Gap furthered distanced itself from Kanye West amid the backlash to his antisemitism.
The company announced it’s removing all of the Yeezy Gap products from stores as various brands cut ties with Kanye West. The retailer also shuttered its Yeezy Gap website.
“In September, Gap announced ending its Yeezy Gap partnership,” Gap said in a statement. “Our former partner’s recent remarks and behavior further underscore why. We are taking immediate steps to remove Yeezy Gap product from our stores and we have shut down YeezyGap.com.”
Gap added, “Antisemitism, racism and hate in any form are inexcusable and not tolerated in accordance with our values. On behalf of our customers, employees and shareholders, we are partnering with organizations that combat hate and discrimination.”
Kanye West and Gap’s partnership ended before ‘Ye garnered outrage for making antisemitic remarks on various platforms. The controversial rapper publicly feuded with Gap, which led to a split in September.
Since then, more companies stopped doing business with Kanye West. Adidas, Balenciaga, CAA and others dropped ‘Ye due to his antisemitism.
Kanye West lost his billionaire status after Adidas severed its relationship with him. According to Forbes, his net worth slipped to $400 million in wake of Adidas’ decision.
St. Louis rapper 30 Deep Grimeyy agreed to a plea deal, ending his trial for a gun charge on Tuesday (October 25).
According to multiplereports, the 25-year-old artist pleaded guilty to one count of felon in possession of a firearm. He was taken into custody after reaching an agreement on the second day of his trial.
30 Deep Grimeyy, whose real name is Arthur Pressley, was arrested for weapon possession in January 2021. St. Louis police found a Beretta 9mm pistol during a traffic stop.
Police pulled over a 2008 Pontiac G8 with four men inside it for a missing taillight and a license plate registered to a Jeep. Cops spotted a gun between 30 Deep Grimeyy and another passenger in the backseat.
The St. Louis rapper’s defense aimed to raise doubts about the ownership of the weapon when his trial began on Monday (October 24). But he admitted to possessing the gun the day after it was bought and the night of his arrest as part of his plea deal.
30 Deep Grimeyy, who has collaborated with notables such as Lil Baby and NLE Choppa, will be sentenced on February 1, 2023. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
Whookilledkenny is here to remind you “it’s never personal, it’s Strictly Business.” Hailing from Austin, Texas but now based in Los Angeles, the rising star is best known for his unique blend of R&B and hip-hop, exploding onto the scene with his one-of-a-kind voice that demands attention.
Growing up in the church, a young Whookilledkenny actually started as a Christian rapper, thanks to the nudge from his grandmother to rap about his faith. Soon, his talents made noise around town, as he received nothing but positive feedback from his Christian remix of Durrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job.”
Soon, he would make the decision to make secular music, unveiling his debut project Pay The Fee back in 2019. Fast forward to 2022, he drops his highly-anticipated EP titled Strictly Business, spearheaded by lead single “Worth It.”
AllHipHop spoke with Whookilledkenny about his name, his background, the new release, and more!
AllHipHop: What inspired your name?
Whookilledkenny: I originally used to go by Kenny Gee, but I had to change my name when I learned that I could face copyright issues due to the saxophone player Kenny G. I wanted something that would sound like a band or a group, not just one person. I thought it would look cool on festival flyers.
AllHipHop: How would you describe your sound?
Whookilledkenny: Player and luxurious or lavish. I talk about my lifestyle and real life events. If you live a similar lifestyle you can relate to it. Living in LA the past few years I’ve also added a different bounce to my music from working with producers from out here.
AllHipHop: Biggest influences?
Whookilledkenny: Wiz and Travis Scott. The influence that Wiz had when I was in high school is something I would love to have in the near future and being from Texas, Travis is one of my favorite artists of all time.
AllHipHop: At what point did you realize you could do music for a living?
Whookilledkenny: In elementary school, I knew I wanted to be the President or a rapper. Being President seemed like a long shot and at the same time I was performing raps at different churches across Dallas and I fell in love with performing and making music.
AllHipHop: New single and visual for “Worth It,” what inspired the record?
Whookilledkenny: I’m inspired by people in my life. I make music everyday so whatever is going on that day is reflected in the music
AllHipHop: Where was the video shot? Best memory?
