Footage of Kanye West and Rihanna performing “Run This Town” for an audience of Snoop Dogg, Sean Penn, Kevin Spacey, Spike Lee, Blake Lively, Chris Paul and more at the charity event for Brad Pitt’s “Make It Right” foundation in New Orleans. After the jump, Jamie Foxx joins Kanye West on stage for a live performance of their hit single “Gold Digger”. Props to Miss Info.
As if you needed yet another reason to spend countless hours on the internet. A simple, silly, yet dizzingly captivating game in which your goal is to prevent ‘Ye from getting into his zone. Play it here. Spotted: Complex.
After Fozzie hit the stage, G.O.O.D. Music’s Big Sean also put on a show at the after-party to Kanye West’s F/W 2012 womens line unveiling in Paris this week. Sean performs tracks off Finally Famous: The Album and was joined by Yeezy (from the the front row) for “Marvin & Chardonnay.”
Looks like Kanye invited Waka to Paris for during Paris Fashion Week to perform at his after-party for his F/W ’12 Womens Line. Kim Kardashian and Mr. West talk about the line here.
The big homie Young Guru sat down with Complex to speak on Jay-Z’s next solo outing..
Jay-Z is always working on stuff, it’s a concept that I can’t talk about but I’m marveled at how smart this guy is. When he told me the concept, I was like ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ It was just so simple. It’s not a concept album though. It’s not like American Gangster, it’s not a Beatles concept album. It has a concept and a title, and the title and the concept fit him so well that people are going to be like ‘Wow.’
I like certain writers because it takes me 8,000 paragraphs to get my full point across. When somebody can take what I just said and condense it into two sentences and still have the same effectiveness, that’s a good writer. The simplicity of the title and the concept that it conveys is incredible.
I can’t tell you the title, it’s so good it’s like, ‘Oh my god why didn’t I think of that? What made you think of that and why haven’t we done that before?’ It’s just staring us in the face.
Guru also shares his thoughts on the possibility of Watch The Throne 2 and what he’d like to see happen. Check what he had to say here.
So… I kinda cracked up at this. This is a bit weird to me, seeing Jay and ‘Ye doing the push-up dance next to Dirk Nowitzki.
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Mr. West was in the land down under where he once again freestyle ranted over “Say You Will” telling stories of shady women backed by auto-tune vocals. Yes, for seven long minutes. MissInfo.
To all our overseas dopeheads, Jay and ‘Ye will hit the international waters in May to bring their WTT tour to Europe. Check the dates to see if you’ll get a chance to see them perform “N-Bombs In Paris” multiple times in Paris.
May 20th O2 Arena, London
May 24th Zurich Hellenstadion, Switzerland
May 26th Herning Arena, Denmark
May 28th Oslo Telenor Arena, Norway
May 29th Stockholm The Globe, Sweden
June 1st Paris Bercy, France
June 2nd Paris Bercy, France
June 3rd Antwerp Sportpaleis, Belgium
June 5th Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany
June 8th Dublin O2 Arena, Ireland
June 11th Manchester, UK – MEN Arena
June 13th Birmingham, UK – LG Arena
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In the March issue of Vogue, they profile Givenchy’s creative director, Riccardo Tisci. During their convo he discusses his relationship with Kanye West and how it was like working with Jay and Kanye on Watch The Throne.
Tisci’s passion for music has taken him around the world. His strong connection to the worlds of rap and R&B led his friends Kanye West and Jay-Z to enlist his services as art director for their collaborative album, Watch The Throne.
“I was a little bit scared, ” admits Tisci, “Because I’m not an artist or graphic artist.” He finally agreed and was awed when a meeting sequed into a jam session that involved Rihanna, Swizz Beatz and Pharrell Williams, all freely exchanging ideas “like a family giving opinions to each other,” remembers Tisci, “sharing – which is something that fashion is missing,” he adds plaintively.
His artwork for the single “H.A.M.” and the album (which reached number one on iTunes in 24 countries) draw Tisci’s childhood passion for mythology and religious iconography and his current engagement with psychedelic prints and graphics”
G.O.O.D. Music’s own Tony Williams drops off the album version of the Kanye West-featured “Another You” from King or the Fool out on iTunes at midnight.
DOWNLOAD: Tony Williams – Another You f. Kanye West (prod. Bink!) [via]
Adele earns six big ones at last night’s 54th Annual Grammy Awards tying the record for most Grammy Awards won by a female artist in one night set by Beyoncé in 2010. Check out the Grammys official website for a full list of winners.
I would have preferred a visual of Jay and ‘Ye fucking around in France instead of footage from their Staples Center show, but I’m sure those two could give a rat’s ass about my preferences anyways.
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