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Former Ye Associates Allege He’s A 20-Year Adolf Hitler Fanboy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Former associates of Ye aka Kanye West have shared that the rapper’s recent fascination with Adolf Hitler actually has been in affect for years. According to reports, multiple people that have worked with Ye in addition to former friends of the controversial artist, have stated that his adoration of the Nazi dictator isn’t anything new. In fact, some claim that Ye has been discussing his admiration of Hitler going back about 20 years when he conducted early studio sessions after being signed to Roc-A-Fella Records in 2002. One music industry “source” that was contacted stated that “it was a daily thing” at the time per Rolling Stone. According to them, Ye wouldn’t bring it up in general conversation but would opt to ambush collaborators and e...
Cliff Paul Vibes: Ye Says He Caught Chris Paul With His Ex-Wife Kim Kardashian
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Chris Paul was probably somewhere trying to mind his business when Ye fka Kanye West mentioned the future NBA Hall of Fame point guard for reasons beyond our understanding. Via social media, Ye dropped a bombshell that he caught his ex-wife Kim Kardashian with Paul without adding any additional detail. Ye was back on Twitter and went on a tirade of sorts, stating forcefully that he stands with Balenciaga amid the controversy of a recent ad that seemingly suggested a connection between BDSM and children. The fashion brand recently ended its business dealings with Ye in the wake of antisemitic claims and other actions. “I stand by Balenciaga and denounce all witch hunts and I cancel cancel culture Jesus is King Ending trafficking doesn’t start or end with a f...
Hibachi Lover Ye FKA Kanye West Storms Off Podcast Set After Antisemitism Quip
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Ye fka Kanye West was a recent guest on a podcast and stormed off the set after it appeared the host suggested they clear up a little antisemitism in the midst of their conversation. From what we’ve learned, Ye wasn’t angered by suggestions of antisemitism, but the host reportedly cut him off thus leading to him leaving midway. Ye was a guest on YouTuber media personality Tim Pool’s Timcast IRL podcast and video series, along with conservative blowhard Milo Yiannopoulos and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. The show was meant to cover a number of issues including Ye’s 2024 presidential run among other items of note. They were also joined by Luke Rudkowski of We Are Change as well. Around the 19-minute mark, Fuentes hops on the...
Ye Says He Was ‘Misdiagnosed And Nearly Drugged’ In Tweet
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Ye aka Kanye West is back on Twitter after being banned over his antisemitic tweets, and now he’s using the platform to make claims that he was “mentally misdiagnosed” by doctors so that he could be controlled. “What should be obvious by now is that I was raised to stand for my truth regardless of the consequences,” Ye tweeted Thursday. “So I will say this again I was mentally misdiagnosed and nearly drugged out of my mind to make me a manageable well-behaved celebrity.” The tweet was accompanied by a screenshot of a text sent to him by his former personal trainer, Harley Pasternak, who is Jewish,” according to Page Six. In the text, Pasternak did appear to threaten Ye with institutionalization and possibly a lobotomy. From Page Six: In the t...
Parents & Staff Slam Sudden Closure (and Reopening) of Donda Academy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Kanye West, now known as Ye, is getting criticism from inside his own camp after the sudden closure of Donda Academylocated in Calabasas, California. The newly-formed charter school closed after West made recent anti-Black and anti-Semitic remarks sparking a backlash from his (now-former) business partners—including Adidas and Balenciaga. According to the New York Post, one of West’s closest friends and frequent collaborator Malik Yusef confirmed that several teachers and administrators left the school after the comments. “Staff members of the Jewish faith were lost,” Yusef said, adding, ““I know we had a couple people of the Jewish faith who worked there [who] basically recused or resigned in light ofpublic pressure from, I am...
Kanye West Stans Launch Multiple GoFundMe Campaigns To Make Ye A Billionaire Again
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Now that the artist formerly known as Kanye West has been drooped by several brands, including adidas, causing his net worth to plunge like his spirit has plunged deep into the sunken place, Ye stans have started multiple GoFundMe campaigns to make the Donda rapper a billionaire again. From Page Six: Supporters launched several pages — one succinctly being named “Make Kanye West a Billionaire Again” with a fundraising goal of $1 billion — after West’s net worth took a serious hit last week when Adidas dropped him. That specific fundraiser only raised $5 and has since been taken down, as have copycats that popped up in its place, AllHipHop reported. First of all, MKWABA is a terrible acronym that will never roll off of the white...
