Kanye West is getting the big-screen treatment. In a move that bucks Netflix convention, Act 1 of the highly anticipated three-part West documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy will get a nationwide release in theaters from Iconic Events, the company behind David Byrne’s American Utopia. The doc, directed by Coodie & …
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Despite Kanye West making a very public plea for reconciliation, Kim Kardashian filed documents on Monday to be declared legally single. In the document obtained by Rolling Stone (if the judge signs off on the paperwork), Kardashian will essentially separate marital status from her slow-moving divorce from the rapper — …
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Ex-R. Kelly publicist and current Kanye West associate Trevian Kutti reportedly pressured a 62-year-old Georgia election worker to confess to voter fraud allegations weeks after the 2020 presidential election, according to Reuters. Kutti allegedly visited the home of Ruby Freeman on Jan. 4, 2021 and offered the woman help in …
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Saturday Night Live‘s second episode of the season featured Kim Kardashian West making her hosting debut and roasting her entire family in the opening monologue. When talking about how her father inspired her in opening her eyes to racial injustice, Kardashian said: “It’s because of him I met my first …
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Kanye West floats above the clouds and encounters his late mother, the namesake of his 10th studio album Donda, via video footage in his uplifting new “24” visual. The Nick Knight-directed video is a continuation of a theme West showcased during his second album listening party in Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz …
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Kanye West has dropped a music video for his Donda cut “Come to Life.” The clip was filmed during the rapper’s August 26th listening event streamed on Apple Music, which saw West appearing to set himself on fire. Kim Kardashian also shows in the video, dressed in a wedding gown. …
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The other week, Kanye West launched a sustained Twitter assault against two pillars of the modern music industry — major labels and unfair record deals. He announced his intent to build a world where artists “have the power and transparency to be in control” of their future. “No more shady …
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Last year, North Carolina rapper Rapsody was searching for an introductory track for her new album, Eve, a concept LP about the history and power of black women. Her producer suggested a song she didn’t know well: Nina Simone‘s 1965 version of “Strange Fruit.” A concise but graphic evocation of …
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How did Kanye West end up recording a deeply sincere gospel album a year after serving as creative director for the Pornhub Awards? Brendan Klinkenberg joins host Brian Hiatt for an episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast that traces West’s artistic and spiritual journey, while also digging song-by-song …
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Kanye Omari West was thrust into the court of public opinion over Labor Day weekend. On September 1st, a Twitter user shared a video of the part-time rapper, full-time church enthusiast allegedly “eating his earwax.” Predictably, the tweet went viral; by Tuesday it had amassed nearly 25,000 retweets, and well …
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