Kanye West

Why can Limbaugh speak, but not Costas?

Conservatives get outraged when a celebrity talks politics, as long as it's not one of their "expert" entertainers

David Sirota Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 6:13 PM UTC 73
Entertainment Bob Costas, Glenn Beck

Dumb tweet of the day: But where is Kanye now?

One Twitter user wonders why Kanye West hasn't addressed Obama's response to Hurricane Sandy

Salon Staff Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:00 PM UTC
Politics Kanye West, Barack Obama

How Fox News created a new culture of idiots

Cable news has created an entirely new breed of blowhards -- and the style has infected banking and even the arts

Aaron James Sunday, Oct 28, 2012 12:00 PM UTC 157
Life Books, Fox News, Bill O'Reilly

Is “good kid, m.A.A.d city” the “Great Gatsby” of hip-hop albums?

With his much anticipated major label debut, Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar returns quality storytelling to rap

Dan Weiss Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 8:18 PM UTC
Entertainment rick ross, hip-hop, rap, pop music

Riot porn from Kanye and Jay-Z

The music video for "No Church in the Wild" depicts a graphic riot scene and shows the resonance of dissent

Natasha Lennard Wednesday, May 30, 2012 8:33 PM UTC
Entertainment Anarchism, Occupy, Music, Jay-Z

Why I miss the monoculture

We don't agree on anything the way we agreed about Prince, Nirvana and MJ -- and our cultural life is poorer for it

Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 12:01 AM UTC 85
Entertainment Music, Kanye West, MTV

The importance of “Watch the Throne,” with Nelson George

Is Jay-Z and Kanye West's new album the first collaboration of equals in hip-hop history? A music expert responds

Drew Grant Monday, Aug 8, 2011 9:09 PM UTC
Entertainment Music, Interviews, Kanye West

Five pop culture items we missed

Today's catch: "Glee's" graduating class, an oral history of "Friday Night Lights," and turning a highway into art

Drew Grant Thursday, Jul 14, 2011 10:15 PM UTC
Entertainment Pop five, Friday Night Lights

Kanye West’s “Monster” video: Warning does not excuse misogyny

The final version of the hip-hop epic includes a lot of dead women piled up. Is it art just because we're told so?

Drew Grant Monday, Jun 6, 2011 4:30 PM UTC 14
Entertainment Kanye West, Music

Interpreting the plot of Katy Perry and Kanye West’s “E.T.”

The new music video from Mrs. Russell Brand is kind of confusing. We're here to help

Drew Grant Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 10:32 PM UTC 12
Entertainment Music, Kanye West, Viral Video

An open letter to Kanye West about his abortion tweet

The hip-hop star's message isn't pro-life or pro-choice. It's just dumb

Drew Grant Thursday, Feb 24, 2011 9:40 PM UTC 22
Entertainment Kanye West, Abortion, Twitter

Ten Grammy nominees that don’t suck

Think the music awards are all bland schlock? We've got 10 tracks to change your mind

Mary Elizabeth Williams Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 5:10 PM UTC 33
Entertainment Grammys

Kanye West’s sexy dead women

A petition aims to censor the rapper's gruesome new video. But why are we fascinated by eroticized corpses, anyway?

Tracy Clark-Flory Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 4:20 PM UTC 48
Life Kanye West

The year in celebrity comebacks

From Kanye West to "Cougar Town," we salute the clever few who roared back from their troubled pasts

Mary Elizabeth Williams Tuesday, Dec 21, 2010 2:30 PM UTC
Life Best of 2010, Celebrity

Kanye West cancels upcoming “Today” performance

Star upset over the way his interview with Matt Lauer was handled

Associated Press Friday, Nov 12, 2010 6:15 PM UTC 11
News Kanye West

Bush on Kanye: “I’m not a hater”

On "Today" Show, West says he shouldn't have called the president a racist and Bush appreciates that

Associated Press Wednesday, Nov 10, 2010 1:30 PM UTC 14
Politics George W. Bush, Kanye West

This week in crazy: George W. Bush

Apparently the worst moment of his presidency -- which included 9/11 -- was getting slighted by Kanye West?

Alex Pareene Saturday, Nov 6, 2010 3:01 PM UTC 218
News This Week in Crazy

Suge Knight keeps lawsuit against Kanye West alive

Rap mogul appeals dismissal, seeks $1 million for being shot in the leg at West's Miami Beach party in 2005

Associated Press Friday, Nov 5, 2010 5:01 PM UTC
News Kanye West

Thursday link dump: The curse of Kanye

Bush's darkest moment, Joe Klein makes sense, and the tears of John Boehner

Alex Pareene Thursday, Nov 4, 2010 11:01 PM UTC
Politics War Room, George W. Bush

Memo to famous men: Keep your pants on!

Kanye West may be the latest caught sending XXX pictures of himself. An entire female population responds: Ew

Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Nov 1, 2010 3:02 PM UTC 35
Life Kanye West, Gender Roles

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