Kanye West was not among the first wave of Grammy performers earlier this week, and he won’t be added to the show’s lineup as a rep for the rapper confirmed reports that West has been barred from performing at the April 3 event. Rapper the Game, West’s cohort on “Eazy,” …
Read More »Jack Harlow Is a Heartthrob and a Budding Superstar. He Wants a Lot More
W ho are these fucking bozos on our turf?” Jack Harlow is in the back of a big black SUV next to his childhood best friend, Urban Wyatt, mock-glaring through his Prada sunglasses at a couple of little kids on a swing set in a Louisville, Kentucky, park. Everyone in …
Read More »Kanye West: Pete Davidson 'Text Me, Antagonizing Me, Bragging About Being in Bed With My Wife'
Kanye West accused Kim Kardashian of withholding custody of their kids and claimed that Pete Davidson texted him “bragging about being in bed” with his ex-wife in a series of (since-deleted) videos the rapper posted Sunday on Instagram. Ye’s string of IG posts — the latest public chapter in the …
Read More »Kanye West Shares Disturbing 'Eazy' Video: Kidnaps, Kills Claymation Pete Davidson
Kanye West takes his issues with Pete Davidson to a deadly level in a new video he shared on Instagram for “Eazy” featuring the Game. In the black-and-white clip, West kidnaps a claymation man that resembles the actor who is dating his ex, Kim Kardashian. West puts a bag over …
Read More »Kanye West Tries to Block Kim Kardashian's Request to Fast-Track 'Single' Status
Kanye West is tossing up another roadblock in his ongoing divorce from Kim Kardashian. In a new court filing obtained by Rolling Stone, the rapper, whose legal name is now Ye, is asking a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to deny Kardashian’s pending request that she be declared legally …
Read More »Watch an Orchestra Perform the 'South Park' Classic 'Gay Fish' Ahead of Season Premiere
Comedy Central has yet to release any footage from the upcoming season of South Park, which premiers Wednesday, Feb. 2, but they have shared a new video of an orchestra and choir performing “Gay Fish” from the classic episode 2009 “Fishsticks.” Check it out right here. The episode viciously mocked …
Read More »RS Charts: Vinyl Sales Power John Mayer's 'Sob Rock' to Number One
John Mayer‘s Sob Rock comes with an old-fashioned price sticker on the cover, as if it’s an LP from the Eighties, and it launched at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart thanks to deluge of old-fashioned sales — more than 56,000 copies, close to 22,000 of …
Read More »Watch Kanye West's Wide-Ranging, Three-Hour Interview With Joe Rogan
Kanye West talked about his presidential campaign, the coronavirus, religion, his mental health, a possible run for California governor and the “treacherous” music industry in a wide-ranging, three-hour interview with Joe Rogan. “I think very three-dimensionally. I don’t think in the black-and-white lines that I’ve been programmed to think in. …
Read More »At Work With Abou 'Bu' Thiam, Kanye West's Elusive Manager
In Rolling Stone‘s series At Work, we go behind the curtain with decision-makers across the fast-changing music business — exploring a range of responsibilities, burgeoning ideas, advice for industry newcomers, and more. Read earlier interviews here. Abou “Bu” Thiam owes a lot to his brother, Akon. “I was Akon’s A&R …
Read More »'Greatest Artist in Human Existence' Kanye West Makes Surprise Appearance at Kim Kardashian Talk
On Wednesday afternoon, Kim Kardashian West and her mother Kris Jenner took the stage at the New York Times’ Dealbook Conference in Manhattan. Interviewed by Andrew Ross Sorkin, the pair spent half an hour discussing their rise to monolithic cultural status and the attendant businesses that came with it. In …
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