A judge on Friday cleared rapper Kanye West of criminal charges following a scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport last year, pending his completion of...
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A court commissioner on Friday dismissed criminal charges against Kanye West and his road manager stemming from their scuffle with photographers last year. Misdemeanor...
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Lady Gaga isn't letting her ill-fated tour with Kanye West keep her from her fans. A day after her joint tour with the rapper was canceled, the pop star said she'll be...
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A U.S. and Canada tour by Kanye West and Lady Gaga has been canceled with no reason given just weeks after the rap star came under public fire for humiliating country star...
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Kanye West and Lady Gaga's highly anticipated tour is over before it even began. Just days after announcing dates for an ambitious joint show that was to kick off next...
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Courtesy of NME.com - Pair to head out on epic 'Fame Kills' North American tour in November. The full dates for Kanye West and Lady GaGa's co-headline tour have been...
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President Barack Obama's candid thoughts about Kanye West are provoking a debate over standards of journalism in the Twitter age. ABC News says it was wrong for its...
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Kanye West used Jay Leno's prime-time debut Monday to offer another apology for ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards and to say he's going to take some...
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A day after Kanye West earned widespread scorn for upstaging Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards, the remorseful rapper said on Monday he would take time off to...
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Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn't exactly make a habit out of...
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Courtesy of NME.com The short film is due out next month A long-form video starring Kanye West and directed by Spike Jonze is due to be released next month, the director...
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Jay Leno's new prime-time series is going to kick off with a performance by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West. NBC said the three singers will perform...
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Pink has attacked Kanye West for his views on fur. The songstress says she was at Stella McCartney's Paris fashion show in January alongside West, the vice-president of...
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Rapper Kanye West does not read books or respect them but nevertheless he has written one that he would like you to buy and read. The Grammy Award winner, known for his...
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Kanye West is set to headline a concert in his hometown of Chicago, in which he will encourage teens to stay in school until graduation. The rapper will perform the second...
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Kanye West has tipped British musician Mr. Hudson to become the biggest artist in the world, comparing the London-based singer to Frank Sinatra. In an exclusive interview...
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Kanye West's arraignment on misdemeanor charges has been delayed until May. Lawyers for the rapper and his road manager were granted a delay to enter pleas until May 20...
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The diagnosis on Dr. Jan Adams' career: inoperable. The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother the day before she died in 2007 has given up his...
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Kanye West credits his dad for his risk-taking attitude. "I like the challenge of having to win people over with a new concept," West said in a recent interview. "My father...
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Kanye West is on the cover of April/May's Complex and this time it's really "some Benjamin Button's s--t." Photographed using the same technology as the...
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For a night, it was South By Kanye West. The rapper performed twice Saturday at the annual South By Southwest music conference and festival, dominating the final night of...
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We're guessing Kanye West and his hired guns will be doing everything to keep him out of L.A. County's version of love lockdown. The hitmaker was charged today...
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Rap star Kanye West was charged on Wednesday with battery, theft and vandalism in connection with a September 11, 2008 scuffle with paparazzi at Los Angeles International...
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Kanye West faces more than just a "Love Lockdown." Los Angeles city prosecutors have charged the rapper with misdemeanor battery, grand theft and vandalism over the...
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When Radiohead refused to meet Miley Cyrus and Kanye West at the Grammy Awards last month, the starlet threatened to "ruin" them and the rapper refused to stand for...
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"American Idol" is about to get a double dose of star power: Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson. The Grammy winners will share the stage as performers during Wednesday's...
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Kanye West is on another magazine cover (this time with a sure-to-be-appreciated gray-free beard) and as usual the rapper turned auto-tune singer turned fashion designer is...
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Here's hoping Kanye West eases up on the all-caps for his next writing venture. The blog-happy hip-hop star is collaborating on Glow in the Dark, a "deluxe...
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One awards show stage Kanye West won't be storming anytime soon: The AVNs. After catching wind of an outrageous—even for him—Internet report claiming that...
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Kanye West has taken issue with a magazine cover that makes it appear as though he has grey hairs in his beard. In a posting on his blog, the rap star ranted about his...
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Dr. Jan Adams--the man who performed plastic surgery on Kanye West's mother Donda, shortly before she died--has been jailed for a year for drunken driving. Adams pleaded...