Whookilledkenny: Pacific Palisades. Best memory is how player that area is… I would live there easily. We really just drove around the neighborhood and shot different scenes on whatever streets looked dope. We shot a scene in a front yard and the owner came out, told us he was a documentary film maker and that we could shoot outside his house for as long as we need to so shout to him
AllHipHop: What’s one thing you want fans to get from your Strictly Business EP?
Whookilledkenny: I make hits.
AllHipHop: What is it you want fans to get from your story?
Whookilledkenny: Keep pushing and don’t give up. If you know what your goals are, work everyday to get closer to them. I dropped a project in 2019 and ended up taking it down because it didn’t stream well. I used the entire year of 2020 to work on music and to understand the marketing and the business side of things. As soon as 2021 hit, we hit the ground running and haven’t looked back since.
Before that when I was in high school in Austin, I was selling tickets to music festivals to all the kids in my school because if you solde enough tickets they would let you be the opener. No matter what, I’ve always figured out a way to keep going.
AllHipHop: How was it working with Buddah Bless and Hollywood Cole?
Whookilledkenny: I met them both during a trip I took to Atlanta. I got a lot of music with both of them.
AllHipHop: Explain your “pay the fee” mentality.
Whookilledkenny: It’s universal. Everybody paying the fee to somebody. And everybody collecting a fee from somebody.
AllHipHop: 3 things you need in the studio?
Whookilledkenny: Weed, backwoods, and a lighter.
AllHipHop: Goals yourself as an artist at this point of your career?
Whookilledkenny: Touring is my main goal at the moment. I get dm’s from people in different cities telling me “come to New York” or “come to Chicago” so I’d really love to touch the road in 2023 and meet all my fans that have been supporting me.
Lil Durk partnered with the investment platform Exceed Talent Capital to offer fans shares of his next song’s royalties.
Exceed will launch an IPO for the OTF rapper’s song “Bedtime” featuring Doodle Lo, allowing fans to own a share of the royalty income. Exceed will also release the “Trenches All-Access Pass,” providing priority list reservations for the IPO’s sale and an easy way to join Lil Durk’s Grand Theft Auto roleplay server.
The “Trenches All-Access Pass” grants instant entry into Lil Durk’s GTA server known as The Trenches. The server has 15,000 people on the waitlist, but the pass allows players to jump the line with lifetime access.
“Where I’m from, few own anything,” Lil Durk said in a press release. “As The Voice of the Trenches and for my label OTF, I’m always looking for ways to expand and give back to my people. Exceed makes it possible for my fans to become part of my team and share in our success together.”
The “Trenches All-Access Pass” includes loot boxes with in-game wearable items, limited edition merch and VIP concert tickets. Pass owners get opportunities to interact with Lil Durk as well.
Fans can sign up for the “Trenches All-Access Pass” here.
Over the weekend, singer and rapper, Doja Cat broke the Internet as she celebrated her birthday.
Last night, when I was in a sleepy haze, I saw a tweet that woke me up. That tweet was of Doja Cat’s naked breasts. And what a sight it was!
Now, I am not one of those guys that has never seen a pair of breasts before. However, if you are acting as if seeing those your cats, mammary glands is just like seeing someone else’s, then you are a natural born fool.
Doja Cat is one of the weirdest people in music today, but she is also one of the sexiest and most talented musicians to. There’s always something magical about seeing a superstar of that caliber naked.
Well, she promised to do it on her 27th birthday, and she delivered. What’s so funny is that she didn’t even have pictures herself and asked for people to send her direct messages of herself nude. She just wanted to repost and spread the love. By the way, it was a sex party a-la Eyes Wide Shut party, according to reports.
So, it seems to be my duty to help her amplify the message. The only thing is, this is a rated PG situation, and I cannot post the naked pictures in full. What I can do is give you some direction and also some idea of what happened.
Doja Cat has been a very polarizing figure, but I think I am about ready to forgive her. Check out the pictures and let me know what you think in the comment section.
By the way, others were there too like Dreezy, Ariana Grande and Normani.
For his consistent ranting about Jewish people, he was kicked off both Twitter and Instagram.
