Kanye West and Drake lead nominations for the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards

Erykah Badu has taken to social media to write an emotional message to Kanye West.After running in to Kanye at London Fashion Week to support their mutual friend and fashion designer Riccardo Tisci, Badu championed Ye in a post on Instagram.“Let me tell you about my friend Ye,” she wrote. “No one is more beautiful and kind and creative. Was there at his mama home going.”She went on to praise West for his work, writing: “IN ESSENCE.

Donda Academy, told The Post. “Kanye may fail. So what? Is he capable of educating his children? Yes.”The school, a pre-K through 12th grade Christian academy in Simi Valley, Calif., opened its doors in 2021 (initially going from kindergarten through 8th grade) and named for the rapper’s mother, Donda West, who died in 2007 after cosmetic procedures and who was chair of Chicago State University’s English department.

Kanye West might be out on his partnerships with Gap and Adidas but he's still all in on fashion. This week he's in London for Fashion Week and wound up behind the decks at a Burberry afterparty on Monday where he gave people a preview of some new music he has been working on.

Kanye West previewing songs in London that he created in collaboration with producer James Blake.“It’s my birthday and [West] is playing tracks we made I’m good for presents thanks,” Blake tweeted earlier this morning (September 27). He also shared footage of West playing a song behind DJ decks, clarifying that the track does not sample ‘The Colour In Anything’ cut ‘Always’ but is a new song entirely.In later tweets, Blake added that he produced the song, as well as two others.

Kanye “Ye” West says he can feel the pain of the people in the U.K — following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. On Sunday, the “Touch the Sky” rapper took to his Instagram to share how much he can relate to their loss.“LONDON I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL I LOST MY QUEEN TOO,” the 45-year-old GRAMMY-winning rapper wrote on his Instagram stories. Ye didn’t add anymore context. However, fans believe the rapper was talking about his split from ex, Kim Kardashian.

Kanye West says he relates to those in the UK mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II, because “I lost my Queen too”.The post comes days after Kanye went on Good Morning America for an interview in which he apologised to his wife Kim Kardashian for “any stress that [he’s] caused” her since their break-up.The former couple, who got married in 2014, were reportedly living “separate lives” by early 2021 before Kardashian filed for divorce the following month. They share four children: North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm.In a new post on Instagram, Kanye likened his pain to those mourning the Queen’s death, writing: “London I know how you feel.

Kanye West has revealed that he plans to continue his career in politics, backing up recent buzz that he’ll be running for President of the United States – again – in 2024.This week saw West sit down for an interview with ABC’s Linsey Davis, delivering a 30-minute interview for an exclusive report dubbed ‘A Conversation With Ye’. In it, he opened up about his relationship with his children, his recent Yeezy brand dramas with Gap and Adidas (and subsequent decision to go solo), his newly opened private school and his fraught relationship with ex-wife Kim Kardashian.At one point in the lengthy chat, conversation turned to West’s failed run for President in 2020.

Kanye West has said he “absolutely” wants his children to attend Donda Academy, the private Christian preparatory school he opened earlier this year. The rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, sat down with ABC News Live Prime anchor Linsey Davis on Thursday for his first primetime interview since his divorce from Kim Kardashian. The entire interview will air on ABC News Live Prime at 7pm on Thursday.

ABC's Good Morning America teased an interview with Kanye West on Thursday morning's episode. The clips, which were shared on social media and at Good Morning America's website, cover West's relationship with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, his feuds with Adidas and Gap, and his future political ambitions. The full interview A Conversation with Ye: Linsey Davis Reporting will air on Thursday, September 22 at 7 p.m.

Kanye West has published a breakdown of the restrictions to his “Yeezy standalone activities” allegedly demanded by Gap and Adidas after his recent decision to cut ties with both companies. Posted to his Instagram account late Sunday night alongside the caption “Welp I guess the war’s not over,” the list is prefaced by the condition that “neither Yeezy nor Ye may use, wear, sponsor, promote, market, advertise, endorse, design, manufacture, license, sell, or provide consulting services with respect to any of the following products under the Yeezy Trademarks or Ye’s likeness or any other identifiable attribute, feature, or indica of Ye.” Below these seemingly stringent guidelines are dozens of vague and specific types of footwear, apparel, and accessories that Ye is now apparently prohibited from wearing or associating with, including sneakers, belts, and undergarments.

former love rival Kanye West confessed that he’s never actually read a book, going on to compare literature to icky green vegetables.Yeezy’s remarks came Friday on an episode of the “Alo Mind Full” podcast just a day after Rolling Stone reported that parents must sign non-disclosure agreements to send their children to West’s $15K per year, non-accredited Donda Academy outside of Los Angeles.“I actually haven’t read any book,” West told hosts Danny Harris and Alyson Wilson. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me.

any book,” the rapper said in the Alo Full Mind podcast released Friday. “Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts for me.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye «Ye» West came together for North West's basketball game over the weekend. In new photos of the former couple, Kim and Kanye appeared to be chatting while supporting their eldest daughter at her latest sports match.In the pics, a still-blonde Kim kept things sporty in a white tank top and bright orange joggers, an orange, black and white sweater tied around her waist.

Kanye West has filed a number of new trademarks to expand his Donda Sports clothing brand.According to a new report from TMZ, the rapper’s company Mascotte Holdings has filed trademarks for clothing items including jackets, hats, shirts, shoes and a host of accessories including blankets, wallets and umbrellas.Another trademark reportedly filed is for ‘Dove Sports’, a new label that will be used for “athletic services such as training sessions, competitions, tournaments, camps, seminars, field trips and even traditional educational frameworks.”The news comes after Ye this week made known his plans to go solo in his future fashion ventures. In a new Bloomberg interview, the rapper detailed his plans to have a clean break with his biggest corporate collaborators. These include opening his own Donda campuses nationwide, which will house shopping, schools, farms, and dorms in an integrated facility.

On Thursday it was confirmed that Kanye West's working relationship with Gap had come to an end. The partnership was due to last a decade but was terminated just two years in total, with the rapper and business mogul notifying Gap of his decision via a letter from his attorneys. Shortly after the news about the Gap deal broke, Ye appeared on CNBC where he spoke at length about where he felt let down by his former partners and what will come next for him.

Kanye West has revealed that he feels an aversion to literature, comparing books to Brussels sprouts and explaining that he sees evolved forms of communication as crucial to his vision of an optimised future.The revelation came in a new episode of the podcast Alo Mind Full, where the rapper joined Alo Yoga co-founder Danny Harris and host Alyson Wilson to “paint a sonic picture of what’s on his mind”. Harris spoke of a book he’d read over 100 times, which included philosophies on self-confidence that he and West mutually agreed on. “[West] was telling me that he hasn’t read this book,” the entrepreneur said, “but I was telling him that every positive attribute [detailed in it], he naturally embodies.