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Once again, it seems like the "K" in U.K. stands for kooky. While there may be a sliver of truth to the idea that Kanye West wants to get some hands-on experience in...
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If you want to create a mix-tape of the year's best songs, here are the must-haves for 2008. 1. "Never Would Have Made It," Marvin Sapp: Of course, a gospel tome is...
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Coldplay, the Jonas Brothers and Lil Wayne go together like, well, Grammy nominees, of course. The acts all scored top nominations tonight for the 51st Annual Grammy...
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As you may have heard, Kanye West announced at the American Music Awards that he wants to be the next Elvis. Then West had to take it even further. "When I said the...
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The Jonas Brothers want to work with Elvis—the wannabe Elvis, that is. Nick Jonas revealed at yesterday's American Music Awards that he and his singing...
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Win or lose, Kanye West knows how to give a good sound bite. West was the big winner in the rap/hip-hop category at tonight's American Music Awards in Los Angeles,...
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Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West's night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum — a trend West started four years ago when...
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Kanye West's love may not be the only thing that needs to be put on lockdown—his fists might also want to consider it. The rapper was arrested on suspicion of...
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Rapper Kanye West was arrested after a fracas outside a nightclub but released without charge, British media reported Friday. The Press Association news agency and others...
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Kanye West took care of 50 Cent last year. Now he's got a whole new beef on his hands, and the outcome could cost him dearly. Former Death Row Records overlord Marion...
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Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has filed a lawsuit against Kanye West over an incident that occurred at an MTV VMA pre-party West hosted in 2005. In the suit, Knight also...
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Obamamania met Beatlemania Thursday, as Liverpool hosted an MTV Europe Music Awards show energized by the city's musical heritage and the U.S. presidential election. Pink...
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Barack Obama's presidential campaign, which has inspired a multitude of songs by stars and amateurs alike, is now getting an official soundtrack. "Yes We Can: Voices of a...
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Kanye West's notoriously fickle temper boiled over Thursday, resulting in his arrest for apparently helping smash a paparazzo's camera on the floor at Los Angeles...
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Kanye West apparently didn't like playing candid camera. Now he's in police custody for punking some paparazzi. Police confirm that the rapper was arrested this...
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Kanye West's regret on the day Barack Obama was nominated for president: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it. "It's an incredible time to be around. I...
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Never mind those stinging "celebrity" ads, or the rebuttal by Paris Hilton. Musicians, artists and Hollywood types are descending on Denver — and so what if Barack...
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Kanye West, T-Pain and Akon are among the performers on "True to the Game," a compilation CD of R&B and hip-hop songs that will benefit the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum....
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Hip-hop superstar Kanye West and industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails on Sunday put exclamation points on a successful Lollapalooza music festival on Chicago's...
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Kanye West has joined forces with MTV for the documentary "Choose or Lose & Kanye West Present: Homecoming," the next installment of the "Choose or Lose" campaign, which...
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The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother before she died last fall has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. Police said Dr. Jan Adams was seen...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West defended himself from criticism over his delayed performance at Bonnaroo, saying on his blog that the flak he's taken has left him "the most...
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Ever write something in anger and think it sounds totally rational and then look back at it a few months later and laugh at your own sense of self-importance? Yeah. Check...
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Rap star Kanye West picked up two prizes on Tuesday at the BET Awards, an event honoring black recording artists, actors and athletes, while Alicia Keys was one of...
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T-Pain has a knack for showing up in the right place at the right time. "I'd like to thank T-Pain for gettin' on the record with me," said Kanye West, a...
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The MTV Video Music Awards are going Hollywood. After broadcasting from Las Vegas last year, the awards will air live from Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles on...
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The Bonnaroo boobirds were out in full force for Kanye West this weekend. The Grammy winner walked onto the festival stage nearly two hours past his scheduled 2:45 a.m....
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Kanye West's late night performance at Bonnaroo was delayed nearly two hours, angering the festival crowd who responded by chanting "Kanye sucks" and pelting the empty stage...
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Kanye West is getting his late mother's affairs in order. Six months after the sudden death of Donda West, a California judge today signed off on the rapper's...
