Rapper Kanye West has already been portrayed as a “gay fish” on South Park, so it’s only right that he (himself, this time) cross over to another animated adult comedy series: “The Cleveland Show!”

Yeezy’s animated alter ego “Kenny West” will appear on the Family Guy spin-off on May 2nd. According to EW, in this episode, Kanye plays a 19-year-old local hero named Kenny West, who ends up getting into a rap battle with Cleveland’s son, Cleveland Brown Jr.

“We knew that Kanye was a Family Guy fan,” Cleveland Show co-creator Rich Appel tells the Music Mix. “He’s made reference to it on his website and stuff. In the writers’ room, we just thought it would be great to have him as a character on the town. So we came up with the story. He really liked it and said, ‘Sure!’”

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One thing about Kanye West that you have to appreciate is how he engages his fans on his personal blog. In his most recent blog post, Kanye goes in about everything from public opinion to pains of life:

I’m on the plane listening to The College Dropout. It brings back so many memories. When we made it, I had all 6 parents, 4 grandparents and my mom and dad. Now I have my dad and my grandfather. Music is so nostalgic. Every song I listen to brings me back to when I first played them for my mom, when I first played them for Dame, when I first played them for Jay, When I first played them for Kweli, When I first played them for my n*ggas back in Chi, When the album first came out, When I first called Ebro from Hot 97 and begged him to play Through The Wire, When DJ Pharris blew me up in the Chi.

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Most of you probably have noticed that Soulja Boy has been pretty quiet lately. Why, you ask? The young rapper has been apparently working on a brand new album The DeAndre Way. Soulja Boy’s new album is supposed to display his true skill, which has been criticized heavily ever since he hit the scene with “Crank Dat.” But does Soulja Boy actually have some lyrical skills? Kanye West thinks so. MTV is reporting that the two rappers/producers have been collaborating on new material for both of their upcoming albums. Here’s what Soulja Boy had to say about getting the stamp of approval from Kanye:

“When I was in the studio, I played him a couple of joints, and then he just said, ‘Damn, he’s really starting to go hard,’ ” Soulja Boy told MTV News on the red carpet of BET’s Rip the Runway. “And I was like, ‘Yeah, you feel me?’ … Out of all the artists to get the go-ahead or the co-sign from, it was Kanye.”

Should we really believe this? Was Kanye being truthful to Soulja Boy? We don’t know. Maybe Kanye was just trying to be nice and not hurt the little guy’s self-esteem. But we’ll see when that album drops…

Kanye West is preparing to put out his 5th studio album later this year. But in the meantime, Yeezy released this dark, chilling music video for “Coldest Winter,” a track from his last album 808’s & Heartbreak (released in 2008) to hold fans over for what “is going to be the best hip-hop albums in the last 10 years,” according to Drake who talked about Kanye’s new project in the Young Money rapper’s piece for GQ Magazine.

The So Far Gone rapper revealed to GQ that he’d spent some time in Hawaii recently with West working on his album as well as the Chicago superstar’s next effort. The Lil Wayne protégé may be hip-hop’s next big thing, but he told the magazine — which featured the Toronto native in a dress-shirt selection photo spread — when it comes to dividing ‘Ye’s attention between both projects, it’s not exactly a 50/50-type thing. “More like we work on his album until he gets tired,” Drake joked about the process. “His album is going to be one of the best hip-hop albums of the last 10 years.”

We can’t wait! Continue reading to peep Kanye’s darkest video yet…

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The music video for “We Are the World: 25 for Haiti” debuted Friday night (Feb 12) during the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

This version of the song, featuring vocals from Justin Bieber, Jennifer Hudson, Lil Wayne, Janet Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, Kanye West, T-Pain, Usher, Wyclef Jean and much more, is much more contemporary than the original but it fits today’s music era. The song’s original writer and singer Michael Jackson also appears in the song and video (his sister Janet sings the first chorus with footage of Mike thrown in). They also kept one of MJ’s original parts and show footage of him singing it (Nice!).

The 25th Anniversary recording features over 80 artists and performers. The recording of We Are The World 25 For Haiti embodied the same enthusiasm, sense of purpose and generosity as the original recording 25 years ago. Every one of the artists who participated, regardless of genre or generation, walked into the room with their hearts and souls completely open to coming together to help the people of Haiti.