Now, the former billionaire’s JEWISH divorce attorneys Bernard Clair and Bob Cohen from the prestigious New York Cohen Clair Lans Griefer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP are parting ways.
“The reason why I signed with Donda Sports, it represented education, it represented activism, disruption,” the baller said. “It represented single-parent households, and a lot more people are involved in something like that.”
He added, “A lot of people that I work with, work with their families, build love and respect for, spending time in the summer. A lot of people involved. That’s what the organization from my vantage point from Donda Sports represented.”
The other person signed to Yeezy’s sports agency is Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald. He has yet to make a statement about his status with the agency.
As rostered clients, Donda represents the two and their marketing and business interests outside the sports they play. Donda will not be representing their sports contracts with their respective leagues.
It looks like Kanye West just lost one. 1 billion!
After a slew of antisemitic comments, as well as anti-Black remarks, he has lost his deal with Adidas. And losing that deal with Adidas, he has also lost his billionaire status.
According to Forbes, the company that also anointed him a billionaire to begin with, said he is no longer a billionaire. Ye has been with Adidas since 2013, nearly 10 years. They have promoted his expensive Yeezy line of sneakers and made a ton of money to boot.
The company announced today that they will lose nearly $250 million in this quarter alone after dropping Kanye West and his Yeezy line. By the way, they owned the intellectual property that Kanye was working through. So it’s possible that they will continue with the Yeezy line even after their deal is done, I am being told. (FYI: I have also seen reports that say he could take Yeezy elsewhere or release it himself.) Kanye bragged, “The thing about it being Adidas I can say antisemitic things and Adidas can’t drop me … now what … now what.”
What? They dumped him and still own it. Crazy.
Anyway, Kanye West, challenged Adidas to drop him, almost like a dare. And they did.
Most people know by now that Adidas was founded by two brothers that were Nazis. The other brother went on to start Puma. So there was a tremendous amount of pressure for them to drop him, and their stock had already dropped considerably since his rant.
The Adidas deal was worth of reported $1.5 billion, calculated off years of earnings. Forbes, with their experts, looked at the royalties and earnings from this deal, similar to music or film residual income. They said that the Adidas money could be sold off, similar to a catalog of a recording artist.
Forbes maintains that without Adidas, Kanye is worth about $400 million. This estimate is based on real estate, liquid, cash, music catalog, on minority stake in Kim Kardashian‘s, Shapeware company, and other sources.
Kanye maintained that he was always worth well more than 1 billion, maintaining he was worth roughly $3,000,000,000. He disputed the Forbes account.
He also maintained that his Adidas partnership was worth $4.3 billion. Regardless, he is no longer worth $1 billion, whether he wants to believe that or not.
Now some people are going to maintain that this is more lies. But they believed it when he was proclaimed a billionaire by the very company that now says he is not. I’m not here to dispute or validate the Forbes list, but it does seem to be the gold standard.
By the way, Kanye has started to post on Parler, the Right Wing social media platform that was once owned by Candace Owens’ husband. Strange times we’re in, my friends.
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?,” he said quoting the Bible.
It seems that Brittney Griner will be serving her complete nine-year sentence in a Russian jail after the communist nation’s court rejected the appeal of her drug possession conviction on Tuesday, October 25th.
On the other hand, according to the Associated Press, it might just be a ploy to get the White House to engage in a “high-stakes prison swap” between countries.
She did not deny having the vapes but said she accidentally packed them in her bag, rushing to catch her flight. In addition, she said in America, she had been prescribed cannabis to treat her chronic pain.
Her legal team presented written statements from her medical professionals— still it didn’t fly with the Big Reds.
“I’ve been here almost eight months, and people with more severe crimes have gotten less than what I was given. I want to also apologize for this mistake, and I said in my first part, that, yes I pleaded guilty. I did not intend to do this, but I understand the charges brought against me. And I just hope that that is also taken into account too as well, that I did guilty,” Brittney Griner said from her cell during the court hearing.
The 32-year-old baller did not appear live in the Moscow Regional Court but was zapped in via video from the penal colony where she is being held outside the capital. She spoke on her situation from behind bars.