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Not such a rapper's delight, this. Kanye West, Common, Method Man and Redman, along with their respective Universal Music Group record companies, were sued Thursday by...
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Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of...
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Kanye made headlines after his big fuss over technical glitches at a recent Houston concert, but on his blog, he tells fans: "Don't believe the hype!" The man...
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Japanese concert promoters say the country's immigration authorities are taking a tougher stance on international touring acts. Japan remains a key touring market --...
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You can't keep a good mama's boy down. Nearly five months to the day since his mother's death, Kanye West paid tribute to the late Donda West in a posting on...
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Hip-hop star Kanye West has signed a
sponsorship deal with Absolut 100 Vodka for his North American
tour, which begins April 16 at Seattle's Key Arena.
Absolut will...
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Kanye West loves the Grammys.
The rapper has never hidden his lust for awards or his pleasure in the shine of a ceremonial spotlight. At the 50th annual Grammys on Sunday...
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The Grammys are surely the oddest of the major award programs. In the name of honoring the year's best recordings, it brings together a collection of artists so diverse they...
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Kanye West can win, or lose, Grammys in peace.
Hollywood's striking writers said Tuesday they won't picket the 50th Annual Grammy Awards, set for Feb. 10 in Los...
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Donda West, Kanye West's mother, died of heart disease and "multiple postoperative factors" after plastic surgery, a deputy medical examiner said Thursday.
But a coroner's...
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Grammy night was shaping up as high drama after Kanye West and Amy Winehouse — two of music's most gifted and volatile performers — were nominated for a leading...
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Kanye West led the pack today (December 6) with eight Grammy Award nominations, while Amy Winehouse came in a close second with six.
Both singers received nods for Album Of...
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Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards:
Record of the Year: "Irreplaceable," Beyonce; "The Pretender," Foo Fighters; "Umbrella,"...
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Kanye West hates losing at awards shows. The Grammys will give him eight more chances to win. Or not.
The rapper scored eight nominations—more than any other...
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Here's the complete list of nominations for the 50th annual Grammy Awards, taking place in Los Angeles Feb. 10. The ceremony will air live on CBS.
Record Of The...
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Kanye West, Akon, and will.i.am have contributed remixes to the 25th anniversary commemorative issue of Michael Jackson's classic Thriller album.
Previously unreleased...
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Evel Knievel and Kanye West have worked it out.
The 69-year-old iconic motorcycle daredevil said he and West met at his Clearwater condo recently. They settled a federal...
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Evil Knievel's latest stunt: making peace with Kanye West.
The world's most famous daredevil has "amicably resolved" his lawsuit against the Grammy-winning...
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Dr. Jan Adams--the man who performed plastic surgery on Kanye West's mother, shortly before she died--has spoken about the suspicions surrounding him.
Adams has suggested...
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The show must go on for Kanye West, but nobody said it would be easy.
The rapper returned to the stage Saturday in Paris for the first time since the death of his mother,...
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A cast of hundreds filled in for Kanye West today.
Numerous friends, colleagues and family members gathered Friday at Chicago State University to pay their respects to the...
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It's no secret that Kanye West is distraught over his mother's sudden death last weekend.
Citing personal circumstances, the hip-hop star has canceled his...
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The doctor who performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on the mother of Kanye West is a plastic surgeon to Hollywood's elite and something of a celebrity himself, with a...
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Kanye West has released a statement about the passing of his mother--and has asked fans to donate money to his teacher training institute.
West's mother died as a result of...
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Grammy-winning rap star Kanye
West's mother, a former university professor, died in a Los
Angeles-area hospital due to possible complications from
surgery, the L.A....
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Jay-Z has paid tribute to fellow rapper Kanye West's mother, who died Saturday (November 10).
West's mother Donda passed away in a Los Angeles hospital over the...
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Hey, Mama, you'll be missed.
Donda West, the former Chicago State University English professor who left higher education to guide her son Kanye to a Grammy-winning...
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Hey, Mama, you'll be missed.
Donda West, the former Chicago State University English professor who left higher education to guide her son to a Grammy-winning hip-hop...
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Donda West, mother of Kanye West and former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, has died, a spokesman for the rapper said. She was 58.
