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  Kanye West and Lil Wayne Want to Sell You Sportswear

  May 31, 2012 – Lil Wayne and Kanye West are both out to prove just how dedicated they are to their sartorial pursuits this week. In addition to being involved in a potentially epic showdown between their labels' artists, Weezy and Yeezy both made grand announcements — about sports apparel. Weezy's Trukfit line was announced in December, and the first photos surfaced a month later. …
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  Jay-Z and Kanye West's Brutal 'No Church in the Wild' Video: It's Provocative

  May 30, 2012 – Jay-Z and Kanye West's latest joint video speaks like a Molotov cocktail. Directed by France's Romain Gavras, who also oversaw M.I.A.'s bloody "Born Free" video, the clip for Watch the Throne's martial, foreboding opener is as gripping and cinematic as it is oblique. …
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  What's Beef: Lil Wayne, Pusha-T, and a Hip-Hop Feud of Biblical Proportions

  May 29, 2012 – "Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness." That's the Bible verse that serves as the title of former Clipse half Pusha T's snarling, Notorious B.I.G.-sampling track released last week, "Exodus 23:1." Though most media reports so far have cited modern, Americanized translations, there's a certain poetry in the classic King James version. …
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  Kanye West Unveils New Music at 'Cruel Summer' Cannes Debut

  May 24, 2012 – Kanye West premiered Cruel Summer, a seven-screen art film inspired by the rapper's upcoming G.O.O.D. Music label compilation of the same name, yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival in France. …
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  Kanye, Beyonce, Jay-Z Dominate BET Awards 2012 Nominations

  May 23, 2012 – The 12th annual BET Awards nominees are officially out, and the Watch the Throne power triangle has the most nods on lock, BET president Stephen Hill announced at a press conference yesterday morning on a special edition of its show 106 and Park. Kanye West led the pack, raking in seven nominations, two of which (for Video of the Year, with "Otis" and "Niggas in Paris") he shares with Jay-Z, who picked up five. …
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  Kanye West's 'Cruel Summer' Album/Film: 5 Safe Assumptions

  May 18, 2012 – Kanye West's upcoming G.O.O.D. Music label compilation will be titled Cruel Summer, and he'll be premiering a film of the same name on May 23 at the Cannes Film Festival in France, Island Def Jam has announced. Created by West and his recently formed fashion venture, Donda, the film will be shown on seven screens and is being touted as a mix of short film and art installation. …
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  Hip-Hop's Finest Duo: Barack Obama and Jay-Z

  May 17, 2012 – A French presidential candidate — now president — using a viral political advertisement featuring a song from Watch the Throne, Jay-Z co-signing president Barack Obama's pro-same-sex marriage sentiments, and the president shouting out Young Jeezy and slow jamming the news, are all reasons to rejoice in the cultural and political exchange that hip-hop has enabled. …
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  Watch Kanye West's Dystopian 'Lost in the World' Video

  May 4, 2012 – 18 months after the release of his Grammy-winning My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (our favorite of 2010), Kanye West and his artistic team have graced us with visuals for his Bon Iver-sampling "Lost in the World." In line with his recent dealings in high fashion, the clip was directed by London-based fashion filmmaker Ruth Hogben, who takes the song's existential lovesickness to a seriously dystopian place. A Kanye video with a fashi …
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  Birdman Trying to Sign Chief Keef to Cash Money

  May 4, 2012 – Birdman isn't stopping at signing Limp Bizkit. The Cash Money CEO has also stepped into an apparent bidding war over the ever-buzzing Chief Keef, the Chicago rapper whose breakout song was recently blessed by Kanye West. Birdman keeps pressing on as a musician, too, most recently releasing a music video for his cameo-studded track "B Boyz." Birdman is looking to bring Chief Keef into the star-studded Young Money fold, MTV reports. …
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  Chicago Bulls: Kanye West Hops on Chief Keef's Aggro 'I Don't Like' Remix

  May 2, 2012 – "This is Chi, right?" sneers Kanye West at the end of a characteristically swaggering verse on his G.O.O.D. …
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