Archive for 'Kanye West'

BET Awards Nominations Announced, This Rapper Leads The Nods…

Posted on 18. May, 2011 by Cara.

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The BET Awards nominations were just announced, and leading the pack is none other than rapper Chris Brown with six nods. Lil Wayne followed close behind with five nods, including Best Male Hip-Hop Artist, Best Collaboration, Video of the Year and the Coca-Cola Viewer’s Choice Award. Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake were each nominated four [...]

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Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” Inspired Line of Scarves

Posted on 15. Apr, 2011 by Cara.

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Rapper Kanye West sparked rumors that he was applying for a fashion degree last month when he visited Central Saint Martins College in the UK. While the rapper is not applying for any kind of fashion degree, he is collaborating with the Parisian designers M/M (who designed MBDTF’s linear notes) to produce a line of [...]

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Kanye West’s “Stronger” The Best Workout Song Of All Time?

Posted on 11. Apr, 2011 by Cara.

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Gold’s Gym recently held a “March Music Competition” which polled hundreds of members, trainers and fitness experts to determine the best workout song out of a pool of 64 choices. Beating out the “Rocky Theme,” Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” the Black Eyed Peas “Boom Boom Pow” and “Welcome to the Jungle” by Guns N Roses, Kanye [...]

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Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Watch The Throne” Almost Ready To Go + Upcoming Solo Albums

Posted on 25. Mar, 2011 by Cara.

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The collaboration between Jay-Z and Kanye West on their “Watch The Throne” album looks like it’s almost ready to go. Engineer and producer Young Guru recently said raved about the upcoming album, saying: “Right now, I’m really trying to get Jay and Kanye to hurry up and finish this Watch The Throne album because the [...]

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VIDEO: Kanye West’s “All The Lights” Intro Ripped From French Film “Enter The Void”

Posted on 25. Feb, 2011 by Cara.

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Just as Kanye West’s “All The Lights” video had been pulled from YouTube after a UK group cited concerns that the flashing light sequences could cause seizures, more details have emerged regarding the claim that West ripped off the intro to the video from the French film “Enter The Void.” The video has since reappeared [...]

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Kanye West’s “All The Lights” Video Pulled From YouTube Due To Epilepsy Concerns

Posted on 24. Feb, 2011 by Cara.

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Kanye West’s name is more synonymous with controversy than ever as his “All The Lights” video has been pulled from YouTube as Epilepsy Action, a UK based epilepsy group, cites concerns that the rate at which the lights flash in the video could cause seizures.
The group released the following statement: “This machine [Harding FPA] looks [...]

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Nicki Minaj The Dark Horse Against Kanye West’s Dark Fantasy

Posted on 03. Feb, 2011 by Cara.

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Nicki Minaj’s “Pink Friday” and Kanye West’s “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” were both released on November 19th, 2010, and in the beginning, West’s album was beating Minaj’s by what seemed like a landslide. His album debuted at number one and sold 497,000 records in the first week compared to Minaj’s 376,000. But Minaj’s album [...]

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Kid Cudi’s Back To The Tweeting World: Announces Summer Album “Wizard” & Mixtape “A Man Named Scott”

Posted on 28. Jan, 2011 by Cara.

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After deleting his Twitter account in September 2009 citing the notion that it gave too much personal access to his fans, Kid Cudi is back on Twitter – and he wasted no time making two huge announcements: a new rock album “Wizard” and a mixtape called “A Man Named Scott” will be released sometime this [...]

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New Kanye West Album Rumored To Drop in Summer 2011

Posted on 24. Jan, 2011 by Cara.

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Kanye West tweeted over the weekend that he would be releasing a new album this summer: “WATCH THE THRONE COMING 2 MONTHS!!!!!!!!! MY NEW ALBUM COMING THIS SUMMER. ALL THE LIGHTS VIDEO IN 1 WEEK!!!!!! THIS IS HIGH END RAP MUSIC.”
“All The Lights” is a single from his last album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” [...]

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Kanye West Rumored To Play Controversial Character In New Film

Posted on 21. Jan, 2011 by Cara.

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Controversial rapper Kanye West will likely make headlines again soon – if the new rumor that he is supposed to be playing a gay character in a new film is true. The yet untitled film is about a gay jazz band in 1939 and is supposedly backed by a $20 million dollar budget and big [...]

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