The video shows footage of Haiti and the efforts surrounding its repair, along with footage of the artists mentioned above and more recording the song in the studio. Check it out below…

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We were slightly off, but were knew that story about Kanye West going off on a flight attendant because he didn’t want to sit in business class was some bullsh*t hidden behind words. And now Kanye’s taken to his blog (minus the caps) saying that the rumor was “particularly ironic” and “there was absolutely no altercation in any way.” Read Yeezy’s words below:

“I feel bad that people believe this kind of stuff or any random rumor that is taken as fact because ‘it’s on the internet.’ This rumor is particularly ironic because I was actually happy with a business class seat and was offered a seat in first class. A friend of mine was sitting in coach so asked if they could bump him up to business instead of putting me in first. There was absolutely no altercation in any way. There’s been many a time where I’ve given someone in coach my business or first class seat in order to sit next to a friend I bumped into. I really could care less about where I sit on the plane. It’s hard to deal with the rumors sometimes. As a good person with a warm heart, it does bother me. I’m not bigger than feeling pain, embarrassment, stress and worry. Have you ever been lied on??? How does it make you feel??? You wanna tell everybody it’s not true right? Thank you to all my fans who still love and support me even though it’s not the trend right now! I’m sleeping in the studio and I won’t let you guys down!”

Say it ain’t so! The NY Daily News is reporting that Kanye West lost his cool (again) at LAX airport over his seating arrangement.

A source said that Monday (Feb 1), Ye and his assistant were seated in business class on a flight back to New York from LA following the Grammys. And Kanye apparently flipped out and shouted at flight attendants demanding to be “bumped up” to first class.

What’s wrong Kanye? Are you too good for “business class?”

He wanted to be bumped up,” says our witness. West and his aide were eventually moved to the better seats. A rep for Kanye — who garnered widespread condemnation over his onstage outburst at last year’s MTV awards as Taylor Swift accepted her award — didn’t get back to us.

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Well at least he got what he wanted, though we’d hate to see what would have gone down if they had put him in coach! We love Kanye to death over here at GOT but this dude needs to get a grip on reality…

UPDATE: After re-evaluating the situation we’ve come to the conclusion that this story has bullsh*t written all over it. How was he was on an airplane Monday when he was at Jim Henson studios in a recording session for the new Haiti charity song?

In an effort to raise money for Haitian earthquake relief, a gang of singers, rappers, producers, musicians and other celebrities showed up at Jim Henson Studios yesterday (Mon. Feb 1) in Hollywood to record “We Are the World 25 Years for Haiti,” a remake of Michael Jackson’s famous “We Are the World” song, which raised at least $30 million for African humanitarian programs 25 years ago.

Quincy Jones and Lionel Richie came together and rounded up folks like Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jennifer Hudson, Wyclef Jean, Jamie Foxx, Justin Bieber, LL Cool J, Usher, Keri Hilson, Brandy and a ton of other celebrities to lay down vocals and instrumentals for the charity single.

The song and accompanying music video will premiere on NBC next Friday (Feb. 12th) during the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Check out 30+ pictures of celebrities banding together for a good cause below…

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Just when we thought Kanye West was done being so vocal about his opinions, he lets out another one. This time he spoke on all of the chatter about his recent choices in fashion for Paris Fashion Week 2010, complete with all caps, grammar error and misspelled words. Kanye’s back y’all…

WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, REMEMBER THE FEARLESS, REMEMBER THE DREAMERS, REMEMBER THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE GHETTO…THE FAIRY TALE OF NOTHING TO SOMETHING. I’M BRIEFLY SADDENED BY NEGATIVE COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE TO REMEMBER THOSE PEOPLE ARE SCARED, INCAPABLE OR JUST PLAIN IDIOTS. WE ARE THE F*CKING ROCK STARS BABY. NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE MY N*GGAS!! NO COCAINE, JUST LIFE! IT’S FUNNY TO ME WHEN FASHION BLOGGERS DOWN OUR OUFITS AND THEN SUPER JOCK OUTLANDISH SH*T ON THE RUNWAY BUT THEN THEY DRESS MAD PRUDE AND DON’T LIVE FASHION. WE LIVE IT MAN. F*CK THAT, WE LIVE IT!!! WE LIVE IT SO HARD PEOPLE LIVE THROUGH US!

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Well at least they got rid of the fur.

Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose posed for photos as they arrived at the Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Sumer 2010 Fashion Show for Paris Fashion Week in France Tuesday (Jan 26).

What do you think about what Amber’s wearing? What do you think she would look like if she did the Heisman pose?

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Three is company too!

