kanye west

As you may have figured out after news of the VH1 Hip Hop Honors 2009 Def Jam Tribute, KRS-One’s blackout on the red carpet and Redman’s Adidas collabo that Def Jam is celebrating their 25th anniversary this year. Finally, with all the Def Jam projects floating around the legendary label will release what it is […]

Just when you thought 50 Cent had no heart, he turns around and proves everyone wrong. Or does he? His PR team was no doubt in overdrive to clean up the comments he made Wednesday on Hot 97’s Angie Martinez Show. As previously reported, Fif made it no secret his thoughts about the now cancelled ‘Fame […]

Hip-Hop heads clamoring to get a view of “Kan, the Louis Vuitton Don” and the enigma that is Lady Gaga will have to settle for a performance in their dreams because the concert is not going to happen. Announced by concert promotion giant Live Nation, the “Fame Kills” concert tour was one of the most […]

Jamaica Queen’s finest is taking shots at his next victim. The latest to get on 50 Cent’s list is none another than the Jigga man himself, Jay-Z. To be fair everyone remembers when Jay appeared on Trevor Nelson’s British radio show and semi-dissed him. When asked if he thought Kanye would’ve gone on stage during […]

Kid Cudi’s riding high on the success of his debut album and his rise in fame and fortune. His debut album, The Man On the Moon:  The End Of Day is a hit, he’s been added to 50 Cent’s starting lineup for 50 Fest and set to star in a new TV show. Unfortunately for […]

Mos Def is reportedly making a documentary about Death with Damon Dash. Why did they choose such a morbid subject? Well, in this instance Mos Def considers Death a good thing. Death is an obscure, all Black, proto-punk band that formed in 1971.

What is left for a man that essentially has everything in life? With Beyonce on his arm and his eleventh studio album now under his belt, Jay-Z must be living the life. Stepping away from jerseys and white tee’s to replace them with the corporate suit and tie, the man known as Shawn Carter has […]

After speaking the truth at the VMAs in Taylor-Swift-gate and his unfavorable descriptions by President Obama and Bill O’Reilly, Kanye West announced that he would take some time off. The joke won’t die though. On September 19th Jimmy Kimmel bumrushed rock band The Killers live show Kanye style and gave a shout-out to Beyonce. Ah […]

Everyone’s favorite racist news commentator hopped on the criticism bandwagon yesterday throwing in his opinion on the Kanye West VMA incident. Bill O’Reilly once again spoke on something he knows nothing about and threw Ye under the bus. During his “Pinheads and Patriots” segment on his O’Reilly Factor news show he mentioned the infamous incident […]

For everyone that’s been salivating to get their hands on Kid Cudi’s debut album, The Man on the Moon:  The End Of Day, the wait is over. Composed of 15 tracks featuring the likes of Chip The Ripper, Rat-A-Tat, and of course Kanye and Common, the album serves as a hipster Hip-Hop mash up of […]

Since the VMA’s aired on Sunday, it has been quite a tumultuous and stressing week for rapper Kanye West.  A single bottle of Hennessy and an outburst that interrupted an “innocent” white country singer has spelled disaster for the Def Jam artist. In an attempt to rectify the situation that he has created, West has […]

As opinions continue to flood the gates on Kanye West’s “drunken” rampage during the MTV VMAs on Sunday, it is clear that the rapper has shot himself in the foot. The latest entry in the ‘Kanye is a jackass’ campaign comes from rapper Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Speaking with Much Music