Kanye West News
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Oscars' 'Kanye moment' shouldn't overshadow history
12:17 PM on 03/08/2010
OPINION - Geoffrey Fletcher's historic win for best adapted screenplay is as monumental as Hattie McDaniel's, Sidney Poitier's and Halle Berry's...
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Kanye West visits 'The Cleveland Show'
3:16 PM on 03/05/2010
Kanye West has kept a fairly low profile in recent months, but soon you'll be able to catch him -- or at least his animated alter ego...
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Jay-Z: 'We Are The World' shouldn't have been updated
4:18 PM on 02/15/2010
"We Are the World: 25 for Haiti," the all-star remake of the classic 1985 charity single, premiered on Friday night during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony...
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Stars cover 'We Are the World' for Haiti
8:13 AM on 02/02/2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Natalie Cole, Kanye West, Jennifer Hudson and others stood shoulder-to-shoulder Monday night to raise money for Haiti earthquake relief...
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Red Cross clears Kanye West in battery case
1:52 PM on 01/29/2010
Kanye West's criminal case involving an LAX run-in with photographers was dismissed a few minutes ago...
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Kanye West banned from telethon to help Haiti
1:10 PM on 01/21/2010
It looks like the actions of Kanye West in the past and his constant issue with checking his ego at the door hasn't paid off for the rapper even now...
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The most racially charged stories of 2009
10:02 AM on 12/30/2009
OPINION - As we bring in the New Year and look forward to a new decade, I thought it might be fun to review the most racially-charged incidents of 2009.
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Kanye West and Lady Gaga's tour canceled without explanation
8:38 AM on 10/02/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Kanye West and Lady Gaga's highly anticipated tour is over before it even began...
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This week in black Hollywood - 9/18/09
12:49 PM on 09/18/2009
We get the latest on the African American buzz in hollywood from our friends at HipHollywood.com. This week's update gives us the scoop on MTV's Video Music Award's mishaps with Kanye West & Lil Mama, Serena William's US Open outburst, Lauren London and Lil Wayne's bouncing baby boy, Whitney's Oprah...
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Serena talks about outburst, Kanye, and her new book
12:45 PM on 09/17/2009
VIDEO - In New York City, theGrio caught up with Serena Williams as she celebrates gracing the cover of a new magazine and a new book...
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Mr. President, in this digital age, nothing is 'off the record'
6:55 AM on 09/16/2009
OPINION - No matter how the president's words reach the American public, and no matter what the topic...
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Obama's jackass comment creates debate about journalism ethics
4:55 PM on 09/15/2009
ABC News says it was wrong for its employees to tweet that Obama had called West a "jackass" for the rapper's treatment of country singer Taylor Swift...
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Taylor Swift and Kanye West finally speak after outburst
3:00 PM on 09/15/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- It looks like Kanye West has finally given a personal apology to Taylor Swift. Representatives from "The View" say West called the country sensation after her appearance on Tuesday's show.
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Reactions to Kanye West's latest outburst
1:29 PM on 09/15/2009
Listen to people's opinion of Kanye at the VMA's and leave your own opinion.
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Kanye sparks an explosion of racism online
8:05 AM on 09/15/2009
OPINION - After the MTV Video Music Awards, Twitter erupted into a cesspool of racism. Racism hasn't gone away, it has just gone online.
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Kanye talks on Jay Leno's show and apologizes again
10:49 PM on 09/14/2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kanye West used Jay Leno's prime-time debut Monday to offer another apology for ruining Taylor Swift's night at the MTV Video Music Awards...
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Kanye, how could you be so heartless?
9:38 AM on 09/14/2009
OPINION - Kanye West appears on the stage during Swift's acceptance speech, snatches the microphone from the unsuspecting teenager and declares - before a shocked and visibly upset Swift and an open-mouthed audience - that Beyonce's video was, in his view, the best.
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How Kanye saved the VMAs
9:19 AM on 09/14/2009
VIDEO - There was no risk in having Kanye West act a fool, because it is what we have come to expect from him. A fair amount of people will grant him his eccentricities, because of his genius...
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Kanye makes another outburst at MTV's Video Music Awards
9:57 PM on 09/13/2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- Taylor Swift was relishing her unlikely win of best female video at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 19-year-old knew that the network doesn't exactly make a habit out of giving their moonman trophies to country music stars...
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Lines form for new Kanye West shoes (video)
11:25 AM on 06/05/2009
Hartford, CT - People are lining up in front of a shoe store, waiting for Saturday and the chance to fork over more than $200. About a dozen people, and growing, are waiting on the arrival of sneakers designed by hip-hop artist Kanye West. West helped Nike come up with...
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