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Also backstage after the speech was Kanye West, who said, according to several media accounts, "It changed my life." Earlier in the week, Kanye admitted that he wished his late mother, Donda West, could have been around to see Obama's historic presidential run. "It's an incredible time to...

By samsen This is a hilarious parody of Kanye West's song Gold Diggers with the theme being Evolution. The lyrics' got digs at Paleontologists. No offence to them! I just found it funny how popular culture understands stuff like this. SECOND HALF OF CHORUS* This is a hilarious parody of Kanye West’s so...

By ANGEL Kanye West and Jamie Foxx performed at a party in Denver, Colorado on Wednesday night sponsored by Bono’s ONE anti-poverty campaign and the Recording Industry Association of America. “It’s an incredible time to be around. I wish my momma could have seen this day,” Kanye said as he spoke abo...

subscription) Lupe Fiasco subscription), IN - Fiasco also made an appearance with Kanye West on the track “Touch the Sky.” Now after releasing his second album, “The Cool,” in 2007 Fiasco’s attack on ...

By Ryan(noreply@blogger.com) Almost a year has passed since Kanye West dropped Graduation, and I still love every single track on it. His newest video for Good Morning is a sick animated video, yes I said animated, done by the same Japanese artist who did the artwork for the album, Takashi Murakami.

By Maura Johnston BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" Lupe Fiasco, "Superstar" Flo Rida, "Low" Lil Wayne, "Lollipop" Kanye West, "Homecoming" BEST FEMALE VIDEO Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body" Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl" Rihanna, "Take a Bow" Jordin Sparks, "No Air" Britney Spears - "Piece of Me"

Kanye West, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Katy Perry Videos Pick Up More VMA Nominations - MTV

Podcast: Katy Perry ‘Kissed A Girl’… and I liked it. - PrettyMuchAmazing!

Kanye West Photo: Roc-A-Fella Gnarls Barkley "Run" Choreographer: Mikey Rooney Kanye West (featuring T-Pain) "Good Life" Special Effects: SoMe/ Jonas & François Related Artists Kanye West Rihanna Chris Brown Katy Perry

2008 Video Music Awards Nominations [Putting The Pseudo In Pseudo-event] - Idolator

Podcast: Katy Perry ‘Kissed A Girl’… and I liked it. - PrettyMuchAmazing!

By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com T.I.'s latest single “Whatever You Like” has reportedly set two records on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart. According to Billboard, "Whatever You Like" made the biggest jump on the chart by surging from No. 71 to No.1 in three weeks.  The single also holds the best digital opening week for a ra...

 CA - Rap cred: The Maroon 5 crooner’s best-known venture into the rap world came with the help of Kanye West, who's worked with his share of artists outside of ...

By Jero This just proves that Kanye is quite literally in a league all his own. It's not often you get an artist so popular they warrant 7 videos from one album but apparently Kanye is one of those people. This video was finally released in its entirety on Youtube so people are citing it as his latest vid...

By Lauren C. Kanye West] Lil Wayne] T.I’s song "Swagger Like Us" features Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne and is off of T.I’s album "Paper Trail", set for release on September 30, 2008. The chorus gets kind of annoying after a while, but I like the lyrics in between the verses. You can check out the lyrics for t...

That's some bullsh--," a disappointed Tip told MTV News Saturday afternoon (August 23) via phone. "I'm beating down the Internet as we speak." T.I.'s current video and single is "Whatever You Like." Videos have also been shot for "Swing Your Rag" and "What Up." Related Artists T.I. Jay-Z Lil Wayn...

The Leak: TI and the Olympic Rap Team - .::The Pop Culture Junkie::.

TI Talks About 'Swagger Like Us,' Leaked Single Featuring Jay-Z ... - MTV.com

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By Tom Wright-Piersanti The host plays an audio/video clip, reads lyrics, shows a photo or reads a news item featuring one of the three popular rappers in question -- Kanye West (Yeezy), Lil Wayne (Weezy) and Young Jeezy. The contestants then buzz in and say one of the names. There are two rounds of trivia, and in the f...

By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com T.I. today (August 23) expressed his disappointment with the leak of a single from his upcoming album Paper Trail. The single in question is the track titled “Swagger Like Us” which features appearances from Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Kanye West. The track leaked onto the net yesterday (August 22)....

