Behold Kanye West’s new video, We Were Once a Fairytale. It’s an 11-minute short film directed by the incomparable Spike Jonze. This was shot in January and premiered recently at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The clip is obviously a personal statement from Kanye West, replete with strange turns and overarching dark themes. But what exactly is he trying to tell us? See the video for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

Kanye West, author of Thank You and You’re Welcome, is prepping a photo book for his fans. I had to do a double take on my emails to see if I missed the press release for this book, but who needs an 800-page press release when you can drop the skinny in CAPS???
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Uhm… Yeah. I really don’t have any news on this but Kweli’s tweets about this had me buggin’ (as expected by TK himself). I’m in good company though, because ?uestlove can’t believe it either. Read the rest of this entry »

Just when you thought the Kanye interruption meme was on its way out, Jack White gives it a new lease on life. Watch as White pulls a Kanye at the premiere of Under Great White Northern Lights.

[Raise one to: Prefix]

Just to prove that there is no universal justice, everyone’s favorite spotlight-stealing, autotune-abusing rapper (if you can’t pick it up from that go ask Taylor Swift who she’s NOT a fan of right now)  leads the pack  for this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards with nine (9) nominations.  Jay-Z and Weezy F. tie for second place with seven (7) thumbs-up each. BET plans on awarding West Coast legend Ice Cube with the “I Am Hip-Hop” Icon Award for his contributions to hip-hop. The show will be taped in Atlanta and premieres on BET Tuesday, October 27 at 8:00 p.m.

• Click Here To Check This Year’s Nominations.

Ladies and Gents, I think we’ve just witnessed the birth of a new Internet meme. Following his VMA outburst, Kanye went from mega star to mega meme. Here’s a roundup of the best Kanye interruption meme pictures.
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The new Jay Leno show made its debut last night. It was very much like the old Jay Leno show, except for this somber bit where Kanye apologizes for grabbing Taylor Swift’s er…mic at the VMAs. I see a Kanye collaboration in Taylor’s future.

Kanye’s Wikipedia page was hacked moments after his outburst at last night’s VMAs. Enlarge the pic to view the flattering remarks that were pegged on to his page. While you’re at it, check out Kanye’s Dickipedia page.

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