Griner has been sentenced to close to the max of 10 years, basically ending her career as a player and compromising her financial stability.
Her lawyers reviewed the average sentence for such a crime, and it is nearly half the sentence, and almost 1/3 of those convicted for the crime have been granted parole.
They claim her sentencing is excessive, and many in the public add she is being used in an international game of political chess.
Not only does Lil Baby have the #1 album in the country, but the Atlanta-bred rhymer also controls ¼ of the current Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Lil Baby managed to land 25 songs on this week’s Hot 100. His “California Breeze” single opened at #4 on the rankings. Baby scored Top 10 entries for “Forever” featuring Fridayy (#8) and “Real Spill” (#10) as well.
Three tracks off Lil Baby’s It’s Only Me studio LP also presently occupy the Top 20. “Pop Out” with Nardo Wick started at #15. “In a Minute” rose 24 spots to #16. “Never Hating” with incarcerated rap star Young Thug debuted at #19.
Plus, Lil Baby controls an additional four positions in the Top 40 region. The 27-year-old southerner’s “Heyy” (#21), “Stand On It” (#22), “Not Finished” (#26), and “Perfect Timing” (#32) are all among the 40 most-popular songs in America.
#4, California Breeze #8, Forever ft. #Fridayy #10, Real Spill #15, Pop Out w/ @NardoWick #16, In a Minute #19, Never Hating w/ @youngthug #21, Heyy #22, Stand On It #26, Not Finished #32, Perfect Timing
According to ChartData, Baby became the youngest music act in history to have at least 25 songs chart on the Hot 100 at the same time. The Quality Control rapper only joins Drake and Taylor Swift on the list of artists to achieve that feat.
The music history books added another new milestone, thanks to Lil Baby. The star born Dominique Armani Jones surpassed Nicki Minaj for seventh place on the all-time rankings of most entries on the Hot 100 with 132 songs. He has the most entries for 2022 (39) too.
Lil Baby also made some personal history this week with his latest full-length body of work. His It’s Only Me album racked up 216,000 first-week units. That sales total is the highest opening week of Baby’s career.
Baby Scored His Third No. 1 Album With It’s Only Me
In addition to Fridayy, Nardo Wick, and Young Thug, It’s Only Me also features Future, Rylo Rodriguez, Jeremih, EST Gee, and Pooh Shiesty. Baby’s third studio LP follows 2018’s Harder Than Ever and 2020’s chart-topping My Turn.
The Voice of the Heroesby Lil Baby and Lil Durk also hit #1 on the Billboard 200 in 2021. That collaborative project came after Baby teamed with fellow Atlanta native Gunna for the 2018 joint effort Drip Harder.
Aubrey Drake Graham celebrated his 36th birthday on October 24. The international superstar likely got an unexpected present from one of his followers known as Fake Drake.
A social media personality once known as IzzyDrake informed his Instagram followers of his name change. Apparently, the real Drake’s OVO company requested Fake Drake to drop the moniker and stop using the brand’s trademarked material.
“Happy birthday to the greatest artist in history and my biggest inspiration. I got this cease and desist letter from OVO [a] couple days ago and as a respectful b-day gift to @champagnepapi I changed my name from IzzyyDrake to Izzyyfamous🎈🎉,” wrote the aspiring musician on Instagram.
The supposed correspondence read, in part, “This letter serves as a notice of your unauthorized use of the trademark, ‘OVO’ to promote your brand and likeness, as well as your unauthorized fabrication of media which is Per Se damaging and defamatory to our brand. Your conducted actions are unwarranted, unwelcome, and inacceptable.”
It continued, “In addition, this shall serve as a pre-suit letter demanding that you provide us written assurance within 7 days that you will cease and desist from making any further factually untrue statements involving OVO Sound and/or Drake, and that you will no longer fabricate media that portrays the aforementioned Trademarks.”
Before dropping the Drake part of his name, IzzyDrake released a song titled “Letter To Drizzy” in September. This year also saw the release of Izzy Drake’s “Attack of the Clones” featuring Perkioo aka Fake Lil Durk.
On Tuesday, a representative for the German sportswear giant issued a statement in which they confirmed they had cut ties with West as a result of his behavior.
“Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech. Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness,” they commented. “After a thorough review, the company has taken the decision to terminate the partnership with Ye immediately, end production of Yeezy branded products and stop all payments to Ye and his companies. Adidas will stop the Adidas Yeezy business with immediate effect.”
Established in 2015, the collaboration between the label and West was highly lucrative for both parties, with the Yeezy Boost sneaker ranges proving to be particularly popular.
As part of the statement, an Adidas spokesperson assured investors that the move will have a “short-term negative impact” on the company’s net income.
They also maintained that the brand is the “sole owner” of all design rights to existing products as well as previous and new colourways under the partnership.
Retail sports company Adidas has ended its partnership with Kanye West, after a slew of antisemitic comments were made by the billionaire rap artist.
The German-based company said that it has severed all ties with Ye. Adidas said it estimates losing $246.5 million this year alone for discontinuing their business relationship with the artist.
“Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness,” the company said in a statement.
Adidas will end the partnership, all production of Yeezy branded products, and even stop payment to all of his companies immediately.
Adidas shares had slumped almost 5%, a low since 2016.
The partnership between the sports merchandise company and the artist was already strained, prior to the antisemitic comments. However, public scrutiny and criticism took its toll.
The rumored rivalry taking place in the Quality Control Music camp could be bubbling over to the public. Several pictures, songs, and interviews have entangled Lil Baby, Quavo, Offset, Saweetie, and Cardi B into a web of cheating speculation.
A photo posted last year by Saweetie had the internet questioning if the “My Type” performer left her relationship with Quavo to link up with his labelmate Lil Baby. Then Quavo hinted at the situation on the Only Built for Infinity Links album with Takeoff.
“I said, Caresha please, ’cause she too messy. B#### f##### my dawg behind my back, but I ain’t stressing. You wanted the gang, you shoulda just said it, we would have blessed it,” raps Quavo on the “Messy” track.
At first, there was speculation that Quavo’s bars were about his Migos groupmate and Cardi B’s husband Offset. Migos seemingly parted ways before Only Built for Infinity Links dropped which had a lot of people wondering what led to the split.
However, there was also evidence to suggest Quavo penned those “Messy” lines about Lil Baby, not Quavo. For example, Quavo used the phrase “my dawg” in the song. Previously, he appeared on the remix of “My Dawg” by Lil Baby.
In November 2021, Saweetie shared a photo of herself sitting on a man’s lap. Social media users began pointing out that the guy in the picture had on a very similar outfit to Lil Baby. Then Baby released his It’s Only Me album and the rumor mill lit up again.
It’s Only Me‘s “Stand On It” features Lil Baby rapping, “I don’t want your b####, we can’t swap out.” That message from Baby appeared to be a response to Quavo’s Instagram Story post in 2021. At the time, the Georgia native wrote, “Ain’t tripping. We can swap it out! #QCTheLabel.”
Someone has now directly questioned Lil Baby about the Saweetie situation. In a preview for an upcoming interview with the Big Facts podcast, Big Bank asked Baby if he was the man in that viral picture with Saweetie.
“Nah,” answered Lil Baby before laughing with the Big Facts hosts. Big Bank also suggested it must be hard living Lil Baby’s lifestyle because of rumors being connected to his name. The Grammy winner replied, “I do have to like, move a certain way because of that, and I be trying my best.”
Has Kanye “Ye” West’s recent scorched-earth media run been a reaction to losing his wife? Social justice advocate Tamika Mallory suggests the Donda album creator is acting out over Kim Kardashian.
The 45-year-old billionaire falsely implied unarmed African-American George Floyd died from a fentanyl overdose and not from a police officer’s excessive force. Ye also threatened to go “death con 3” on the Jewish community.
Tamika Mallory made an appearance on Brutally Honest with Jasmine Brand. The Fox Soul show included Mallory sharing her thoughts on the controversy surrounding Kanye West at the moment.
“I think that Kanye is upset because he lost his woman. He’s trying to weaponize other communities to help him fight his personal battle,” Tamika Mallory told celebrity blogger Jasmine Brand.
Mallory continued, “In one of the clips from the recent interview he did on Drink Champs he said, ‘If y’all don’t want me to wear White Lives Matter t-shirt, then the culture should get behind me, when they take my child, the culture should get behind me.’”
