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Bizarre Kanye West Film Debuts, Is Pulled Down

Kanye West has been laying low for quite a while, either because he’s finally taking the holiday he was talking about some time ago on Jay Leno or because he simply doesn’t feel like facing the backlash for what he did to Taylor Swift at the VMAs, an incident people still talk about. With this in mind, an...

21 October 2009
10:19 GMT

Kanye West Car Crash Rumor Exploited to Push Malware

A fake report that Kanye West died in a bizarre car crash in Los Angeles made its way onto the net yesterday evening sending hoards of users googling and twittering about it. Cybercrooks reacted promptly by hijacking search results on the subject and pushing scareware.The bogus report was apparently the work of 4chan...

21 October 2009
09:48 GMT

Kanye West Dies in Car Crash – False Report

Ever since the now (in)famous Taylor Swift incident at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, rapper Kanye West has been keeping a very low profile. In fact, he’s been putting so few public appearances, that some even suggest he’s run away to India looking for spiritual guidance. While the India rumor ...

21 October 2009
09:19 GMT

California Passes Law Named After Kanye West’s Mother

Two years after Kanye West’s mother, Donda, passed away during what was supposed to be a “routine” surgical procedure for beautification purposes, a new law has been passed in California bearing her name, meant to prevent further tragedies of this type, Radar Online has learned. The law was pushed b...

16 October 2009
13:31 GMT

Kanye West Goes into Hiding in India

Kanye West is, at the moment, the closest thing Hollywood has to a persona non-grata. His VMA outburst, when he interrupted Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech to speak up for Beyonce, who had “the best video of all time,” ended up costing him dearly. Upset and ashamed, the rapper is said to be seek...

14 October 2009
04:07 GMT

Beyonce Knew of Kanye West’s Intentions at the VMAs

Beyonce was recently named Billboard’s Woman of the Year and, while putting in a press appearance on the occasion, she also addressed the one question that had been on everyone’s mind since this year’s edition of the MTV Video Music Awards. Speaking to MTV, the singer admitted she knew of Kanye West...

6 October 2009
10:32 GMT

Kanye West and Gaga’s ‘Fame Kills’ Tour Cancelled

Kanye West and Lady Gaga were to team up for the first time ever in what promised to be an incendiary tour of the US and Canada, starting in November through January of next year. Promos for the “Fame Kills” tour had been underway when the first reports of a cancellation began to surface earlier this week...

2 October 2009
05:30 GMT

Kanye West to Go to Rehab for Alcohol Addiction

Earlier this month, at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Kanye West rushed on stage, cut Taylor Swift short and gave audiences and fans at home a piece of his mind on who should have really won the Best Female Video award. Before the ceremony, he was pictured drinking cognac straight out of the bottle in what is a cle...

30 September 2009
09:10 GMT

Kanye West's Outburst Video Propels the MTV Website in Traffic Rankings

Kanye West's outburst video from the 2009 Video Music Awards ceremony has managed to break almost every web user traffic record at MTV, Mashable's Adam Ostrow reports. The video portrays the self-loving egomaniac rapper disrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video. If you haven...

17 September 2009
09:05 GMT

Kanye West Needs a Whooping, Tim McGraw Says

The Kanye West backlash continues, with more and more celebrities speaking up to express their disapproval of what the rapper did at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. Country singer Tim McGraw, for one, believes Kanye deserves a “nice” whooping for the rude gesture of interrupting Taylor Swift dur...

17 September 2009
08:43 GMT

Video of Barack Obama Calling Kanye West a Moron

Not even the President of the United States agrees with interrupting Kanye West and what he did to Taylor Swift at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, as the world already knows. First, there was a Tweet saying Obama had called Kanye a moron (in a less delicate term), then an audio clip – now, thanks to Y...

17 September 2009
04:04 GMT

Interrupting Kanye West Becomes Internet Phenomenon

Most people who saw this year’s MTV Video Music Awards and even those who only heard or read about it later had only harsh words for Kanye West for cutting Taylor Swift off during her acceptance speech to tell her that Beyonce should have won the Best Female Video award. As awkward and embarrassing as the scene...

16 September 2009
12:01 GMT

50 Cent Offers to Give Kanye West a Black Eye

Singer Pink told Matt Lauer she would have punched Kanye West had she been on the stage at the VMAs in Taylor Swift’s stead when he interrupted her. If Pink doesn’t get him, chances are Kanye might still get a beating, as rapper 50 Cent told Much On Demand that he would gladly give him a black eye with on...

16 September 2009
09:30 GMT

Barack Obama Caught on Tape Insulting Kanye West

Many celebrities have expressed their disapproval of Kanye West’s outburst at the MTV 2009 Video Music Awards, most of them taking to their Twitter pages to do so and downright call out the rapper for being an insensitive bastard, in more or less words. Yesterday, it emerged that President Barack Obama also had...

16 September 2009
04:07 GMT

Raging Egomaniac Kanye West Stands to Win from VMA Outburst

Anyone who’s anyone has already weighed in on the Kanye West VMA scandal, from Kelly Clarkson who has never met him to Ricky Martin and, as unlikely as it might sound, President Barack Obama. Taylor Swift fans are not happy about what the rapper did two nights ago at the MTV award ceremony but, according to E! ...

