Last month, Kanye West began teasing his upcoming album, Vultures, the artist’s first release since a string of controversies in which the Grammy-winning musician aligned himself with far-right ideologues and was booted from Twitter (now called X) after declaring that he intended to go “death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE.” …
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F or Chaka Khan, the end of 2023 was nothing short of triumphant. In November, she was finally inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and she also moved from Los Angeles to a big, rural property in Georgia, where she says she’s found “peace of mind.” The …
Read More »How Did Kanye Get Here? A Short History of Provocation and Extreme Rhetoric
There is apparently no line Kanye West won’t cross. Even before his dangerous and roundly condemned “death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE” tweet got him suspended from Twitter last year, he debuted a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt alongside conservative pundit Candace Owens during his Paris Fashion Week presentation, instantly tarnishing …
Read More »Kanye Suddenly Decides His Hitler Talk Was Bad
Kanye West has issued an apology note “the Jewish community” in a new Instagram post written in Hebrew. The rapper, who has unleashed a series of antisemitic comments in recent years, wrote that he was sorry for any pain he has caused. “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for …
Read More »Kanye West Is Still Saying Sh-t Like 'Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye'
Kanye West put himself alongside Hitler and Jesus Christ, and proclaimed he was on his “Farrakhan Don shit” in an unsettling, yet characteristic brain dump live-streamed during his Vultures album event in Las Vegas last night. Video of the diatribe was captured by YesJulz on Instagram and later shared widely …
Read More »Kanye West Raps 'How I'm Antisemitic?' a Year After Praising Nazis
Following an antisemitic blitz in late 2022,Kanye West returned to radio with new track “Vultures” and appeared to double down on his controversial statements. The song, which features Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Durk and Bump J., premiered Friday night on WPWX Power 92 Chicago. More than halfway through the song, …
Read More »Donald Trump Attacks Kim Kardashian, Boosts Kanye West, Surprises No One
Donald Trump turned a classic, cantankerous diatribe disparaging a new book about him into a classic, cantankerous proclamation that he’s Team Kanye and definitely not Team Kim on Truth Social. The ex-president’s latest post began as an invective against ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl, whose book Tired of Winning: Donald …
Read More »Eric Swalwell Calls Out Jim Jordan's Hypocrisy on Antisemitism
Rep. Eric Swalwell took Rep. Jim Jordan to task over his past tolerance of antisemitic statements during a Wednesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. Jordan, the committee’s chairman, convened the hearing to debate free speech on college campuses and discuss recent collegiate protests related to Israel’s ongoing war against …
Read More »Kanye West Sued by L.A. Mission Volunteer Over Video of Skid Row Rant
When Kanye West grabbed the mic at a Thanksgiving event serving homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row two years ago, Elijah Graham was there to film it. Now Graham, who was working as a volunteer event planner at the Los Angeles Mission at the time, is suing the “Believe …
Read More »Kanye is 'Not a Candidate in 2024,' His Lawyer Says
YE24, we hardly knew ye. The prospect of a Kanye West presidential run this election cycle appears dead. Ye’s personal attorney Bruce Marks, who is advising the wind-down of the rapper’s campaign apparatus, tells Rolling Stone: “He’s not a candidate for office in 2024.” Evidence of the decision not to …
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