Kanye West News

Until the demise of the Fame Kills Tour , Kanye West had been planning to hit the road with Lady Gaga, one of the gay-friendliest pop stars out there today.

Hip-hop isn't dead -- it's just going through a monumental identity crisis.

Jay-Z clings to his credibility while Miley Cyrus gives him a shout-out on her latest single. Kanye West follows an awards show outburst with a blog apology that feels both petulant and contrite. Lil Wayne tells Katie Couric he's a gangster, then takes her bowling.

If hip-hop -- once our most radical, rebellious popform -- is finally congealing into the snoozy status quo, how can today's rappers feel anything but conflicted?

Taylor Swift, SNL host and musical guest. Taylor Swift, SNL host and musical guest, pokes fun at Kanye, Joe Jonas and Taylor Lautner.

Only three rappers got a guest verse on Jay-Z's recent "Blueprint 3" album. One is fellow hip-hop superstar Kanye West.

"No one can flow like I can," says the 27-year-old rapper Freddie Gibbs , the one musician in hip-hop New Yorker scribe Sasha Frere-Jones "would put money on right now." "I met Kanye West before and he didna TMt really like my music.

Kanye West is back. Despite saying that he was going to take some time off, the controversial hip-hop star has returned with We Were Once a Fairytale, a 14-minute film that he made with Spike Jonze, the director of Where the Wild Things Are.

The 411 Music Top Five 11.03.09: Top 5 Favorite Songs From 2005 Posted by Ben Czajkowski on 11.03.2009 This week, the 411Music Writers continue to count down their Top 5 songs from each year of the decade.

You'd be forgiven for thinking she arrived on the music scene in a whirlwind. But, as Sarah-Jane explains, our hottest R&B export to the US has been grafting on the rap circuit for years IN A few hours' time Estelle will be performing live on The Late Show With David Letterman.

IT'S been two years since 50 Cent claimed he would retire from music if Kanye West beat him to the No.1 album spot.

In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, Kristin Chenoweth arrives at the FOX Winter All-Star Party in Los Angeles.

Although the lavish Fame Kills tour planned for pop star, Lady GaGa , and hip hop artist, Kanye West , was cut short unexpectedly , fans of the style-obsessed singer shouldn't get too down.

Held in Atlanta way back on Oct. 10, they've had an unusually long time to edit and shape the video version of the "2009 Hip Hop Awards" one of two awards shows premiering tonight on cable.

Hip hop took over the Billboard charts in the 2000s. Sometimes offensive, sometimes insightful, but always entertaining, rap music produced a ton of memorable hits.

First Zach Braff , now this? Yeah, as we type, right now the top two trending topics on Twitter are "RIP Kanye West" and "#LongLiveYeezy." Don't be fooled; this is another sad sign that the "microblogging" site is, as I've spent so long denying, sometimes kind of dumb.

Kanye West can breathe a sigh of relief, as the Grammy- winning rapper/producer had all charges stemming from a 2008 incident at the Los Angeles International Airport dropped.

Apparently breaking a camera is not a crime. He may remain one of the most hated rappers in the history of the world, but hip-hop mogul Kanye West is out of hot water in at least one regard.

Kanye West's girlfriend Amber Rose is fuming over a spate of sick online rumors which suggested the hip-hop star died in a car crash.

Kanye West caught a break. A Los Angeles judge agreed Friday to dismiss charges against the hip-hop hothead related to his scuffle with two photographers - as long as he performs 50 hours of community service by Christmas.

At the start of the year, Spike Jonze recalled in a telephone interview on Thursday evening, he and the rapper Kanye West had a conversation about collaborating on a music video that would challenge them creatively and let them take a break from larger projects on their plates.

The latest celebrity to be the subject of a faux death scare is rapper Kanye West .