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Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd Replace Kanye West As Coachella 2022 Headliner
Less than two weeks ahead of Coachella, the festival has confirmed that Swedish House Mafia and The Weeknd will headline in lieu of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The “Moth To A Flame” collaborators will perform in the festival-closing slot on Sunday night of each weekend, April 15-17 and April 22-24. It’s worth noting that the day’s three top-billed acts—Swedish House Mafia, The Weeknd and Doja Cat—are all managed by Wassim “Sal” Slaiby’s SalXCo firm. Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello of Swedish House Mafia are on the verge of releasing their long-awaited debut album, Paradise Again, on April 15th. The supergroup also recently contributed production to two songs from The Weeknd’s chart-topping 5th studio album, Dawn FM. Swedish...
Consequence Discusses New Album & What The Kanye West Doc Left Out
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Scott Dudelson / Getty Veteran MC Consequence announced that he’s about to release a new album, and he also took the time to share his thoughts on what he felt was missing from the new Netflix documentary on Ye f.k.a. Kanye West. The Queens, N.Y. rapper shared that he’s set to drop a new album entitled Nice Doing Business With You, that will boast an “all-star line-up” with regards to the LP’s features and production via a conversation with AllHipHop. And to that end, he stated that the first single, “Bloodstain”, will feature production from West. During the conversation, he spoke about the jeen-yuhs documentary released earlier this year through Netflix and produced by Coodie & Chike and what he felt was missing from it. “There’s always gonna be a n...
Kanye West Won’t Perform at Coachella (Report)
A day after winning a pair of Grammys for Donda, Kanye West has pulled out of his much-anticipated Coachella headlining slot. TMZ was the first outlet to report the news of Kanye’s withdrawal. A source confirmed to Variety that West is no longer playing as well. SPIN has reached out to reps for both West and Coachella for comment on the situation. A few months ago, West had it out with co-headliner Billie Eilish over a comment the alt-pop star made about Travis Scott. The Houston-based rapper was going to perform with West (so he said) at Coachella. The news caps a tumultuous few months for West. In addition to battling Eilish, he’s taken shots at his ex, Kim Kardashian, her new boyfriend Pete Davidson among others. Coachella will take place April 15-17 and April 22-24 at the Emp...
Drip For Sale: Kim Kardashian Reportedly Selling Her Yeezy Kicks
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: J. Lee / Getty It appears that Kim Kardashian is trying to rid her personal space of all things Kanye West, and that includes her shoes. According to Page Six, the soon-to-be-former Mrs. West posted two pairs of black mesh mule-style Yeezy sandals in size 37 (or a US size 6 to 6.5), on her Kardashian Kloset website over the weekend, listing the used shoes for $375 and $350. While it’s clear that the move is a further attempt to solidify her single status following her win in court earlier this month after a judge granted her request to be declared legally single— social media users were quick to call out her attempt to cash in on shoes she surely received for free from her ex. “Not Kim out here selling her Yeezy sandals I can’t lmao,” one fan wrote on Red...
DL Hughley Sets The Record Straight On Theophilus London Confrontation Over Kanye West
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty D.L. Hughley is setting the record straight about a confrontation he had with rapper Theophilus London over comments Hughley has made about self-embattled superstar Kanye West. London recently shared a series of posts to his Instagram page in which he claimed he ran up on the Kings of Comedy star at Nobu in Miami to demand that he apologize to Ye for his comments. “Lmao I told him to apologize on camera for doing that dumb Vlad interview and his people called security,” London wrote in a post accompanied by a video that briefly showed him walking past a table where Hughley was eating with his family. First of all, even if what London said was half true, it would only make him the corniest negro at Nobu that day. This man is real...
Kany’e Ex Julia Fox Walks Back Comments About Ye Being Harmless
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Christian Vierig / Getty Julia Fox, the woman who dated Kanye West for like three weeks and, I guess, is an actress or something, appears to be wishing she never opened her mouth to speak on the hot-but-persistent mess that is Ye’s saga with his ex, Kim Kardashian, and her new boo Pete Davidson. Last week, we reported that Fox basically stepped inside her own mouth during a talk with TMZ in which she defended Yeezus and his “Easy” video and basically said that Ye is harmless and his Fatal Attraction-like behavior is all artistic expression. Well, now TMZ has caught up with the—she’s like a model or something, right?—the model is walking those comments all the way back as she admits she really hasn’t been paying attention to the Kanye-verse and didn’t know...