Ciara met up with Kanye West and Amber Rose at the Givenchy Fashion Show Tuesday (Jan 26) during Paris Fashion Week “Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2010″ in Paris, France.

Sources at the show say it was delayed by 40 minutes as photographers waited for Ciara’s arrival. And when she got there the paparazzi booed her because she was late and didn’t even allow them enough time to take pictures of her on the red carpet. But she did apologize before taking her seat next to Kamber.

More pics of CiCi, Amber and Yeezy below and after the cut…

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Kanye West and his main squeeze Amber Rose have been living it up and rubbing elbows with everybody who’s anybody over in France for Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2010. And the very fashion forward couple met up with Ye’s good friend Pharrell, who is also big on fashion, at Palais de Tokyo Sunday (Jan 24) at the Lanvin fashion show.

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Chris Brown and Kanye West, pictured above with designer John Galliano, attended the John Galliano fashion show Friday (Jan 22) during Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2010 in France. And of course Kanye’s nearly naked girlfriend Amber Rose wasn’t too far behind.

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Despite all of the drama with Chris Brown slapping around Kanye West’s “little sister” Rihanna, the two are still friends. And even though a few rumors have sparked up in the past alleging that Chris and Kanye’s girl Amber Rose were hooking up on the low, the two are still friends. Jay-Z, Kanye’s mentor and “big brother,” even let it be known that Brown was a “dead man walking” nearly a year ago and Hov probably doesn’t care too much for the guy these days anyway, but even through all of that … Kanye West and Chris Brown are still friends.

And here are some pictures of the two buddies, along with Chris’ friend Mijo, at the Kriss Van Assche fashion show during Paris Fashion Week 2010 Friday (Jan 22) at Couvent des Cordeliers.

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We told you it wouldn’t take long for PETA to publicly express to fur-lovers Kanye West and Amber Rose how they felt about their choice of attire at the Louis Vuitton fashion show during Paris Fashion Week last Thursday.

Quoting Kanye West’s popular song “All Falls Down,” PETA said on their official website:

The prettiest people do the ugliest things ?For the road to riches and diamond rings?. . .?We’ll buy a lot of clothes but we don’t really need ‘em ?Things we buy to cover up what’s inside

—Kanye West, “All Falls Down”

West apparently lives by his lyrics. The ethical dropout—who horrified voters in PETA’s Worst-Dressed Celebrity competition last year—and his sleazy sidekick, Amber Rose, were snapped by paparazzi strutting around Paris in “the ugliest things,” indeed. Both were wearing head-to-toe fur, and Amber refused to remove her full-length lynx coat during a show at Paris Men’s Fashion Week.

As PETA V.P. Dan Mathews so eloquently put it, “Kanye can’t help making himself look like an idiot, whether at an awards show or a fashion show. He and his girlfriend look like pathetic creatures from a shabby roadside zoo.”

Here are few pics of the fur-real couple at the Dior Homme and Dunhill Paris Menswear Fashion Week 2010 fashion shows…

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Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose ain’t scared of no PETA! Wearing enough fur to warm a village, the couple, who has been dating for nearly a year now, was spotted hob knobbing with other rich people over in France during Paris Menswear Fashion Week yesterday (Thurs. Jan 21). Here are some pics of Kanye and Amber enjoying the festivities of the Louis Vuitton fashion show at Le 104 in Paris.

We’re pretty sure a letter from PETA has already been sent out and Kanye’s ready to speak his mind in all caps on his new blog. More pics of the fur-loving couple below and when you continue reading…

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Could this be? You won’t believe who was spotted in New York being picked up by none other than Jay-Z in a clean silver Jeep with security nowhere in sight! Continue reading to see who Hov was picking up!

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Rapper Jay-Z is featured on the cover of the February 2010 issue of Interview Magazine, where he talks about his love for music and how much it has changed over the years, and how he himself has grown since he first came out with Reasonable Doubt nearly 14 years ago when he was only 26 years old. He even touched a bit on the Kanye West/Taylor Swift thing and agreed with Kanye, saying that Bey’s video should have won “Best Female Video,” since it did win “Video of the Year” (makes sense! lol).

I’m talking about the Taylor Swift thing. I just think the timing of what he did was wrong, and that, of course, overshadowed everything. He believed that “Single Ladies” [by Jay-Z’s wife, Beyoncé] was a better video. I believed that. I think a lot of people believed that. You can’t give someone Video of the Year if they don’t win Best Female Video. I thought Best Female Video was something you won on the way to Video of the Year. But, hey, I guess it wasn’t—and that’s a whole other conversation about awards shows and artists.