The 2017 Women’s March co-chair added, “So now you’re saying that we should be involved in your custody issues, your family business. How many Black men has Kanye helped that can’t see their children? What is he involved in?”
After getting married in 2014, Kanye West and reality television star Kim Kardashian publicly separated in 2021. Kardashian began dating comedian Pete Davidson in November 2021 before breaking up in August of this year.
AJ Tracey is putting his resources into addressing “historic underrepresentation” among Black students at Oxford University.
The West Londoner is donating £40,000 annually ($45K approx.) to assist ethnic minority students at the world-class university. The AJ Tracey Fund also aims to support research into Black histories and experiences.
He took to social media last week (Oc. 18), sharing a series of images from a dinner he hosted at St Peter’s College.
“A big thank you to @UniofOxford & @SPC_Oxford for allowing me to hold a dinner and meet some of the brightest young people last night,” AJ Tracey Penned in the caption. It was an honour to speak at the union and I look forward to our continued work and partnership going forward 📚🧠
a big thank you to @UniofOxford & @SPC_Oxford for allowing me to hold a dinner and meet some of the brightest young people last night. It was an honour to speak at the union and I look forward to our continued work and partnership going forward 📚🧠 pic.twitter.com/SmtA4V8BAK
The “Thiago Silva” rapper said he’s working to “level the playing field” for Black Oxford students.
“I think, in general, for anyone who doesn’t understand why Black people who have managed to become successful want to help Black kids, it should be self-explanatory,” AJ Tracey told The Guardian. “The whole country is catered towards white people and we’re just trying to level the playing field by helping Black kids.”
“It’s crazy,” AJ Tracey said in response. “At the end of the day, a large portion of the population is always going to have a very uneducated and misguided view on these kinds of happenings. Even if I were to say, ‘Yeah, I want to help every student, not just Black or ethnic students’, they’ll just say it’s a PR stunt.”
Candace Owens is threatening to sue the family of George Floyd after their attorney revealed they are considering a $250 million lawsuit against Kanye West after he claimed Floyd’s death was caused by a drug overdose.
Earlier this month, the rapper attended the premier of the controversial conservative commentator’s new documentary “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd,” and later cited the film during his controversial Drink Champs interview.
Ye incorrectly claimed Floyd died from a Fentanyl overdose despite two separate autopsies concluding his death was caused by asphyxiation caused by police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck for nine minutes.
Did you watch the documentary? I mean how ignorant are we going to be? Kanye is accurately referring to the trial— everything was clarified in the George Floyd trial where they showed the full arrest tape from different angles.
Candace Owens Brands George Floyd Family’s Lawsuit A “PR Stunt”
After the family cited emotional distress as a motivating factor in the lawsuit, Candace Owens defended Kanye West. She said the suit is causing her “a ton of distress,” calling it “a PR stunt,” before threatening her own legal proceedings.
“I’m also sick of frivolous lawsuits,” she said on her podcast. “You know, if this is actually considered credible, if you can sue somebody because you’re feeling ’emotionally distressed’ because of them going out and saying things, well then I think that I have grounds to sue George Floyd’s estate.”
She continued, “I have grounds to sue George Floyd’s family for doing this little PR stunt. It’s causing me a ton of distress. I feel angry and I feel upset with the fact that I am fighting for Black America to be freed from the lies while these people are fighting to keep them in the dark!”
Candace Owens then doubled down, saying, “This is unacceptable. I’m really — I’m serious. I’m going to go out and I’m going to ask lawyers ‘If this is legitimate, can I sue George Floyd’s family?’ Because I should be able to.”
Earlier this month, Kanye West and Candace Owens reunited at the Yeezy designers Paris Fashion Week Show. The pair were widely criticized for wearing Ye’s “White Lives Matter” shirts during the event.
However, Ye said their recent split was inevitable as Pete is not her type.
“I mean I knew there was no way she could love this dude,” Kanye West said during an appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast. “Not just because he’s ugly, he’s not Black. She likes Black guys.”
