• Kanye West Targeted by Hacktivist Group Anonymous

    Someone claiming to be a member of the hacktivist group Anonymous has released a chilling, seven-minute message to Kanye West. The person, whose face is covered in a Guy Fawkes mask, which has become the symbol of the group, delivers the message in the typical atonal voice used by the group with a well-produced video piecing together clips from Kanye's recent interviews and his music playing in the background.
  • Damon Dash Wants To Work With Kanye West On Anything But Music

    Damon Dash, the first man to sign Kanye West as a rapper to Roc-A-Fella Records is now looking to work with Yeezy on anything other than music. Speaking to Page Six, he said that he plans to rival major Hollywood directors and hopes that West will join him in some creative capacity.
  • A-Trak Genius Annotations: "Push" DJ Says He Introduced Kanye to Daft Punk

    The relationship between A-Trak and Kanye West goes a long way back. The "Push" DJ was Kanye's touring DJ back in the mid-2000s and scratched on 'Graduation' and 'Late Registration.' Adding to the intrigue, A-Trak went on Genius, the crowd-sourced lyric website that provides backstories and context for songs, to give his side of the story for how records were made when he was directly involved with Kanye, including the fact that he introduced Kanye to Daft Punk's music.
  • Madonna Says Kanye West Is the 'Black Madonna'

    The 'Rebel Heart' singer Madonna recently dished on her connection with the 'So Help Me God' rapper Kanye West. The '(New York) Daily News' reported that Madonna claims West is the "black Madonna."
  • Paul McCartney Talks Kanye West Collaboration: Macca Says Yeezy and Jay Z Are Poets

    Fans of Paul McCartney and Kanye West may have been skeptical when news surfaced that the pair was working on music together. So far, though, the results of their collaboration have been well-received. "All Day," "Only One" and "FourFiveSeconds" featuring Rihanna are making waves on the pop charts and bringing the rock and hip-hop communities together once again. McCartney spoke to 'NME' about what sparked the partnership. Macca said he started to understand the rap genre more after seeing Jay Z and West in concert last year. "I was expecting it to be, 'Oh, it's great, it's hip-hop, it's loud ...,' but I hadn't until then got the urban poetry aspect," he said. "Like, Bob Dylan is a poet. And so is Jay Z, and Kanye."
  • Fans are Selling Bagged Air From Kanye West's Yeezus Tour on eBay, One Reached $60K

    There are reports that fans of Kanye West are selling bags of air taken from shows during the rapper's Yeezus Tour. One bag received 90 bids, pushing the total all the way up to $60,000 before it was taken off eBay. The seller provided no proof that the "air" was taken from an actual show, but they did write "air from Kanye show" on the bag to make it seem more legitimate.