The Leak: TI and the Olympic Rap Team - .::The Pop Culture Junkie::.

TI Talks About 'Swagger Like Us,' Leaked Single Featuring Jay-Z ... - MTV.com

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By COMPILED BY LAWRENCE VAN GELDER When the dust cleared after the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday, Kid Rock, below, had a citation for misdemeanor battery, Kanye West had vowed never to return, and Indiana Jones had made his presence felt. Kid Rock received the citation after a tussle with Tommy Lee in the audie...

John Legend was in a reflective mood when he sat down with MTV News, recalling his early days. "I would play ... all these small places in New York where a lot of young musicians get their start," Legend said of his music career after moving to NYC in 2000. "[I would do] whatever I could do to get peopl...

In 2004, while dining at Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles in Los Angeles, soul and R&B singer Estelle ran into Kanye West. At the time, West was fresh from dropping his breakthrough debut, The College Dropout and the London-born Estelle, recognizing the once-in-a-lifetime opportun...

Kanye West & T-Pain 'Go Hard' On DJ Khaled's New Album Set For ...  Switzerland - Go Hard is what we doing to survive in this world. This anthem is timeless! There are so many hip hop quotables on this record!”

Kanye West & T-Pain 'Go Hard' On DJ Khaled's New Album Set For September Release - Sixshot.com

New DJ Khaled Feat. Kanye West and T-Pain “Go Hard” - southernoracle.net

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By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com Miami's DJ Khaled announced today (August 21) that his third compilation titled We Global will be hitting stores on September 16th via Koch Records. The album features appearances from Akon, Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, Lil Boosie, Plies, Ace Hood,Trick Daddy, Fabolous, Fat Joe, Nas, Ace Ho...

Kanye West & T-Pain 'Go Hard' On DJ Khaled's New Album Set For ... - Sixshot.com

New DJ Khaled Feat. Kanye West and T-Pain “Go Hard” - southernoracle.net

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By naxal mixed crowd. a healthy mix. a refreshing hip hop audience a. healthy(!) mix (!) the sight im still reeling unison in feeling healing the sight im still reeling Hmm, I wonder.    Peace, NaXaL/rs August 19, 2008 The following writing includes poems and a political essay on Kanye West’s Glo

By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reportedly approved Motorola’s latest headphones named after rapper Jay-Z. According to Crave, the 'JayZ' headphones can be used simultaneously with the Bluetooth audio device and the Bluetooth cell phone. If a person's phone rings wh...

By Chozen Masters 20. The Game - $10 million While Jay-Z topped Forbes.com’s inaugural Hip-Hop Cash Kings list of the top-earning people in the business last year, in 2008 he cedes the throne to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, who raked in $150 million over the past 12 months–almost twice what Jay-Z made. Damn I gues...

50 Cents REALLY Gets Money!!! - secretsocietynyc (WordPress)

Forbes 2008 List of Top Hip Hop Earners - Cigna's Sights & Views

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By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com G-Unit’s latest effort may have tanked but 50 Cent is still laughing all the way to the bank while confidently claiming the bragging rights of hip hop's top earner. Forbes unleashed its "Hip Hop Cash Kings" list today (August 18) and the G-Unit honcho is sitting pretty at No. 1 with $150 milli...

50 Cents REALLY Gets Money!!! - secretsocietynyc (WordPress)

Forbes Hip-Hop’s 2008 Cash Kings - Hip Hop Music

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By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com Kanye West has reportedly reached a settlement with an African rapper who helped him craft the song “Diamonds from Sierra Leone”. According to AHN, Sierra Leonean rapper Chosan shared his knowledge about blood diamonds to West and appeared on the song's intro but never received credi...

 Jersey City - According to Chicago’s Crain Business, the hip-hop superstar’s company, KW Foods LLC, have uncovered details that show the popular food chain opening in ...

Kanye’s Graduation Bear Steals the Show in New Video - Omg Celebrity Gossip

Kanye West To Launch Fatburger Chain In His Hometown - Sixshot.com

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By Sixshot.com info@sixshot.com Kanye West will be launching the Fatburger restaurant chain in his hometown of Chicago. According to Chicago Business, Kanye West’s company, KW Foods LLC, has bought the rights to develop ten Fatburger restaurants in the Chicago area. The first ever Fatburger restaurant in Chicago will...