Continue reading for more snippets from the issue, which is available for purchase on stands now.

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It’s always nice to see celebrities giving back to people in need. As we reported about a week ago, Kanye West and his girlfriend, Amber Rose spent the day after Christmas feeding the hungry. They gave their services to LA Mission in Los Angeles. Kanye also brought along his cousin Ricky (pictured in the middle)!

We love to see this kind of work! Shout out to Kanye West, Amber Rose, and his cousin for doing some good.

Rapper Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose were spotted leaving a Hollywood movie theater after catching the new film “Sherlock Holmes” Sunday evening (Dec 27).

The couple got into the spirit of giving and spread Christmas cheer this past weekend by joining volunteers and helping serve lunch to the homeless Saturday afternoon (Dec 26) at the Los Angeles Mission.

“It’s just important [to give back] when you’re very blessed,” Kanye West told The BoomBox. “[It's nice] to spread your blessings and take time out, especially during the holidays to appreciate people who never get that appreciation. It makes me feel really good to come out here, [with] my family, and I just thank y’all [the Los Angeles Mission] for allowing us to be apart of this.”

How nice!

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Wow! We guess Kanye’s back…

Kid Cudi brought out his mentor Kanye West at his concert in LA the other day. Kanye spoke to the crowd for a second (and brought out his girl Amber Rose real quick) and spit a few bars from a song he’s working on. And the first line has EVERYBODY talking!

“I sold my soul to the devil! / I know its a crappy deal, it came with a few toys like a happy meal / I’m spaced out God, I be on that moon talk, I wonder if God ask Mike how to moon walk…”

Now that can be taken two ways. People already believe he’s a part of this secret society known as the “illumanti” or “New World Order” or whatever, and him saying “I sold my soul to the devil” doesn’t exactly make those rumors go away. But on the other hand, he could be speaking metaphorically and the devil he’s talking about is the record labels and the industry itself. But what do you think? Discuss!!

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Putting to rest any speculation that they are no longer an item, rapper Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose were spotted leaving a movie theater in Hollywood Tuesday evening (Dec 22) after catching the new movie “Avatar” on the big screen.

Amber has been seen out a lot over the past couple of months partying and enjoying herself without Kanye. Word on the sidewalk is that she’s pulling in $10 g’s every time she hosts a party!

Meanwhile, a rumor is circulating throughout the Internet that Yeezy is gearing up to propose to Amber any day now. The couple has neither confirmed nor denied the allegations … yet.

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A Caribbean wedding is supposedly in the works for rapper Kanye West and his stripper turned celebrity girlfriend Amber Rose! Britain’s Daily Star newspaper is reporting that Kanye will propose to Amber in a large 2,000 pound sterling per night 8-bedroom villa in the Dominican Republic.

“He has really bonded with her since losing his mother and needs another strong woman in his life,” an anonymous source told the Daily Star. “He’s very serious, otherwise he wouldn’t be spending that much money on her.”

So far this info hasn’t been denied by neither Kanye nor Amber, who have been dating since early 2009. We’ll see how all of this plays out in the coming days/weeks.

Meanwhile, Amber is still getting paid big bucks to party it up at various clubs so if there really is a wedding going down in the near future money is definitely not gonna be an object since she’s stacking all that paper! She and TV/radio personality Big Tigger were spotted at Park Nightclub in Washington D.C. the other night. And according to Necole Bitchie, Rose was paid $20,000 to host a party at D.C.’s Love Nightclub for their 8th Anniversary celebration. They even flew her in from Chicago on a private jet! She was also paid $10k last month in ATL when she hosted a party there.

Check out pop singer Lady Gaga’s new David LaChapelle photo shoot and the shot above with Gaga’s good friend, rapper Kanye West. Our homie Necole Bitchie posted these today and we have to kind of agree with what she said about the pics:

I get the artistic vision behind this shoot … However, I couldn’t help but wonder if I would still “get it” if it was one of her R&B counterparts (i.e. Beyonce, Rihanna) …And maybe I ask that because the Rihanna’s and Beyonce’s of the world are always criticized when wearing something a bit racy (or next to nothing), however the Lady Gaga’s of the world are admired for pushing the envelope. Aren’t they all pushing the same envelope? Double standard much? Dope shoot though

She’s got a point right? Just imagine if Lady Gaga were Nicki Minaj and Kanye West were Lil Wayne, which would look hella dope too but you already know folks would have some ish to say just ’cause Nicki’s a brown girl. SMH…

In related news, MTV has named the Lady we call Gaga their “Woman of the Year” for the year 2009, which is nuts considering no one even knew what a Lady Gaga was about a year and a half ago.

