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Kanye Debuts Short Film In L.A.

Inspired by the film, American Psycho, Kanye projected his two minute short-film during his Yeezus listening last night at L.A.’s Milk Studios. Rap-Up was on hand to capture the clip. The two-minute clip was shot earlier this month in Brooklyn and stars Kim Kardashian’s BFF Jonathan Cheban and her sister Kourtney’s boyfriend Scott Disick. In the horror film, a dapper Disick ends up attacking Cheban with an axe, leaving his bloody body on the floor.

2 Chainz Explains Robbery

The Bay don’t play—and that’s no lie. According to TMZ, 2 Chainz was robbed at gunpoint yesterday afternoon in San Francisco. Shots were reportedly fired during the incident. We’re told when they got to the scene, 2 Chainz  wasn’t cooperative … saying he wanted to handle it  himself. Chainz told police his wallet was stolen and that’s all that happened. No word yet on which party fired the shots, but there is surveillance footage of the incident captured. Last night, 2 Chainz performed at Oakland’s 106 […]

Rick Rubin On Producing Kanye’s Yeezus

While finalizing Yeezus, Kanye commissioned Rick Rubin to executive produce the album. Speaking with the Wall Street Journal, Rick speaks on how their session came to fruition and experience. When and why did you join the “Yeezus” project? Kanye came over to play me what I assumed was going to be the finished album at three weeks before the last possible delivery date. We ended up listening to three hours of partially finished pieces. The raw material was very strong […]