Furthermore, Kanye West said Kim Kardashian’s “type” is even more specific. “Every guy that she is with looks exactly the same,” Ye continued. “Ray J, Reggie Bush, at that time Kanye West. She has a type just like how I have a type. A lot of my girls look kind of similar to her.” Check out the clip below and the interview at the end of the page.
Elsewhere during the interview posted on Monday (Oct. 24), Ye described the mother of his four children as “My favourite of all time.” When asked about his love for Kim Kardashian, Kanye explained it’s down to her biology.
“It’s just, the DNA is like … she a mix of Rob and Kris,” Ye said, referring to Kim’s parents, Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner. “That’s a really high pool right there. Those are like two geniuses.”
“I’m still the priest of that home. They want to make it this matriarch society…but I am the priest of that home, and God is alive. I am the living Robert Kardashian,” Ye stated. “And I’m going to stand up for what God would want as a Christian.
Meanwhile, Kim condemned antisemitism in a recent social media post. While she did not mention Kanye by name, she called out hate speech. Kris Jenner and Kim’s sister Khloe Kardashian also shared similar messages.
Will Smith held a star-studded private screening for his upcoming movie Emancipation, attended by an A-List group of friends, including Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, and Dave Chapelle.
The slavery drama marks the actor’s comeback following his now infamous appearance at the 2022 Oscars where he slapped host Chris Rock on stage.
The rapper-turned-Hollywood movie star took to Instagram on Monday night (Oct. 24) to thank his friends for coming. He shared a pair of images from the screening featuring Rihanna, A$AP, Chappelle, Kenya Barris, Tyler Perry, and more.
“EPIC night!! Thanx for coming to see #Emancipation. Hope ya’ll enjoyed!!’ Will Smith penned in the caption.
After seeing the movie, Tyler Perry and Kenya Barris shared their praise for Emancipation via Instagram.
“I’m still haunted by ‘Emancipation,’” Perry wrote. “It’s truly powerful, moving and captivating. And the conversation afterwards with this group was legendary. Thank you, Will Smith, for the preview.”
While Barris added, “Emancipation is true art, power and everything else a film should be. You got one, Will Smith.”
Will Smith stars as a runaway slave in the Antoine Fuqua-directed Emancipation. Based on a true story, the movie follows his character “Whipper Peter” on his escape from a Louisiana plantation to join the Union Army.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hit Will Smith with a 10-year ban over his actions at the 2022 ceremony. Despite concerns that the project could be shelved, the director, who said Smith was “incredible” in the move, was confident of a release date.
Emancipation premieres in movie theaters on Dec. 2 and begins streaming on Apple TV+ on Dec. 9.
Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music’s working relationship with Def Jam has reportedly come to an end.
According to a report from the New York Times, a source confirmed Ye and his G.O.O.D Music label are no longer affiliated with Def Jam. Kanye West
While the news comes as numerous brands sever their ties with the rapper over his antisemitic comments, it’s unclear if Ye’s remarks affected his association with his longtime record label. His contact with Def Jam expired following the release of DONDA in 2021, although Def Jam continued to put out G.O.O.D. Music projects, including Pusha T’s It’s Almost Dry.
Kanye West’s Weeks Of Controversy
On Monday (Oct. 24), talent agency CAA became the latest in a long line of business to cut ties with Kanye West. He signed with the agency in 2016 which represented him for touring, but they dropped him over his antisemitic remarks.
Also on Monday, Film Studio MRC announced they won’t be releasing a documentary on Ye, despite recently completing filming. “We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform,” they said in a statement.
Companies and longtime friends have been distancing themselves from Kanye West and his remarks since his controversial Paris Fashion Week show. He received backlash over his “White Lives Matter” designs and association with conservative commentator Candace Owens before being suspended from social media over antisemitic rhetoric.
Since then, Ye’s made a steady stream of media appearances doubling down on his earlier statements while making other controversial remarks and pedaling conspiracy theories. Drink Champs took down their interview with Ye, and N.O.R.E. apologized for not checking Kanye West over his incorrect statements about the death of George Floyd.
However, in his most recent interview aired on Monday, Kanye West revealed he “absolutely” is happy. During an appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast, he explained that although he has frustrations, “it’s difficult to make me unhappy.” Check out the clip below.