Kanye West Out Of Grammys Lineup Due To “Concerning Online Behavior”: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ronald Martinez / Getty Trolling and harassment on the Internet does have its consequences. Kanye West has reportedly been removed from the Grammys lineup due to “concerning online behavior.” In case you’ve been willfully avoiding his name, Ye has been firing virtual shots at his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her new boyfriend Pete Davidson for weeks. Part of the fallout has been many, including comedian DL Hughley, calling out and likening Ye’s behavior as stalking and harassment. Now, according to The Blast, the showrunners of the Grammy Awards have decided to remove the “Power” rapper from the award show, citing his timeline, basically. Reportedly, Ye’s people received a call on Friday, March 2020 from the Grammy organizers telling him his services were n...
Kanye West Barred From Performing at the Grammys Due to ‘Concerning Online Behavior’
Kanye West has been barred from performing at this year’s Grammy Awards ceremony. The Blast originally reported on Friday that the Recording Academy “unfortunately” decided to pull him from the show’s lineup “due to what they deem to be concerning online behavior.” The rapper’s rep confirmed the news to SPIN. The decision was made after Ye continually harassed his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend Pete Davidson in social media posts and music videos. He was also recently suspended on Instagram for 24 hours after using a racial slur against Trevor Noah (who also happens to be hosting the Grammys) after The Daily Show host addressed West’s ongoing feud with Davidson on his show. Noah responded to the post with words of concern in a Daily Show segment. “You’re an indelible part of ...
Julia Fox WhiteWomansplains Kanye West Behavior
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Have no fear, a white woman will explain Kanye West’s behavior for everybody. According to Ye’s latest ex, Julia Fox, the guy is harmless and Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have nothing to worry about. Despite the allegedly abusive and bullying behavior Yeezy has been exhibiting on social media, at least until Instagram suspended him for 24 hours, Fox insists the targets of his vitriol need not worry. Reports TMZ: Related Stories We got Julia after a workout at Barry’s Bootcamp in WeHo, and asked her about Kanye’s string of threats against Pete … which started while she and Ye were still dating. Many people think Kanye’s crossed a line, Julia sees no real danger on the horizon. ulia says Kanye wouldn’t follow through on any phys...
Ye FKA Kanye West Fears Pete Davidson Will Make Kim Kardashian A Drug Addict
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Michael Reaves / Getty The ongoing breakup saga between Ye FKA Kanye West and his ex-wife Kim Kardashian continues to roll on, and the latest instance adds to a mountain of already explosive happenings. Via Instagram, Ye voiced concerns that Kardashian’s new beau Pete Davidson will get the social media superstar hooked to drugs. Ye took to Instagram Wednesday (March 16) morning and shared a follower’s reply regarding the matter. “The way Skete used Kim’s marital status [to] address Kanye was a sneak diss towards her & she didn’t even catch it,” the fan wrote in the screen-capped image. In the caption of Ye’s post, he wrote, “[I’m] really concerned that SKETE will get my kids mom hooked on drugs He’s in rehab every 2 months.” Related Stories While Davi...
Kim Kardashian Hops In Kanye West’s IG Comments & Tells Him To Cut The Crap
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Arnold Jerocki / Getty Kanye West is back on Instagram to make his now ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, life a living hell. After agreeing to chill with the Instagram posts about his fallout with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, West is back at it, this crying about Kardashian allegedly “limiting access” to his children. Ye also claimed Pete Davidson’s boo is not allowing the kids to visit his faux church for Sunday Service. Kardashian, unlike Ye, has been very mum on social media refraining from clapping back at problematic Chicago rapper who has been dissing her boyfriend, but that all changed on Monday when she decided to hop in his Instagram comments. Under his latest post on Monday (Mar.14), Kim K told Yeezy, “Please stop with this narrative, you were just here t...
DL Hughley Fires Back After Kanye West Threatens To “Hurt” Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bobby Bank / Getty D.L. Hughley is unfazed by Kanye West’s recent threats against him online after the comedian blasted him for his antics regarding Kim Kardashian, responding on social media over the weekend. The Original Kings of Comedy star clapped back at the Donda 2 rapper on Sunday (March 13th) on his social media accounts, mocking him for his behavior and swiping at his mental health issues. Hughley made his comments after West made a series of posts through his Instagram account targeting the comedian, who had taken him to task for his behavior towards estranged wife Kim Kardashian in an interview with DJ Vlad including stating that he was “stalking her” as the two are in the midst of a divorce. In a now-deleted post, the artist now known as Ye wr...
