coming from Kanye and his antics is a trigger for [Pet...
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...