15 September 2009
10:45 GMT

Kanye West Is a Moron, President Barack Obama Says

It’s not just celebrities from showbiz that are rallying up against rapper Kanye West for his outburst at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, as President Barack Obama too has a very strong opinion as regards the scandal. As ABC News reporter Terry Moran Tweeted during a press conference, Obama thinks Kan...

15 September 2009
09:40 GMT

Donald Trump, Joe Jackson Ask for Kanye West Boycott

Hours after the very embarrassing moment when Kanye West rudely interrupted Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs, celebrities were already on Twitter, expressing their disapproval of such an inconsiderate action. Donald Trump and Joe Jackson, Michael Jackson’s father, are also joining the public outcry now, issuin...

15 September 2009
06:18 GMT

Kanye West Apologizes, Cries on Jay Leno

Kanye West must be now the most hated celebrity, judging by the way the fans and other stars reacted to his outburst at the MTV 2009 Video Music Awards, when he interrupted Taylor Swift as he was about to thank her fans for helping her win an award for Best Female Video. Hours after the incident, Kanye appeared on Ja...

15 September 2009
05:16 GMT

Taylor Swift Talks Kanye West VMA Incident

Country singer Taylor Swift won her first Video Music Awards Moonman on Sunday, at the 2009 ceremony, for Best Female Video. As she took to the stage to thank the fans who voted for her, she was rudely interrupted by Kanye West, who took the mic from her hand to address the crowd and say Beyonce should have won. Tayl...

15 September 2009
03:12 GMT

Adam Lambert, Pink, Katy Perry Rally Up Against Kanye West

Kanye West put his foot in it at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards when, presumably from too much Hennessy he had ingested before the awards ceremony, he stumbled on the stage and interrupted Taylor Swift who was giving her acceptance speech for Best Female Video award. Celebrities are already speaking out against him,...

14 September 2009
11:50 GMT

Kelly Clarkson Blasts Kanye West for VMA Behavior

The crowd at the Radio City Music Hall, where the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards took place last night, was far from happy when rapper Kanye West stormed on stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech and rudely interrupted her to say Beyonce should have won Best Female Video. However, it wasn’t only fans ...

14 September 2009
09:22 GMT

Kanye West Ruins Taylor Swift’s VMA Moment with Outburst

Fans must already know by now that, when it comes to awards, Kanye West can act in ways that suit no one else besides himself, having often expressed his dissatisfaction with the winners in one category or another throughout the years. Last night was no exception, as Kanye jumped on stage to proclaim that the award f...

14 September 2009
05:09 GMT

Pink Blasts Kanye West for Love of Fur

Pink has never been afraid or ashamed to speak her mind on whatever bothered her, and this is all the more true when it comes to something that goes against her beliefs as one of the biggest PETA supporters. When she recently met Kanye West, for instance, she was extremely upset about his insisting the fashion indust...

1 June 2009
08:45 GMT

Kanye West Is a Proud Non-Reader, Author of Books

Kanye West, a self-titled “proud non-reader,” is an author in his own turn, having just come up with a guide to wisdom, the Kanye West style, called “Thank You and You’re Welcome.” The book is meant to set the record straight on most things that are currently being circulated in the medi...

28 May 2009
10:27 GMT

Lady Gaga Is the New Madonna, Kanye West Believes

He has repeatedly spoken his mind on countless topics and was met with nothing but disapproval or even ridicule but, this time, rapper Kanye West seems to have hit the nail right on the head. In a recent post on his personal blog, Kanye gave his fans a piece of his mind on the music icons of tomorrow, and urged the m...

21 May 2009
09:41 GMT

Rihanna and Lady GaGa Release ‘Silly Boy’

Rihanna has been using the time away from the spotlight to get back in the studio for some new material for her fans, it seems. Not only that, but she also managed to convince another female artist, the controversial but immensely popular Lady GaGa, to join her on “Silly Boy.” The track was just made avai...

13 May 2009
10:07 GMT

Kanye West Charged with Vandalism, Grand Theft

As much as people and the media hate to admit, even if rapper Kanye West’s ego can at times be more than a handful, very few are the instances when he got physical with journalists, as other celebrities make a habit of. September 11, 2008 was the exception in this case, as the rapper smashed a cameraman’s...

19 March 2009
08:09 GMT

‘I Want to See Myself Perform Live,’ Kanye West Says

Fans of Kanye West must already be accustomed to the very unique way the rapper has of always speaking his mind. By all accounts, he is not the man to shy away from a little controversy, or speak about himself for that matter. In his most recent interview, Kanye adds another jewel to his crown by saying he is &ldquo...

4 March 2009
09:13 GMT

Kanye West Is a Superhero, Boundary-Breaking Icon

Kanye West is, in all fairness, one of the few celebrities out there on who one can actually count to always speak what’s on their mind. While many have repeatedly picked on the rapper for being too loose-lipped, it’s precisely for interviews such as his latest one for which they did it. Kanye is, for Kan...