Donda Academy Basketball Tourney Canceled Over Ye’s Comments
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Mel Melcon / Getty Donda Academy, the learning institution established by Ye aka Kanye West, continues to suffer due to the actions of its founder. An upcoming game between the Donda Academy Doves basketball team and The Skill Factory hosted at Morehouse College was canceled by leaders at the famed HBCU. A tweet from Morehouse College held a statement announcing the cancellation of its upcoming basketball tournament showcase. The event was to take place on Nov. 6 on the campus of Morehouse, and it also appears that it was an event to show the players and their families some of the finer points of the college’s educational impact. The Skill Factory is an organized youth basketball club based in the Atlanta region. Denver Nuggets Assistant Coach John Becket...
Ye Compares Himself To Emmett Till On Instagram
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty In another shocking post on social media, Ye aka Kanye West likens the backlash he’s recently received to being lynched like Emmett Till. On Sunday (Oct. 30), Ye went on Instagram to attack Ari Emanuel, the CEO of the media agency Endeavor which owns a major stake in the UFC. He posted the picture of Emmett Till, grossly disfigured after he was lynched in 1955 in his casket. The image, first published in Jet Magazine with the permission of the 14-year-old’s mother Mamie Till-Mobley, is regarded as a key symbol that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.instagram.com/p/CkWifKayDsy/ In the caption to the post he wrote, “Ari Emmanuel Can you find a place for the Donda Academy kids to go to school that’s properly zoned for a school? I go...
Howard Stern Takes Aim At Kanye West, Compared Him To Hitler
Written By D.L. Chandler , Senior Editor Posted 8 hours ago @dlchandler123 D.L. Chandler is a veteran of the Washington D.C. metro writing scene, working as a journalist, reporter, and culture critic. Initially freelancing at iOne Digital in 2010, he officially joined the iOne team in 2017 where he currently works as a Senior Editor for Cassius Life and Hip-Hop Wired. D.L. covers a variety of topics including breaking news, politics, Hip-Hop music and culture, fashion, and Black history. He currently heads the SPIRIT.ED column for Cassius Life, which focuses on adult beverages and their history. D.L. has worked in the past for MTV News, Billboard, and several other publications. His first big break in journalism came with the now-defunct Politically Black in 1999, the nation’s first ...
Pot Meet Kettle: Even Donald Trump Thinks Ye Is “Crazy” & Needs “Help”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Consolidated News Pictures / Getty Donald Trump still has sway over the Republican Party and his brand of so-called MAGA politics has a wide share of supporters, including one Kanye West aka Ye. However, the former president believes that Ye’s recent outbursts against what the Chicago superstar is framing as a shadowy network of Jewish individuals controlling all of the major media outlets are, quote, “crazy.” Rolling Stone exclusively reports that their pair of sources reveal that Donald Trump thinks that Ye should seek outside “help” for his repeated media outbursts of late and framed Ye as “crazy” according to the outlet’s account. Many are defecting from the camp of Kanye in the wake of what many are calling an antisemitic crusade along with his attac...
Ye Gets Around: Kanye West Spotted With Model Monica Corgan
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Monica Corgan rumored to be dating Kanye West / @monicac0rgan Kanye West lives his love life out loud much like how he approaches his creative endeavors, and it appears he’s moving on yet again. After rumors of splitting with model Chaney Jones, Ye was spotted on a movie date with model Monica Corgan. Monica Corgan, Mystery Woman Instagram user @mottafied snapped a discreet shot of Kanye and Corgan during a showing of Top Gun: Maverick, presumably somewhere in Los Angeles. A quick scan of Corgan’s Instagram page revealed that she definitely was at the movies earlier this week but it isn’t known if that moment was from the same day. Not a lot is known about Monica Corgan but what we found is that she’s 23 years old and has a moderately buzzing Instag...
Ye/XXXTentacion Song ‘True Love’ Getting Proper Release on Friday
The Ye / XXXTentacion song “True Love” is the lead track on the rapper formerly known as Kanye West’s recent album Donda 2, but unless you purchased a Stem Player or scoured the Internet for a bootleg, odds are that you haven’t heard it. The track is now getting a proper release at midnight ET Friday (May 27) via Columbia Records in conjunction with the Hulu documentary Look at Me: XXXTentacion and will also appear on XXXTentacion’s Look at Me: The Album, a release date for which has not been announced. The cover art for the track was designed by Ye and sports handwritten notes from XXXTentacion (“am I supposed to pretend to be heartless?,” “love love love” and “a feeling you just can’t explain”) from a journal recently discovered by his mother. The controversial rapper was murdered in 201...
