kanye west
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Black Women Are Tired of People Trying to Control Our Bodies—So Wake Up
Y’all I’m tired. I’m tired of white supremacy and patriarchy. I’m tired of the systems that police, control and murder Black trans women. I’m tired of the systems that allow Breonna Taylor to be murdered in her home while her killers are allowed to roam free. I’m tired of the systems that built a faulty…
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Where the Only Pain Is Champagne
I once threw a party for myself that lasted 10 years. I want to say it was a celebration, or at least that’s how it started out. I wanted to celebrate life after so many years of being held back and held down by my illness, so I started going out and drinking almost every…
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Kanye West Missed the Deadline to Appear on the South Carolina Ballot; Raises Concerns Amid a Series of Alarming Tweets
Yesterday, I said this was bad. I just had no idea just how much worse it would get by that evening. Backing up a bit though: a couple of hours after we reported on Kanye West’s first presidential campaign rally in South Carolina on Monday, reports surfaced that the rapper hadn’t submitted his petition on…
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This Is Bad, Real Bad
In Keri Hilson’s 2008 single “Knock You Down,” Kanye West spit a particular line in his featured verse: “Cause we had it, we was magic, I was flyin’, now I’m crashin’ / This is bad, real bad Michael Jackson.” While watching ‘Ye’s first presidential campaign rally this weekend, the only words I could muster over…
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Kanye West Is Officially on the Presidential Ballot in Oklahoma Because 2020 Is Chock-Full of Headaches
Despite a report on Tuesday alleging that Kanye West was “ending” his 2020 Presidential campaign (which I would rather be writing about), the Oklahoma State Election Board announced that the rapper/producer is on the ballot for the Sooner State. *Deep sigh* Per XXL, a tweet sent out by the OSEB explained that West qualified to…
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Is T.I.'s Rap Career On The Same Level as Jay Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne? A Discussion
On the heels of a social media back and forth between T.I. and 50 Cent about who would win in a Verzuz battle—probably a more even matchup than either of them wants to admit; neither has made much music worth listening to in the past decade—T.I. went on Big Boy’s L.A.-based radio show and proclaimed,…
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Is Chance the Rapper Secretly Just A Human-Sized Sheet Cake? (Probably!)
Chance the Rapper is a rapper who raps about the sort of things you’d expect a rapper with “Rapper” in their rap name to rap about. If you are not familiar with him or his work, the best way to describe him and it is “aggressively earnest.” Think of a trade school admissions counselor who…
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Company Linked to Jay-Z's TIDAL Reportedly Received PPP Loan Before TIDAL Laid Off 15 Furloughed Employees
Malibu Entertainment, a company linked to TIDAL reportedly applied for and received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan—money set aside in the CARES Act to help small businesses affected by the pandemic—for about $2.1 million, according to a source via Variety. The company was apparently among the businesses that applied for the loans, which were…
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I Read Kanye West's Interview About His 'Presidency' So You Don't Have To
Well, folks, I’m back with another edition of this. If you missed my first article in this *now series* (because people keep giving this man a platform to speak instead of getting him help), I do this because I have been a big fan of Kanye West’s music since I was about 11 years old.…
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Kanye West Says He's Running For President This Year
Kanye West is apparently going to make good on a promise he made five years ago when he won MTV’s Michael Jackson Vanguard Award and announced his plan to run for president in 2020. On Saturday, the rapper/designer/MAGA supporter tweeted (using some very Trump-esque language) that he will be throwing his hat in the electoral…