[sparkart-clique site=”rap_radar” video=”taylor_swift_talks_kanye_west”] This morning, Taylor Swift broke her silence on The View regarding Kanye’s tirade at the VMA’s last Sunday. She describes her thought process during the moment and says she’d be willing to speak to him. Unfortunately, he has yet to reach out to her. Previously: Kanye West Apologizes On Jay Leno
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Here’s the first visual off Pill’s upcoming mixtape 4075: The Refill. The clip was directed by Zach Wolfe and scored by The Beatchefs. Enjoy. I know I will.
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.
This can’t be life.
The Source split Pitbull and a collage of Young Money’s millionaires for their Sept/Oct 2009 issue. No Teyanna Taylor, no problem.
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 […]
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 […]
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[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.”
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
This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.