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Yeezy's Collaboration With Gap Grabbed Headlines—but Its Other Black Designer Collab Has Sadly Been Shelved
When Kanye West’s clandestine 10-year deal with Gap for an ongoing Yeezy collaboration (which was reportedly years in the making) was announced last week, it seemed like a match made in overpriced basics heaven. The fact that Nigerian-British female designer Mowalola Ogunlesi is onboard as design director of the upcoming Yeezy Gap line (due out…
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Kanye's Spaceship Flies High: Kanye West Inking a Deal with Gap for Yeezy Gap Line Makes All of the (Dollars and) Sense to Me
Per the New York Times, Kanye West has inked a 10-year deal with Gap to create an iteration of his Yeezy branded clothing line for the retailer. And anybody who is (or has been a fan of Kanye) knows about his relationship with the store. Specifically because the entire first verse of classic record “Spaceship”—it…
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Kanye West Puts His Money Where His Mouth Once Was, Sets Up College Fund for George Floyd's Daughter Gianna
You know the echoes of “Mr. West, Mr. West, Mr. West” in Kanye West’s song, “Good Morning?” Well apparently, that’s the energy media personality Ibrahim “Ebro” Darden had when he called out the rapper’s silence on social media. I’ve already expressed this in another blog, but I have to reiterate my point specifically for ‘Ye:…
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Trump Supporter Wants You to Know He Isn't Just Worth a Measly $1.3 Billion, but $3.3 Billion
Spoiler Alert: La La La Laaaa, you don’t have to wait until Kanye West gets his money right anymore. Oh, and you definitely can’t tell him nothin’. According to Forbes, Kanye’s official net worth is $1.3 billion. Forbes calculated that his stake is worth $1.4 billion, but since it is “private [and] highly illiquid]” their…
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I Read Kanye West's Latest Interview So You Don't Have To
Early on April 15, folks flocked to social media to report that their promised stimulus checks made their way into their bank accounts. Others were attempting to grapple with the strange quaran-dreams that continue to occur during these uncertain times. But me? I used my Wednesday morning to read Kanye West’s latest GQ cover story.…
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Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Tyler Perry Will Reportedly Join In on Joel Osteen's Easter Sunday Service
Renowned pastor and televangelist Joel Osteen is not letting the COVID-19 calamity impact his upcoming Easter Sunday service, and by the sound of what he’s reportedly planning to do, it looks like this will be a big event. Per TMZ, Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston will host a virtual version of Kanye West’s Sunday Service,…
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Kanye West's High School Artwork Appraised on 'Antiques Roadshow'
As if you didn’t know, art has been in Kanye West’s life for as long as he’s been able to talk about it. The rapper/producer/overall creative was enrolled at Chicago’s Hyde Park Art Academy at the age of 4, and of course, dropped out of Chi-Town’s American Academy of Art, where he was studying to…
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A 'DJ' Tried to Downplay Quincy Jones and Black Twitter Found 'One Hundred Ways' to Tell Him to Sit TF Down
Every day we stray a little further from God’s light. As we social distance and come up with new ways to entertain ourselves, the conversation of virtual battles came up amid a flurry of actual music battles between songwriters and producers. So far, fans have gotten to witness Timbaland vs. Swizz Beatz, Sean Garrett vs.…
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The World Is Burning but Don't Worry, Kanye West Has a $60 Hoodie He Wants to Sell You
No matter the state of the world, ‘Ye is gonna ‘Ye, I guess. The 42-year-old producer, rapper, and designer had a little chat with the Wall Street Journal recently, revealing how he helped organize A$AP Rocky’s release from a Swedish jail last year, opening up about his 2016 nervous breakdown, and waxing philosophic, as always,…
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'When Kobe Bryant Died, a Piece of Me Died': Kobe, Gianna Bryant Remembered During Beautiful Celebration of Life in Los Angeles
Kobe Bryant was supposed to be invincible. For 20 seasons, he terrorized the NBA, preying on double teams and defensive lapses with an unmatched tenacity historically reserved for a gladiator’s arena. Yet for the self-appointed Black Mamba, basketball was life or death; it was his life’s blood. And without it, we were convinced that the…