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.

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Kanye West x Jason Lee interview recap/react
Hear too many of my thoughts about the Ye and Jason Lee interview for Hollywood Unlocked!
29 min
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Kanye West x Jason Lee | Blue Telusma
You don't see a lot of media sources looking to humanizes Kanye West. So a rare win happened today with the release of the Jason Lee x Kanye interview and an accompanying article by Blue Telusma called "It's Time We Humanized Kanye West."
14 min
178
Drake wrote Kanye’s "Free Larry Hoover" setlist?!
This is a twist I didn't see coming. According to Ye, Drake was the one who picked Ye's setlist for the Free Larry Hoover show. Wild. We dive into the implications of this and look back at Kanye's set.
5 min
179
Kanye x Julia Fox at Paris Fashion Week | Rick ...
We overview Kanye's first days at Paris Fashion Week, for the airport travel to the Kenzo show to hanging with Yasiin Bey and Dave Chappelle and Pusha T and more!
7 min
180
New Kanye feature | DJ Khaled
Kanye went to Miami and spent some time with DJ Khaled and recorded a verse for some upcoming Khaled project. Khaled, being the social media guru that he is, shared a ton of photos and videos from the day.
6 min
181
Yeezy x Jordan
Kanye seems like he's interested in collaborating with Michael Jordan on what could potentially be the biggest thing in shoes since the invention of shoes. Jordan 350s? Yeezy 1? What absolute madness could we see? Marcus Jordan, Michael's son, certainly seems interested.
7 min
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Will Kanye cancel Jeen-Yuhs, the Netflix docume...
Ye is unhappy about a lack of control when it comes to the forthcoming Jeen-Yuhs documentary on Netflix. We have Coodie and Chike's initial response to Ye. And discuss more about what could happen and why he's upset.
11 min
183
Kanye texts Jay Electronica for DONDA 2, possib...
Jay Electronica shared text messages with Ye talking about DONDA 2 and a potential EAZY remix featuring a Jay Elect verse. INCOMING?
5 min
184
Jason Lee info about Kanye and the birthday drama
Jason Lee went live on Instagram to share some thoughts his interview with Kanye and the aftermath of the interview. He's been genuinely interesting to me to see someone in the media who is more on Ye's side rather than simply trying to get clicks.
13 min
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Watch Jeen-Yuhs: a Kanye Documentary EARLY | Su...
It's possible to see Jeen-Yuhs: a Kanye Documentary ahead of its February 16th launch on Netflix. You can actually watch it when it premiers at Sundance or in movie theaters on February 10th.
3 min
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New Kanye feature alert | Daylight by Vory
Well, this old Kanye song has become a new Vory song featuring Kanye. Daylight will have its official release on Vory's forthcoming album, Lost Souls. After a stellar showing on DONDA, you can only hope Vory will bring more magic to this project.
2 min
187
Big Sean on Donda 2? | Kanye, French Montana, P...
We know Ye is in his bag, working on DONDA 2. And some new faces have arrived at the studio. In a heartwarming turn of events, Big Sean and Ye have reunited, seemingly putting the Drink Champs drama behind them.
2 min
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Who directed the Heaven and Hell music video? |...
If you wanted to know more about the team who made the Heaven and Hell music video, look no further! We have you covered. We start with director Arnaud Bressow then get into some of the other team members.
7 min
189
The Kanye Birthday Party drama, a breakdown
Let's dive into and breakdown the saga today with Kanye trying to attend his daughter's, Chicago's, birthday today. We get at what's going on between him and Kim Kardashian. What he's said about Pete Davidson.
20 min
190
Donda 2 movie, incoming? | Kanye, Julia Fox
Daily Mail (I know, I know) is reporting that Kanye and Julia Fox did a photoshoot that's supposed to be part of the Donda 2 rollout and they mentioned there's even a Donda 2 movie in the works that will star Julia. Let's discuss.
5 min
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Coming soon: Donda 2, Pusha album, and Fivio al...
We're seeing even more movement on Donda 2, with Kanye back in warehouses, working on stuff. We also see him with Pusha T, recording some new music video. And Fivio Foreign. And have confirmation from Theophilus London that Ye and Fivio are in the studio.
12 min
192
Ye about to eat Julia Fox | Interview Magazine
Julia Fox talked with Interview Magazine again, giving everyone more insight into her whirlwind romance with Kanye West. There are some amazing photos and great insight.
14 min
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Donda Deluxe CD drops February 11? Target says so
Target has a listing for a physical Donda CD. The bad and good news is that it's the Deluxe sequencing. Let's discuss. #Kanye
4 min
194
Kanye/Game CONFIRMED release time | Pete Davids...
The Game says midnight ET (9pm PST) for MY LIFE WAS NEVER EAZY. And there's already controversy around the song as Ye has a line about Pete Davidson that will only fuel drama and conversation. So get ready!
3 min
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"EAZY" IS SPOTIFY EXCLUSIVE FOR 24-HOURS?!?!?! ...
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.......... Alright, well. My Life Was Never Eazy is apparently Spotify exclusive for 24 hours.
4 min
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"EAZY" ONLY AVAILABLE FOR 24 HOURS?!?!?!?!?!? |...
I didn't even realize The Game's rep made it seem like "My Life Was Never Eazy" will only be available for 24 hours then disappear. I thought it was Spotify exclusive for 24 hours. My mind is melting. Kanye is definitely looking to change the game up a bit.
2 min
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Kanye punched someone? A breakdown
TMZ's reporting that Kanye punched someone in downtown LA at 3am. There's video of the aftermath. So we dive into the timeline of what was going on and how Ye went from the studio with Pusha T, ASAP Rocky, and the Game...
8 min
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"Tomorrow!!!" siiiiiiiiiiiigh | Kanye didn't dr...
The Game says the new song with Kanye is coming out "Tomorrow." But who knows what that means lol. As of right now, we can assume the song is called My Life Was Never Eazy and features an Eazy-E sample.
2 min
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Kanye posts skinned monkey | MY LIFE WAS NEVER ...
We might be getting new Kanye music in like 15 minutes. The Game. DJ Premier. And Hit-Boy involved? I don't know. But I do know Kanye posted the image of a skinned monkey that comes from a Nick Knight photo set.
7 min
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BREAKING: Kanye says NEW SONG on Friday | Ye al...
Tracey Mills shared a video of Ye calling DJ Premier to recruit Premo to work on a song that's dropping this Friday. On the call, The Game also mentions Kanye's album, Game's album, and Pusha T's album.
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