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Kanye West & Lady Gaga “Fame Kills” Tour Dates

Whatever break ‘Ye may be planning to take, needs to go down in the next couple of months. Starting this November he’ll be gone with Lady Gaga on the ironically-titled “Fame Kills” tour well into early 2010. There goes Perez Hilton. He must be in the front row! Got a feeling the nation’s collective boo’s will turn to cheers by then.

Diddy’s Morning Commute

The Dirty Money dictator dropped by to visit Hot 97’s Jew-Rican morning show combo before he heads back to Cali for a month. Guess these guys are startin’ to get the big guests now. Eureka. Part 1: Sean insists there’s no auto-tune on his new joints. He used a “Flanger” instead. Take that! Part 2: Speaks on his heated exchange with a plain clothes hip-hop cop, and, of course, Kanye’s VMA outburst. Part 3: Combs eats some cheesecake and plugs […]

Our President Is Black, Kanye Is A “Jackass”

And you say, Chi-City! So before Leno got his Oprah on last night and Kanye promised a hiatus, an ABC reporter snitched that the Pres threw Mr. West under the bus in an off-the-record comment. ABC was left with pie on the face and released this statement: In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from […]

Timbaland Wanted A Drake “Off That” Verse

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3423559&w=425&h=350&fv=configParams%3Dvid%253D437086%2526uri%253Dmgid%253Auma%253Avideo%253Amtv.com%253A437086%2526startUri%3D%7BstartUri%7D] Tim can’t stop his camp from leaking records, but he’s got something to say about Hov’s decision to keep Drizzy just on the chorus of “Off That.” This guy got balls. “You gotta ask him. It should have been [on there],” he said of Drake’s missing rhymes. “But I thought, to me, we took [Drake] out of his element. But he said that was good to him. I said, ‘Oh, sh–, let’s go back and get him in […]

Kanye West Apologizes On Jay Leno x “Run This Town” (Jay-Z & Rihanna)

[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”jay_leno-6″] Tonight, Kanye spoke to Jay Leno about disrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMA’s on Sunday. Following the incident, he says that he’s going to take some time off for a lil’ self evaluating. Sayanara, fam. Afterward he, Rihanna and Jay-Z perform “Run This Town.”

50 Says He’d Black Kanye’s Eye

In an interview today with MUCH, 50 gives his take on Gay Fish’s stunt last night at the VMA’s. He says if ‘Ye did the same thing during his acceptance speech, he’d leave trademarks around his eye. Can’t blame him. Flashback: Fif’s known to crash a party too. Props: ICE

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze

LOS ANGELES, CA –Patrick Swayze, whose good looks and sympathetic performances in films such as “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” made him a romantic idol to millions, died Monday, his publicist said, according to CNN affiliate KTLA. Swayze was 57. Swayze died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. His doctor, Dr. George Fisher, revealed in early March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from the disease. Sidebar: Swayze’s Hip-Hop Connection

50 Cent & Tia Smooth Magazine Cover

You won’t believe what Ice just posted. Apparently, Officer Ricky still needs a restraining order. This is gonna go right in YN’s odd magazine cover collection. Hey, Curtis as a guest editor? That sounds familiar. Thank God, I’m off that. Ha!

Kanye West Issues A Second Apology

via his blog: I feel like Ben Stiller in “Meet the Parents” when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave… That was Taylor’s moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her.  I am truly sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The damage is done—and maybe your reputation as well. heads up: Rolling Stone. Previously: Kanye West Apologizes To Taylor Swift

Lil Mama Apologizes For Ruining Hov & Alicia’s Set

Lil Mama copped a plea issued a statement to the 1515 Boys about yesterday‘s proceedings. “I did not mean any disrespect towards Jay-Z or Alicia Keys,” the statement reads. “I admire them and look up to them as role models. ‘Empire State of Mind’ had my emotions running high. In that moment I came up onstage to celebrate my two icons singing about NY.”