New York native Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta began the year as a hot hopeful and will end it as one of the biggest pop stars in the world. And there’s no one who challenged, provoked, entertained and, well, titillated us over the past 12 months quite like she has.

A hilarious new video clip has surfaced summarizing some of the most “OMG”, “WTF?”, and “SMH” moments of 2009, but in auto-tune!

Some of these events include Falcon Boy (aka “Balloon Boy”), Lady Gaga’s outrageous sense of style, Christian Bale’s freak-out on set, Jon & Kate Gosselin, and last but definitely not least, Kanye West upstaging Taylor Swift. Check out the video below and here’s to hoping that auto-tune itself will be a thing of the past in 2010. We know it won’t but it’s fun to at least hope for it. Cheers!

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Jay-Z turned 40 last Friday (Dec 4) and celebrated the occasion with a really big (but VERY private) party in the Dominican Republic, thrown by his wife Beyonce and attended by big name celebrities like Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Diddy, Ne-Yo, Oprah Winfrey, Lil Wayne and more. Troubled golfer Tiger Woods was also invited but was not in attendance due to his current situation with his wife and his 10 women.

Actresss Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin from Coldplay were also missing from the crowd but sent a video message congratulating Jay-Z for seeing another year. The whole party itself was based off the Al Pacino movie “Scarface” and Beyonce and the rapper’s mom Gloria were the guests of honor.

Guests were chartered from New York via two private jets and were treated to a lavish dinner of canapés and caviar, along with Dom Perignon champagne to wash it all down. Kanye and Diddy performed and Alicia Keys sung an impromptu version of their hit single “Empire State of Mind.”

Fireworks were shot off at the ind of the night and was presented along with a 40s-style synchronized swimming display. But unfortunately you won’t be able to see any of this because no cameras were allowed and all guests were required to leave their personal cameras and mobile phones at the door to block people’s temptation of twitpicing little snippets of the shindig.

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Well there you have it. The biggest star of the year 2009 would have to Beyonce and she’s leading the list of nominees for the upcoming 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, which will be held January 31st at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on CBS from 8 – 11:30 PM (ET/PT)

Beyoncé topped the nominations with 10, Taylor Swift garnered eight, and the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell, and Kanye West each earned six nods. David Guetta, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga received five each; and Colbie Caillat, Michael Giacchino, Kings Of Leon, John Newton, RedOne, Bruce Springsteen, T-Pain, and Keith Urban each received four nominations.

Album Of The Year:
I Am…Sasha Fierce (Beyoncé)
The E.N.D. (the Black Eyed Peas)
The Fame (Lady Gaga)
Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King (Dave Matthews Band)
Fearless (Taylor Swift)

Record Of The Year:
“Halo” (Beyoncé)
“I Gotta Feeling” (the Black Eyed Peas)
“Use Somebody” (Kings Of Leon)
“Poker Face” (Lady Gaga)
“You Belong With Me” (Taylor Swift)

Song Of The Year:
“Poker Face,” Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
“Pretty Wings,” Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
“Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It),” Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
“Use Somebody, “Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
“You Belong With Me,” Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)

Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings

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Check out more nominees after the break!

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Rapper Kanye West came out of hiding to engage in some retail therapy in Paris early Tuesday morning (Nov 24). With his handlers near his side the entire time, Kanye hit up Roberto Cavalli and Marni as he spent his money in the French capital.

In related news, according to a poll our friends over at PopEater conducted, Kanye was voted as 2009’s Biggest Turkey.

With 42% of the total votes, he beat out the likes of Spencer Pratt and Jon Gosselin. We’re pretty sure our readers still haven’t forgiven him for stealing the mic during Taylor Swift’s VMAs acceptance speech.

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Beyonce and her rapper husband Jay-Z were spotted by the London paparazzi last night (Sun Nov 15) as they made their way back to their vehicle after a night out at Whiskey Mist nightclub.

Jay-Z performed with his wife on stage earlier that night during Beyonce’s concert at the O2 Arena, which was also the taping of the second live DVD for her “I Am… ” world tour. Kanye West also made a surprise appearance and performed “Ego” with Bey at the sold out show. No word just yet on when the DVD will be released but the DVD for her Las Vegas concert will hit stores next Monday (Nov 23). In the meantime, continue reading to peep Kanye’s surprise performance!