Kanye’s Graduation Bear Steals the Show in New Video - Omg Celebrity Gossip

NEWS: Kanye West Set To Open Chain of Fatburgers - SOHH

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Kanye West's production on the track is not so soulful, in the original Blueprint mode, but is more of a throwback to hard-hitting drums and gold-chain swagger. Last week on Shade 45 satellite radio, Hov told hosts Elliott Wilson and Angela Yee that he wasn't sure if Blueprint 3 would be com...

By gdaysunshine August 7th, 2008 Rosie Perez Slams Kanye West Rosie Perez has reportedly slammed Kanye West for disrespecting her in a song, according to Starpulse. Apparently, Kanye isn’t the first rapper she has had a public war of words with because she went after Jay-Z last year over remarks he made ab...

By MTV News It seemed like each performance throughout the show topped the next. During the encore, after Lupe came out to perform a hot version of “Touch the Sky” with Kanye, I didn’t think the show could get any better. I thought wrong! Kanye West spoke about writing all his songs with one person in mind...

Rev Run Photo: MTV Family is definitely something that's important to the reverend. He has six kids — three from a previous marriage and three with Justine. And the Run kids have gotten so famous that they got a shout-out from Kanye West in Young Jeezy's "Put On."

That's definitely been a rumor, and it's been coming from their camp,' he says of presidential candidate's possible Kanye West intro. By Chris Harris Are you headed to Lollapalooza? Share your stories and photos at YouRHere, and they could end up on MTV News!)

Pharrell, Kanye West & Timbaland Producing Tracks For Britney Taio Cruz, a producer confirmed to work with Britney for her next album, reveals in an email to the Sunday Mail, that the songs he, along with Pharrell, Kanye West & Timbaland are producing, will blow her fan's minds: quote: ---------------------------- "I have been writing and producing tracks for the new Britney record but as always with her, I'm not allowed to talk about the sound. Her career is riding on this record so I need to sit down and talk to her to make sure she is ready. The songs will be good - she has Kanye, Pharrell, Timbaland and me doing tracks for her. It is more a matter of whether she is mentally and physically ready for this. On the last album, Blackout, she w...   [read the full post]

Mixtape: N4L Greg Street recently released his mixtape Six O'Clock Worldwide. For other artists featured in Mixtape Monday, check out Mixtape Mondays Headlines. Related Videos Mixtape Monday Video: Clipse, AZ & More Related Artists Clipse Kanye West Jermaine Dupri AZ

'Hottest MCs In The Game': Snoop Dogg, Game, Busta Rhymes, Common, Others Tell Us Who Should Make The List - MTV

Mixtape: N4L We're recording the Clipse album right now," Pusha told us last week in New York on the set of N.E.R.D.'s "Everybody Nose" remix video. Kanye and Lupe Fiasco were also present. "[We're] working on 'Till the Casket Drops, the third album. That drops this winter.

'Hottest MCs In The Game': Snoop Dogg, Game, Busta Rhymes, Common, Others Tell Us Who Should Make The List - MTV

By MTV News We’ve chronicled presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama’s cool iPod picks, his love of Jay-Z, Bob Dylan and Wilco, but could the potential next leader of the free world be sharing a stage with Kanye in a couple weeks? According to the Daily Swarm, Obama has lef...

By Maura Johnston Ghost Blogger: For The Right Price I Can Make Your Blog Tighter [Marcus Troy] Meet Kanye West's Ghost Blogger [Sandra Rose] I DON'T KNOW WHO THE HELL THIS IS... BUT I COVERED HIS NAME AND FACE SO HE WOULDN'T GET THE PUB HE WAS OBVIOUSLY LOOKIN' 4! [kanYe West: Blog]

She said something about Kanye late on [in her set] but I didn't hear it," he said. "I don't agree with it. He's my brother and the biggest artist on Roc-A-Fella right now. ... I guess I should hook them up, because he's a great guy, too. I don't know what the problem is. I don't know where that came from."

By Starked L.A. Staff Kanye West has gotten a lot of flack recently for starting his set at the Bonnaroo Music Festival two hours late - because, as everyone knows, you do NOT keep a bunch of stoned alt-rock fans waiting!   Image details: BAPE Store Opening - Arrivals served by picapp.com  So Kanye, never one to le...