18 February 2009
10:20 GMT

Kanye West Begs Hackers to Leave Him Alone

Since December, American rapper Kanye West has been the target of several hack and online impersonation attacks. The singer's Gmail and MySpace accounts have been compromised, while fake Twitter and Skype accounts have been set up in his e-mail. Kanye West has posted on his official blog that he's had it wi...

27 January 2009
07:57 GMT

Kanye West Wants Less Fans

Kanye West was never the man to be afraid to speak his mind, be it for the better or for the worse. Moreover, even if there have been times when his words were either completely off-track or, oppositely, taken out of context and made to sound like that, this is one rapper who will continue to speak his mind. His most...

12 January 2009
10:24 GMT

Ksubi and Kanye West Team Up

The very talented and fashion prone hip-hop superstar Kanye West has teamed up with the equally notorious, street-wise and innovative Australian fashion label Ksubi to launch an exclusive range of eyewear for Pastelle, West's own fashion label. Ksubi for Pastelle will hit the global fashion market in October thi...

9 May 2008
05:57 GMT

Ego Attack. Mere Mortals, Beware!

I haven't written anything about Kanye West in a while, and I was actually starting to miss him. Kidding. I was just wondering a short while ago how come he hasn't done any ridiculously arrogant remarks in such a long time - and it turns out, he actually did. On his blog, the notoriously ego-ridden singer d...

3 March 2008
09:22 GMT

The Stars Are Back: Grammys Bring Back Good Music in Style

Monday morning already - where has the weekend gone to, by the way? Well, Mondays have a way of just... creeping up on you like that, as I'm sure you must have noticed yourselves. And since it's this particular Monday, it's all about the Grammys. And yes, it was a wonderful night, with an impressive nu...

11 February 2008
04:20 GMT

Grammy Nominations Announced - Kanye and Wino Rule

The Grammy nominations were just announced, and we're in for a bit of a surprise. Yet, this doesn't apply to the artist with the biggest number of nominations is concerned - I'm talking about the very talented, occasionally tantrum-throwing Kanye West, who received eight nominations. On second place, h...

6 December 2007
14:43 GMT

Kanye Whoops Fiddy's A*s

Here are the official results of the much-hyped battle of the superstar rappers. And the winner is...Kanye West. While I'm sure it's no longer such a big surprise, seeing how intermediary evaluations throughout the week placed Kanye's "Graduation" way over Fiddy's "Curtis" in terms of sold copies,...

19 September 2007
05:58 GMT

Kanye West's Ego Strikes Again

Enough already! Kanye West has proven to us all he's a valuable producer and a talented singer, not to mention an extremely commercially successful artist. But despite his triumph over rival rapper 50 Cent, and the good reviews his album has been getting, Kanye insists on blaming everyone for everything.And it s...

17 September 2007
10:26 GMT

Kanye West - Tantrum Count

It looks like Kanye West is winning the record sales war against rival rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. But unfortunately, his artistic success is overshadowed slightly by the fact that he has so far proven to be a sour loser, throwing tantrums and working up a temper every time he did not manage to get an award for ...

14 September 2007
11:07 GMT

Somebody, Show Him the Door

Everybody, please remind Fiddy he lost the bet. In the highly hyped face-off with fellow rapper and rival Kanye West, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson came in second - and if we are to take him seriously, the MTV VMAs were the last time we had the privilege of seeing him perform live. Man, if I had known I would have shed so...

13 September 2007
09:53 GMT

The Official Video of Kanye West's Tantrum

It's official: Kanye West is worse than Avril Lavigne when it comes to whining and bitching around. I mean, yes, we all know his ego is the size of China and having five nominations and not getting a single Moonman was a serious punch in the gut. But really, we're all getting kind of tired of his kindergart...

12 September 2007
08:46 GMT

50 Cent Going Down, Down, Down

It looks like the battle between hip hop "titans" (OK, maybe that's a rather strong word - let's put a friendly spin on it and call them "top sellers") Kanye West and Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson is taking a rather unexpected turn. And unfortunately for "Fiddy" things are looking rather down for him, with clear...

3 September 2007
08:15 GMT

What's Up, 50?

The answer is, someone's bound to hate it. It's the case of best-selling rapper Kanye West, whose recent success and eagerly anticipated new album "Graduation" have made those top selling rivals tremble just a lill' bit. Enter Curtis Jackson, better known to us all as rapper 50 Cent, who went public sa...

16 August 2007
09:51 GMT

50 Cent Makes Nasty Comments About Fellow Rapper

The notorious rapper 50 Cent keeps searching for the spotlight these past few days, as he's planning to launch his new album some time in the future and so, he desperately needs the publicity. So he's out making strange statements about his fellow rappers and about himself. Although recently he's made ...

18 July 2007
08:51 GMT

Police The Climate

The "Live Earth" series of shows, organized all around the world on 07/07/07 (the neighbor of the beast day?) was a fulminating success, according to the organizers, despite the high prices for tickets, especially in the UK on Wembley Stadium, where deluxe tickets reached even the steep amount of 348 US dollars. Some...

13 July 2007
10:03 GMT


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