Kanye West sued by production company over allegedly unpaid bills

Kanye West has said that Yeezy Day – August 2, the annual day in which Adidas releases some of its most anticipated Yeezy sneaker drops – was created by the sportswear brand without his personal approval.West, in an Instagram message sent to Complex, made multiple other accusations regarding Adidas and their collaborative brand, in addition to launching Yeezy Day in 2019 without getting the go-ahead from the rapper.Among the other accusations made against Adidas were that the company revived older styles of shoes, chose colourways and names, hired employees for the line, “stole” West’s styles and material approach, all without his approval.Ye says Adidas made up 'Yeezy Day' without his approval

Chaka Khan has claimed that Kanye West never told her that he was going to pitch-shift her voice on the sample for his 2003 debut single ‘Though The Wire’.The singer, who is promoting her new single ‘Woman Like Me‘, said in a new interview that Ye made her “upset about sounding like a chipmunk” when he sped up her vocal from her 1985-released song ‘Through The Fire’.When asked if West ever reached out to her to discuss the matter, Khan told Good Day DC that they haven’t spoken.“[Kanye] didn’t mention that he was gonna speed it up, you know, three times its normal speed,” Khan said. “Had he, I would’ve had something to say.

Chance The Rapper has opened up about last year’s leaked footage of himself being yelled at by Kanye West, saying the interaction made him “evaluate” their friendship.Last January, a video emerged of Chance and West in the studio together for a ‘DONDA’ recording session. It appeared to show West — now legally known as Ye — growing increasingly agitated before lashing out at Chance, telling him to sit his “ass down and listen to the album or leave.”Speaking to The Morning Hustle about the exchange in a recent interview, Chance said it was a clip of “a larger moment, like no one’s ever gonna get the full story of what’s going on.”“I saw people put fake captions under the video to make it look like he was talking about my music or something like that. But in all honesty, this is real life.

Following in her dad’s footsteps! Kanye West’s Yeezy line has constantly inspired the next generation with its cutting-edge trends — including his eldest daughter, North.

Kanye West during her recent appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.When asked by presenter Lauren Laverne what her desert island tracks would be, one of the choices was a track that West specially mixed for Moss. The pair have been friends for many years and West made reference to Moss on his 2007 track, ‘Stronger’.The version Moss shared is ‘Back to Life’ by West’s Sunday Service and Jazzie B.“I’ve had this specially mixed for today,” Moss said on the show.

Kanye West appeared at Rolling Loud festival on Friday (July 22) having cancelled his headline slot there less than a week earlier.Kid Cudi replaced Kanye West on the bill at the Miami event when West, who is now known officially as “Ye”, “decided that he [would] no longer be performing”. It marked the ‘DONDA’ star’s second festival cancellation of 2022, following Coachella.Despite this, West turned up at the event to join Lil Durk for their recent Cardi B collaboration ‘Hot Shit’. They also performed ‘Father Stretch My Hands Pt.

Kid Cudi cut his headlining set short at Rolling Loud Miami and stormed off the stage after he was hit with a water bottle during the middle of his performance, with all of this ultimately leading to Kanye «Ye» West making a surprise performance.The bizarre incident unfolded Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium, where the «Day 'n' Nite» rapper was forced to stop in the middle of a song to warn the crowd to stop throwing bottles on the stage. He didn't mince words, threatening the crowd he would walk off the stage if another bottle's thrown in his direction.«Yo, I will walk off this stage if ya’ll throw one more f***ing thing up here I will leave,» he said in video captured on social media. «I will leave right now.

Kanye West thought Nicki Minaj “killed him” on her verse in his song ‘Monster’, according to Amber Rose.The rapper’s ex-girlfriend recalled West telling her how impressed he was by Minaj, after Rose had recommended her for the job.“I put Nicki on ‘Monster,’” Rose said in a recent interview on The Ringer‘s Higher Learning of West’s introduction to Minaj.“He didn’t know who Nicki was back then. I had Nicki pull up to the studio and I put her on ‘Monster.’ She was still coming up and I saw her in the studio and I was like, ‘Oh my god this bitch is fucking talented as hell,’ and then I went back to Kanye and I was like, ‘You need to get this girl Nicki on ‘Monster,’ and he was like, ‘Who? What? No.’”Rose claimed West wanted Minaj’s verse to be removed from the song at one point, because it was too good.

20/20 vision. Amber Rose claimed that she saw her ex-boyfriend Kanye West’s split from Kim Kardashian coming.

Kanye West has dropped out of his upcoming headline performance at this year's Rolling Loud Miami, with Kid Cudi replacing him on the festival bill. He joins fellow headliners Future and Kendrick Lamar at the three day event, which takes place July 22-24. “We were looking forward to Ye headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022,” Rolling Loud co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler said in a statement shared with Pitchfork.

Kanye West has shared his love for Steve Lacy‘s new album, calling the Internet guitarist “one of the most inspiring people on the planet”.Lacy released his second solo album, ‘Gemini Rights’, on Friday (July 15). It has gone on to receive critical acclaim and the love of a host of artists.Taking to Instagram to thank fans for their support, Lacy wrote: gemini rights is outttt.

Kid Cudi is stepping in to headline Rolling Loud Miami after Kanye “Ye” West pulled out of the three-day festival. Rolling Loud made the announcement on Twitter Sunday, sharing that West's departure was due to circumstances «outside» of their control.«Due to circumstances outside of our control, Ye will no longer be performing at Rolling Loud Miami 2022.

Kanye West will no longer headline this year’s edition of Rolling Loud in Miami, with Kid Cudi – a longtime colleague of West’s, with whom the controversial rapper shares a storied past – confirmed as his replacement.The line-up change was announced earlier this afternoon (July 17), with Rolling Loud’s organisers saying it came “due to circumstances outside of our control”. West is yet to address the cancellation of his set, and in a statement offered by the festival’s co-founders, Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler, it’s noted that West simply “decided that he will no longer be performing”.“We spent months working with him and his team,” the pair explained (via Pitchfork).

Kanye West is being sued $7.1million (£6million) by an LA production company over claims of unpaid fees for a series of events.According to the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday (July 14) at Los Angeles County’s Superior Court, West and his team owe Phantom Labs for fees on his ‘Donda 2’ livestream earlier this year, his cancelled Coachella 2022 appearance, last year’s ‘Free Larry Hoover’ concert with Drake, a number of his Sunday Services and the rapper’s studio spaces, reports Variety.The company alleges that, as the unpaid bills began piling up from multiple projects, it was assured that everything would be paid up once the rapper now known as Ye, collected a reported $9million (£7.6million) fee for appearing at Coachella.When West pulled out of that appearance with weeks to spare, the company said it was on the hook not just for the millions already owed for past collaborations but for money it had also paid other vendors for the cancelled festival appearance.The rapper allegedly hired Phantom Labs in October 2021 to “run a renovation project” at a Los Angeles warehouse West was converting into an office and creative space. The rapper also allegedly hired the company to produce four consecutive Sunday Service events in November of that year.

Another day, another Kanye lawsuit. And yes, that is the second time we’ve said that this week.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticHip-hop titan Kanye West, a.k.a. Ye, is the subject of a lawsuit filed Thursday that alleges he and his firms are holding out on more than $7.1 million owed to a production and design firm that worked on his “Donda 2” livestream release show, his canceled Coachella appearance, the “Free Larry Hoover” concert with Drake, several “Sunday Services” and the rapper’s studio spaces.The firm, Phantom Labs, alleges that, as the unpaid bills began piling up from multiple projects, it was assured that everything would be paid up once the star collected a reported $9 million fee for appearing at Coachella.