kanye west
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...
Adidas Dropping New “Hi-Res Red” Colorway For The Yeezy Boost 700
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @ryivibes / Instagram Even though Kanye’s popularity continues to struggle due to his out of pocket ways and actions, his sneakers still remain a hot commodity and adidas continue to drop new colorways for their various Yeezy models and the Yeezy Boost 700 is next in line to get a vibrant new colorway. According to Nice Kicks the Yeezy Boost 700 will be getting a crazy bright red colorway later on this year dubbed the “Hi-Res Red” that is sure to be a hit amongst bloods from West to East if nothing else. The sneaker features a bright Hi-Res Red mesh upper and tongue with suede overlays seen in black and grey. The full-length BOOST encapsulated midsole is seen in maroon with orange and dark teal hits and maroon is seen again on the laces and forefoot. Last...
Universal Music Group Sued Over Kanye West “Power” Sample
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty It’s been more than a decade since Kanye West released his classic My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, but apparently, UMG has been shortchanging a prog Rock band for sampling their work that was used on the album. According to Variety, Declan Colgan Music Ltd (DCM) has filed a lawsuit against Universal Music Group over it’s sampling of a King Crimson song “21st Century Schizoid Man” which was used on Kanye’s cut “Power” claiming that UMG has been underpaying on streaming royalties from the song for a while now. Related Stories In the lawsuit filed, DCM claims that Kanye originally sampled “21st Century Schizoid Man” without permission or a license before uploading the track to YouTube in 2010, where it has since hit a...
Kid Cudi Takes To Twitter To Announce He & Kanye Still Aren’t Cool With Each Other
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Timothy Norris / Getty For the past few years Kanye West has become quite well-versed in the art of alienating fans, friends and even his rap peers, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Kid Cudi recently stated that he and Kim Kardashian’s stalker are no longer on speaking terms after he and Ye traded barbs on social media. Yesterday the Man on The Moon artist seemingly out of nowhere took to Twitter to announce that the only reason that he’s on Pusha T’s album is because he recorded his verse “a year ago when I was still cool w Kanye” but that’s is not the case these days as he is no longer “cool w that man.” Can’t say we saw that coming. Related Stories More than likely this has to do with Kanye West speaking out against Cudi for being cool with his rom...
Kanye West Seeking “Behavioral” Treatment At “Luxury” Facility, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ronald Martinez / Getty Kanye West stays in the news cycle. The latest from the prolific “free thinker” is that he’s actively seeking “behavioral” treatment but only if it goes down in a “luxury” facility. Please keep in mind that this info doesn’t come directly from Ye’s usual communication channel of choice, Instagram, but via unnamed “sources.” Related Stories According to Page Six, of course, someone allegedly on the Kanye Squad says, “West’s team has been looking at treatment facilities for him,” while added, “he wants to enter a behavioral treatment center to be a better human and a better dad.” West, who recently dropped out of headlining Coachella, has spoken candidly about his bipolar disorder diagnosis before as well as the difficulty he’s had i...
The Weeknd Wants $8.5 Million Payout Ye Was Offered For Coachella
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rich Fury / Getty With the news that Ye FKA Kanye West will no longer perform as a headliner for Coachella this year, organizers scrambled quickly to name The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia in his stead. Sources close to the deal say Ye was offered a cool $8.5 million for his appearance and The Weeknd wants the same but it appears there may be some resistance to that agreement. Page Six caught wind of insider chatter that Coachella organizers didn’t match the terms of Ye’s deal when asking The Weeknd to take the reigns as the headliner for the pair of Sunday night shows. The outlet says that the Canadian crooner born Abel Tesfaye is considering pulling out if he isn’t given the same $8.5 million offer. From Page Six: Related Stories Coachella organizers a...
Vevo Confirms Drake, Lil Nas X, Kanye West & Other Artists YouTube Pages Were “Vandalized”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty You were not alone if you stopped by Vevo pages recently to watch some music videos and experienced some weirdness. Vevo has acknowledged The Weeknd, Drake, Lil Nas X, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Eminem, Michael Jackson, Ariana Grande, and other artists’ pages were the victim of an “attack” by someone who goes by the Twitter handle @lospelaosbro. First reported by The Verge, people who visited those pages Wednesday (Apr.6) were greeted by weird clips featuring rapper Lil Tjay and a man named Paco Sanz, who was sent to prison for being a scammer after grifting donations claiming he had cancer. Vevo confirmed the intrusions to Engadget, telling the website, “some videos were directly uploaded to a small number of Vevo artist channels earli...