Donda West...
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A celebrity jeweler who put diamonds on celebrities from Sir Elton John to Kanye West pleaded guilty Wednesday to falsifying records and giving false statements to...
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The King of the South has been temporarily dethroned...though that may be the least of his worries.
T.I. remains jailed after being arrested on several weapons-related...
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Kanye West has revealed he is working on a track with Michael Jackson, creating more speculation that Jackson will be releasing a new album in the near future.
Yesterday...
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Kanye West has become a jewelery designer. The rapper-producer is working with Graduation cover artist Takashi Murakami on a jewelery collection.
West debuted a prototype...
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If it hadn't already, "Don't Forget the
Lyrics" struck pop culture gold at the September 17 Emmy Awards
by pitting Kanye West against "The Office" star Rainn Wilson...
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Kanye West has 50 Cent's number.
The rapper beat out 50 yet again, this time at Britain's Mobo (Music of Black Origin) Awards, where he won Best Hip Hop act on...
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Just hours after he was officially crowned the victor in his much-hyped sales battle with 50 Cent, Kanye West turned up at GQ's 50th anniversary party as the featured...
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After pushing back Curtis to Sept. 11, 50 Cent got a big surprise when Kanye West moved Graduation to the same release date in order to create a head-to-head matchup....
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Kanye West sold almost a million
copies of his latest album during its first week in U.S.
stores, winning a much-hyped sales race with rival rapper 50
Cent and providing the...
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The biggest star of the Emmy afterparties wasn't the cast of "The Sopranos" or a cigar-chomping Jeremy Piven. It was Kanye West.
The 29-year-old rapper made an explosive...
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Kanye West made a surprise appearance at Sunday's Emmy Awards, spoofing his bad attitude about losing award show trophies.
The rapper and Rainn Wilson of "The Office"...
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For all the good Lil' Kim says it does, the "Magic Stick" can't make a lawsuit disappear.
The raunchy rapper and guest-MC 50 Cent have been sued by a record...
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50 Cent may be getting hip-hop's equivalent of a gold watch next week. Early reports have Kanye West beating 50 in their much-hyped battle of album sales: West's...
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Here's the naked truth: High School Musical 2 just matriculated into an elite class.
For the week ended Sunday, the Mouse Network soundtrack notched its fourth...
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The Emmy Awards are taking a cue from the Grammys. And the Tonys. But not, luckily for Kanye West, from the Video Music Awards.
Despite having no obvious ties to the TV...
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Even with all the hubbub over Britney Spears' VMA comeback disaster and the Tommy Lee-Kid Rock smackdown, someone's got to make sure Kanye West gets his fair share...
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50 Cent, "Curtis" (Interscope) and Kanye West, "Graduation" (Def Jam)
Hip-hop's latest battle between two of its biggest egos — Kanye West and 50 Cent — has been...
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Kanye West says he'll never return to MTV.
The 29-year-old rapper, who was shut out at the Video Music Awards on Sunday night, threw a tantrum in front of media and crew...
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The MTV Video Music Awards aren't until Sunday, but hip-hop stars started accepting trophies Friday night.
Sean "Diddy" Combs, T.I., Three 6 Mafia and a slew of hip-hop...
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Some of the world's top pop stars are facing growing pressure to keep skimpy outfits and steamy dance moves off the stage during their concerts in Muslim-majority Malaysia,...
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Nelly Furtado, Gym Class Heroes and Common have been added to the list of performers at this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
Previously announced performers include...
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So much for that Hard Knock Life.
Jay-Z was the top-earning hip-hop personality of 2006, according to Forbes' first-ever list of Hip-Hop Cash Kings, and that's...
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Hip-hop star Jay-Z's talent for
extending beyond rap to the executive worlds of music, fashion
and other businesses has earned him the top spot on Forbes
magazine's...
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The wind has obviously shifted since 50 Cent first headed West.
The Get Rich or Die Tryin' rapper announced Friday that he's going to quit tryin'—if...
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Kanye West will perform with Peter, Bjorn & John in Sweden later this month, it has been claimed.
The rap superstar is understood to have invited the Scandinavian pop group...
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Kanye West is to hold a benefit concert in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois on August 24 to raise money for his own charity foundation.
