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Kanye West Files To Legally Change His Name To “Ye”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Neil Mockford / Getty Kanye Omari West wants to change his name. The Chicago multi-hyphenate and occasional rapper has petitioned to legally change his name to “Ye.” TMZ reports that Yeezy filed legal documents in Los Angeles requesting that his name officially be changed to just his nickname, Ye. Reportedly, the “Heard Em Say” rapper also wants to drop the West from his name, too. Variety reports that Mr. West, for now, is seeking the change in moniker for “personal reasons.” To paraphrase that barber in Coming To America (Clarence, portrayed by Arsenio Hall), his momma named him Kanye, we’re going to call him Kanye. But in all seriousness, we’ll respect his wishes—and it seems like the judge will have no reason not to sign off on the request. West is go...
Kanye West Recreating Childhood Home For ‘DONDA’ Listening Tour Stop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The saga for the release of Kanye West new DONDA album continues. In the latest publicity grab—it is what it is—for what’s become a traveling tour, Yeezy is recreating his childhood home for the listening event at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Apparently, the “Power” rapper is building up a model of his old Chi-Town crib in the stadium, as seen below. Recently, besides tofu beefing with Drake, Kanye West wiped all the photos from his Instagram feed except for one—an image of his aforementioned childhood home on the South Side of Chicago. Well, there are more pics now, though. The first pair of DONDA listening sessions were held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. West seemingly took up residence in the arena, claiming he would be compl...
Kanye West Seemingly Responds To Drake Diss, Shares Drizzy’s Home Address?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Menendez / Getty Fans think Donda should be his only priority but clearly Kanye West has Drake on the mind. Last week he made it clear the gloves are off with his former collaborator. As spotted on Complex the Chicago native has seemingly responded to Drizzy’s recent jabs on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal”. On the track he rapped “All these fools I’m beefing that I barely know/ 45, 44 (burned out), let it go/ Ye ain’t changin’ sh*t for me, it’s set in stone.” Yeezy shared a screenshot of a group text to his Instagram. In it he sent a photo of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker character and a very cryptic message saying “I live for this. I’ve been f***ed with by weird ass jock n***as like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you.” Additional...
You Care: Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Get Lunch Together in Malibu
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Will / Getty Kanye West and his soon to be ex-wife if not yet Kim Kardashian were spotted having lunch together in Malibu. Nope., we still don’t now when that Donda album will actually drop, for real for real, though. TMZ has the tea if you still care about these two: The ex-couple grabbed food together Thursday in Malibu with security in tow, and though it appeared they were trying to keep their hang on the DL … the fact they’re hanging at all suggests things are good between them despite being in the middle of a divorce. As we’ve told you … Kim and their kids have been very supporting of Ye as he’s been dragging out the release of his upcoming 10th studio album, “Donda,” by attending both of his listening events in Atlanta. Kim Kardashian file...
Producer Mike Dean Dispels Rumors He Left ‘DONDA’ Team: “It’s Fans Who Are Toxic”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marc Piasecki / Getty Legendary producer Mike Dean is refuting rumors that he is no longer working with Kanye West for his highly anticipated album, DONDA. The veteran producer confirmed he has been at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta attempting to finish Kanye West’s long-delayed DONDA album, but after rumors began to fly that he had walked away due to a “toxic environment,” Dean spoke out to dispel the claims. Dean took to Twitter to reveal that he is still working on Kanye’s tenth studio album adding, “People read too much into tweets. Lol.” Dean continued, blaming the media for “taking things out of context”, before noting that he was simply giving a fan a”shoutout.” “I mean toxic fans asking question u moron writers. Jesus. People take shuto...
Kanye West ‘Donda’ Album Has New Release Date, Again
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West’s 10th album, Donda, has yet another new release date. Don’t say we didn’t tell you that Yeezy’s pump faking is nothing new. It was way back on Thursday, July 22 that Kanye West held a listening session at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the new album. The reviews were generally positive—hey, a last-minute Jay-Z verse—but at the strike of midnight on Friday, July 23, there was no album to be found on streamers. Then it turned out that Kanye West was shacking up in MB Stadium and was holding yet another listening session Thursday, August 5. Once again, the reviews were generally positive and it seemed like an even lengthier project—this time The LOX got a last-minute look. But besides the most devout of Yeezy Stans, most ...