Earlier in the evening, Al Green had everyone singing "Let's Stay Together," and Keyshia Cole, Lil' Kim, Nelly, Fergie and T-Pain and friends also performed. Related Photos Chris Brown, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, More At 2008 BET Awards Related Artists Fergie Keri Hilson Missy Elliott Lil' Kim Di...

I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my downfall," West wrote. "Why???? I understand if people don't like me because I like me or if people think tight clothes look gay or people say I run my mouth to much. But this Bonnaroo thing is the worst insult I've ever had in my life....

DREADED CAPS!!!! - Dlisted

Kanye West (And His Caps Lock Key) Are Ready To Let You Know What Happened At Bonnaroo - Idolator

Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd - kanYe West Live

By Maura Johnston I CUT A FEW SONGS FROM THE SET BECAUSE I WANTED PEOPLE 2 EXPERIENCE STRONGER WHILE THERE WAS STILL SOME DARKNESS TO PERFORM IT IN. I'VE STRUGGLED WITH STRONGER FROM IT'S CONCEPTION. REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEN I CANCELED SOME TV APPEARANCES. IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO PERFORM STRONGER IN TH...

DREADED CAPS!!!! - Dlisted

Kanye West Nearly Destroys Computer Blaming Bonnaroo, Pearl Jam For 4:30 A.M. Show - MTV

Delayed Kanye West gig angers Bonnaroo crowd - kanYe West Live

By kanYeTalk.com West had originally been slated to perform at 8:15 p.m. Saturday night, but requested a late night performance. At least in the first hour of his performance, West didn’t address the crowd regarding the delay. Later Sunday, the Bonnaroo crowd was still upset. Pedal steel guitarist Robert Ran...

DREADED CAPS!!!! - Dlisted

Kanye West Nearly Destroys Computer Blaming Bonnaroo, Pearl Jam For 4:30 A.M. Show - MTV

Kanye West (And His Caps Lock Key) Are Ready To Let You Know What Happened At Bonnaroo - Idolator

Rapper Kanye West arrived in Spencer, Oklahoma Tuesday to attend funeral services for his mother, Dr. Donda West. Singers John Legend and Anita Baker were scheduled to perform during the ceremony held Tuesday morning at True Vine Ministry Church, which can accommodate up to 2500 people. J...

By grouchy greg The family of superstar rapper Kanye West are making funeral arrangements for Dr. Donda Williams-West in Oklahoma City. A spokesperson for Howard-Harris Funeral home told KOCO Channel 5 in Oklahoma City that the family had contacted ...

Kanye West Kicks Off European Tour, Breaks Down Onstage - Sixshot.com

Update: Doctor Says He Refused To Perform Procedure On Kanye’s Mom, Funeral Arrangements Revealed - Sixshot.com

By Rolling Stone “This is a rock & roll moment right here,” says Kanye West on the set of his Rolling Stone cover shoot with 50 Cent. Watch the two hip-hop heavyweights get camera-ready at photographer Albert Watson’s New York studio, discuss the Muhammad Ali/Joe Frazier confrontation that inspired...

Exclusive track from Kanye West's new album 'Graduation' due for release on Sept 11 2007. Kanye gives a sneak preview of a song he dedicates to Jay-Z named 'Brother' along with a second song from his new album called 'Champion'.

Fall Out Boy has released a brand new remix of their single, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" featuring contributions from Travis of Gym Class Heroes, Kanye West, Tyga, Paul Wall (w. Skinhead Rob), Lupe Fiasco & Lil' Wayne. You can check it out here.

By Melissa Well, apparently so did Kanye West. While getting ready to film the video for his new single “Stronger,” the hip-hop star approached famed glasses maker Alain Mikli with a framed photo of sunglasses we wanted to emulate. And the result? ...

By Nadine Cheung Filed under: Hip-Hop, Cover Art. PopEater Music Blog: Looks like Kanye West is sticking with his college bear theme for the cover art of his new CD 'Graduation.' The album is slated for a September 18 release date and will include ...

If there's one thing aside from shameless self-promo Kanye can say he's learned by Graduation day, it's how to pick a sample -- and on "Stronger," Mr. West bundles both skills quite tidily on the way to his MC degree. Daft Punk-ophiles got psyched when Kanye announced his forthcoming LP woul...