The special concert and a VIP event...
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Evel Knievel and rapper Kanye
West have agreed to mediate a copyright lawsuit the motorcycle
daredevil filed over a music video West made last year.
In the "Touch the Sky"...
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Call it a leap of faith.
Kanye West and Evel Knievel informed a federal judge on Tuesday that they're going to seek to resolve a trademark-infringement lawsuit over...
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In a global series of concerts featuring aboriginal dancing, imitation chimpanzee cries and a lot of reunited rock bands, musicians and celebrities called for fans to take...
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Waving their arms in the air and dancing with 70,000 fans at London's Wembley Stadium, princes William and Harry celebrated the life of their mother, Princess Diana, on what...
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Kanye West's 30th birthday celebrations were marred when he was given a cake misspelling his name, according to reports.
The rap superstar was the center of attention at a...
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Kanye West has pushed forward the release of his new album Graduation to August from September.
West recently featured on a Louis Vuitton mixtape which circulated around...
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Keane and Kanye West have been added to the lineup for a commemorative concert to mark the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana's death.
Take That, Rod Stewart, James Blunt,...
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Kanye West is not eating any $3,900 curry, his management said Tuesday.
The British Raj restaurant had said that a music promotion company was paying that princely sum,...
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Chris Martin will feature on the new Kanye West album, the hip hop icon has revealed.
The Coldplay star appeared on "Beach Chair," a track on Kingdom Come, Jay-Z's return...
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Evel Knievel has sued Kanye West, taking issue with a music video in which the rapper takes on the persona of "Evel Kanyevel" and tries to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle...
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Rap star Kanye West was named Best Hip Hop artist, but still came off as a sore loser at the MTV Europe Music Awards.
West apparently was so disappointed at not winning...
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We ain't saying she's a gold digger, but Kanye West is
far from broke.
And now, far from single.
The six-time Grammy-winning rapper-producer has popped the
question...
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The parking lot at Coachella's opening day was reminiscent of a high school cafeteria. There were punks, goths, jocks, stoners, nerds--you name it. But instead of coming...
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Kanye West fans were expecting to hear "Testify." Now they may
have to do it.
Two security guards were shot, one
seriously, outside the rapper's concert in Birmingham,...
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Earlier this month during a live hurricane relief broadcast on NBC, rapper Kanye West accused President Bush of not caring about black people. First Lady Laura Bush...
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The BET network has announced the artists set to participate in its primetime telethon to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina on September 9. The special,...
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It was a rock band, Green Day, that walked off with the most prizes at MTV's 2005 Video Music Awards Sunday (August 28), despite an abundance of performances focusing on...
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Rock was resplendent at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night, as the veteran punk group Green Day took home seven moonmen and newcomers The Killers and Fall Out Boy...
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2005 Video Music Awards Winner's list:
Video Of The Year
Green Day, "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
Best Male Video
Kanye West, "Jesus Walks"
Best Female Video
Kelly...
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Rapper and producer Kanye West will release the lead single, "Diamonds," from his sophomore solo album, Late Registration, in the coming weeks. The set, which is slated to...
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Alicia Keys, Usher, and Kanye West were among the winners in the music categories of the 36th annual NAACP Image Awards, which were presented March 19 at the Dorothy...
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Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer Kanye West caused quite a stir in the publication world last week when he told New York's Daily News that he planned to charge...
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Rapper and producer Kanye West dropped out of college to pursue a musical career, and he even named his debut album the College Dropout, but West still understands the value...
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The much-anticipated sophomore studio album from singer/songwriter Lauryn Hill may include an appearance from rapper Kanye West. According to MTV.com, Hill and West have...
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Maroon 5 has been nominated for three Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys, according to NME.com. The band has landed nods for Best International Group, Best...
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Nominations for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards were announced this morning (Tuesday, December 7) at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California, with Kanye West leading...
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Rapper-producers Kanye West and Lil Jon each took home three prizes at the Source Hip-Hop Music Awards on Sunday.
West won awards for breakthrough artist of the year,...
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Rapper-producer Kanye West received a leading seven Source Hip-Hop Music Awards nominations Thursday, while Ludacris got six.
West's nominations included best album,...
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