Kanye West News

Chris Lambert, from the Watching the Throne podcast, keeps you up to date about the latest happenings in Kanye West news. Note: These episodes are first recorded in video form for the Watching the Throne YouTube channel.

Music
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A bit of art theft in the HURRICANE music video...
Someone yoinked Denis Forkas's art for one of the key images in the Hurricane music video. We compare the video to the painting, look at Denis's other work, and discuss Kanye's use of reference and allusion in other videos (like Famous) and how that differs from this situation.
15 min
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Kanye goes after Trevor Noah on Instagram | Dai...
Kanye went after Trevor Noah on Instagram. And before long, the Daily Show host responded. Let's take a look.
8 min
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Kanye West suspended from Instagram | 24-hour ban
Instagram decided to suspend Kanye for 24 hours after posts he made about Pete, Dave Sirus, Trevor Noah, and DL Hughley. Wild. We look at some of the posts that got him in trouble, reflect on the necessity of the Oxford comma...
11 min
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Canada's first Kanye college class | Yassin Nar...
Yassin "Narcy" Alsalman will teach Canada's first class focused on Kanye West, this fall, at Concordia University, in Montreal. We have a message from the professor, telling us about the class—the why and the what.
12 min
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Nicki Minaj wanted fashion collab with Kanye West
In another world, we'd have a Yeezy x Barbie line of clothing. It turns out Nicki really wanted to work with Ye on some kind of fashion line, but, unfortunately, Ye wasn't going for it. Which begs the question: when will we see more Yeezy partnerships?
7 min
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Kanye appoints Jason Lee head of Media and Part...
Jason Lee is officially part of team Ye, as he's accepted a position as head of Media and Partnerships. This ushers in a fresh new era for Ye. We'll see what comes of it, because this is definitely a time when media is a major focus for him. Congrats to Lee and DKC.
10 min
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Kanye & The Game drop INSANE animated music vid...
There's a video for Eazy! No not that one...this one. This new one. This...better one? It might be better than the other music video, and the other one is amazing. Wow.
3 min
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KANYE RELEASES HURRICANE MUSIC VIDEO
Whoooooa there's a music video for Hurricane! And it looks freakin' AWESOME!!!!!
1 min
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Donda 2 is not eligible for Billboard charts | ...
Guess what? Donda 2 isn't eligible for the Billboard charts. Why? Because they can never seem to make up their minds about their own rules. Shocking.
6 min
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STEM PLAYER UPDATES: New mix for Security and P...
Some big STEM PLAYER updates! There's a new mix for both Security and Pablo, and now you can play the Donda 2 songs from your phone or computer!
4 min
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Robert Pattinson played multiple Kanye West son...
So, it turns out that Robert Pattinson (according to a report, anyway) that Robert Pattinson hosted a "Batman" party at Pete Davidson's bar—and played a bunch of Kanye West music. If that is true...what does it mean?
7 min
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Kanye and Antonio Brown want to buy the Denver ...
Here's a crazy rumor: Antonio Brown wants to buy the Denver Broncos...with Kanye West. Is that even remotely possible? Sure! But will it happen? Let's find out!
4 min
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DONDA 2 hotel era is over? Is the album done? O...
Theophilus London posted a photo that showed all the music equipment leaving the hotel that had housed the production of DONDA 2. We're left to speculate on what this means for the album. Is it completely done? Or are they just regrouping somewhere new?
6 min
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New version fo PABLO? DONDA 2 update tomorrow? ...
This is me just reading the tea leaves, but I wonder if tomorrow afternoon we might get some kind of Donda 2 update via the Stem Player. A new version of Pablo was played at the Doves game tonight...
3 min
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The official end of an era? | Kanye might be re...
It seems the divorce between Kanye and Kim may soon become fully official. Hollywood Unlocked is reporting Ye is expediting the divorce process ahead of a big hearing on Wednesday.
7 min
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DONDA 2 by WANYE KEST charts on iTunes US Hip-H...
That's right, Wanye Kest has capitalized on the Stem Player era by tricking people looking for Kanye's Donda 2. Wanye's tricked so many people that his version of Donda 2 is actually, right now, the #22 best-selling hip hop album in the entire United States. Wild.
3 min
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Kanye + Chaney Jones
Today, Ye seems to have confirmed a romance with Chaney Jones. We've seen the two of them together for the last month, but always very casually. Photographs were platonic in nature. Until yesterday. And now Ye posts a heart to IG in response to a post about ChYe.
4 min
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KANYE + KENDRICK HEADLINE ROLLING LOUD | Future...
Ye and Kendrick Lamar will headline Rolling Loud with Future. That's huge. Just like...absolutely huge. Plus, we seem to have "confirmation" from Rolling Loud that Kendrick will indeed be dropping his new album before the performance. I'm thrilled.
3 min
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Kanye West's THE FUTURE BRUNCH | Available Now ...
We'll have.a full reaction video to The Future Brunch soon, but in the meantime, you can check it out yourself. From the press release: "Black journalists from notable publications such as: Essence, Ebony, Billboard...
3 min
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Kanye teases The Future Brunch Conversation | A...
Tomorrow on Facebook.com/kanyewest, Kanye will post The Future Brunch Conversation. This is something we heard about last month. But the footage is finally coming out. I'm excited to listen to the discussion.
4 min
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The Kanye Interview: what happened in Miami?
We seemed destined for a Kanye interview after the man himself invited us to Miami. But, alas, nothing came about. People have been wanting to know what happened. So here's the info. Well, as much as I can say.
18 min
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True Love (Stadium Version) added to Stem Playe...
The Stem Player continues to be a wild card as music just randomly drops seemingly every day. Today, it's the addition of the Stadium Version of True Love. We look at some of the differences between the tracks.
2 min
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Kanye x Beach House song incoming?? Ye in the s...
Ye posted photos of him and indie legends Beach House to Instagram earlier today. The group is clearly in the studio. Does this mean Beach House is working on something for Donda 2? Donda 3?
4 min
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Jeen-Yuhs behind the scenes | Origin of Kanye's...
So here we have some Jeen-Yuhs behind the scenes, where Coodie and Chike share some stories about the making of the Kanye doc and Kanye in general. Including the origin of Kanye's dancing and recording in hotels. Some cool stuff in here. Shout out Stony and Yates.
21 min
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Multiple Donda 2 songs being reproduced? OjiVol...
Either John Cunningham is the bearer of bad news or playing a joke on producer duo OjiVolta. Either way, we're learning about some of the Donda Family team as we wait for the final version of Donda 2.
4 min