Former GAP CEO Says Kanye West Shouldn’t Have Made Deal With Brand
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty A fashion veteran has his opinion on one of the biggest deals in recent history. The former CEO at The GAP says that Kanye West shouldn’t have done a deal with the San Francisco brand. As spotted on Hype Beast the Chicago, Illinois native is getting some free jewelry from someone who is familiar with his newest venture. In an interview with Yahoo Finance Live Mickey Drexler, former CEO at The Gap, expressed his concerns regarding the partnership. “I probably shouldn’t say this but I told him he shouldn’t do the deal because it doesn’t make any sense in my opinion,” he told the outlet. “He is not a corporate person and Gap is a big corporation.” If any executive would be best qualified to comment on the deal his first pie...
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Producer DJ Toomp Tells The Truth About Kanye’s ‘Donda’ Thus Far [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty While this might be one of the most anticipated albums of the year it is clear Donda is quite ready yet. DJ Toomp wasn’t totally impressed by what he heard from Kanye and gives his reasons why. As spotted on HipHopDX the famed producer sat in on an interview with B High ATL. While they discussed several topics during their sit down he was asked about his experience recently at Yeezy’s album listening event at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. He admitted he was floored by vibes during the live event but walked away feeling underwhelmed by the material. “I would really love to help him put that album together,” he admitted. “I want to hear some more lyrics, man. Definitely beats. But as far as the artist, I want to hear lyrics. W...
Balenciaga Creative Director Slotted To Curate Kanye West’s 2nd ‘Donda’ Listening Session
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West is switching things up for his second Donda listening session. He has selected Balenciaga’s Creative Director to curate this week’s event. As spotted on High Snobiety the rapper is hosting an additional get together for his fans to soak in all the vibes from his forthcoming album. According to the media outlet Yeezy has enlisted the talents of Demna Gvasalia, Creative Director of Balenciaga and co-founder of Vetements, to oversee the festivities. Naturally the announcement took not only his fans by surprise but also the fashion industry alike. Demna is one of the game’s most influential figures and has the track record to prove it. Under his reign the luxury brand produced the Balenciaga Triple S sneaker....
The 40 Greatest Music Video Artists
Music videos are the perfect bastard child of art and commerce, even more than pop music itself. A promotional visual accompaniment to a popular song doesn’t need a coherent narrative (although on rare occasions, they do). It just needs to suit the song, sell the record, and possibly make the artist look cool. But since the launch of MTV 40 years ago this week, a select few recording artists have helped raise music videos to an art form — sometimes by accident, and sometimes by carefully curating the work of brilliant directors like Mark Romanek, Hype Williams, and Spike Jonze. Here are 40 artists from the last four decades that helped video kill the radio star. 40. Lil Kim [embedded content] Although earlier female MCs like Salt-N-Pepa and Queen Latifah used music videos to help launch th...
Kanye West Shows Off Dorm Set Up In Mercedes-Benz Stadium
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @kanyewest / Instagram Kanye West isn’t doing anything the easy way nowadays. After once again pump-faking on the release of his Donda album (with no repercussions?), Yeezy has decided to hunker down in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to finish the project, and recently showed off his living situation. First, let us reiterate that Kanye West is in Atlanta, home to plenty of top-notch studios like Tree Sound or Patchwerk to name just a couple, that would surely be willing to accommodate his recording needs. However, the multi-hyphenate Rap star has chosen to complete the Donda album in the same place he held its fame listening session. while sleeping in what looks like a bare-bones dorm room in a college with a modest budget. West took to Instagram to...
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And You Say Chi-City: Common Regrets Not Making A Third Album With Kanye West [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sakura/WENN.com / WENN Even though he has a couple of classics under his belt, Common wishes he could have done things differently. During a recent interview he revealed he regrets not making a third album with Kanye West. As spotted on Complex the Chicago native recently talked to Andrew Barber on The Coda Collection. While the two discussed a myriad of topics regarding his storied career, one talk track stood out immediately to fans and media outlets alike. When reminiscing about his lengthy discography he admitted that he would have loved to make another album with Yeezy. “If there’s anything that I sometimes wish is I wished I would have did a third one with Kanye,” he explained. “I will say that. It’s very red, I’d be like, ‘Man, I should’v...