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We haven’t heard from these two in a little minute!

Wearing a matching pair of Jordans, Kanye West and his main squeeze Amber Rose were spotted in Rome, Italy Wednesday (Nov 11) enjoying the finer things in life, which would be limitless shopping at expensive boutiques like Fendi and Misso.’

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Ever since Kanye West temporarily stole her shine at this years VMAs, it seems like Taylor Swift’s stock has shot up a bit. Hell, we’re not even going to lie. She’s generated some interest amongst us over here at Gossip On This too. Let’s be real now. Trust and believe if Mr. West hadn’t snatched that mic out of her hand a lot of people who are checking for her today wouldn’t even be given her a second thought right about now.

The young country music/pop star hosted NBC’s Saturday Night Live over the weekend and opened up the show with a pretty funny song she wrote called the “Monologue Song (La La La).” In the short melodic parody, Swift took some shots at her ex boyfriend Joe Jonas, “douchebags who cheat on her,” and her new friend (sarcasm, people) Kanye.

I like writing songs about douchebags who cheat me, but I’m not gonna say that, in my monologue / I like writing their names into songs so they’re ashamed to go in public, but I’m not gonna say that, in my monologue

You might think I’d bring up Joe, that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I’m not gonna mention him, in my monologue / Hey Joe, I’m doing real well! Tonight I’m hosting SNL, but I’m not gonna brag about that, in my monologue

You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye, and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my VMA monologue… / But there’s nothing more to say ’cause everything’s okay, I’ve got security lining the stage, it’s my SNL monologue

Taylor got jokes! LOL… Continue reading to peep the video!

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Forget “Everybody Hates Chris.” … “Everybody Hates KANYE!”

While on the set of Kanye West’s short film “We Were Once a Fairytale,” director Spike Jonze (“Where the Wild Things Are”) couldn’t take Yeezy’s antics anymore so he did what any pissed off director would do to an actor in their film…

He slapped the sh*t out of him! Continue reading for the video.

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“All that’s definitely false. I mean … rehab for what? Being awesome?” Cudi said while speaking to MTV News. “We talk every once in a while. Like I said, he’s like a brother to me, I worry just as much as the next person, but when I say Kanye is cool, believe me, Kanye is OK. He’s a strong dude. I mean, we’ve seen him grow from College Dropout to now … the things he’s dealt with, the things he’s been through. He’s a strong dude.”

And until Kanye is ready to step back in the limelight this young star will proudly carry the torch in being the opening act for Lady Gaga’s “Moster Ball” tour.

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The year 2009 has been very tabloid friendly to rapper Kanye West, from break-ups to make-ups with Amber Rose, interrupting Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs, canceling his big world tour with Lady Gaga and the list just goes on and on.

But through it all, Mr. West finally received some relief this past Friday, Los Angeles court commissioner dismissed all three misdemeanor charges against the rapper (and his manager Don C) in connection with a brawl with the paparrazzi at the Los Angeles International Airport in September 2008.

The three misdemeanors were grand theft, battery, and vandalism after the rapper allegedy confronted TMZ reporters and smashed their equipment after he noticed they were snapping pics of him. People magazine is also reporting that in return for the dismissal, the court offered anger management counseling for his random public outbursts and scuffles with the paparazzi.

Berk, Kanye’s attorney, told MTV news, “Kanye took the charges very seriously [and] responded appropriately by getting counseling to figure out why this happened.”

“RIP Kanye West” became a trending topic on Twitter (and Google) earlier this week after a hacking organization known as 4Chan hacked into credible news websites, including Fox.com (as seen above) and began spreading a story about Kanye West dying in a car crash Tuesday (Oct 20).

Kanye’s girlfriend Amber Rose immediately came to her man’s defense via her Twitter, saying that she didn’t find any humor in continuing to spread word that Kanye had died, even though it had been made clear that he was alive and well.

‘RIP Kanye West’ topic is not funny and it’s NOT TRUE! He has people like myself and his family that love him very much. … It’s in extreme poor taste to have that as a trendy topic. It’s totally disrespectful to make up a story like this we’re all human … and we all make mistakes and to say someone died cuz of a mistake is ridiculous. You wouldn’t want someone to say that about you.”

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(01.) Jay-Z was given the honor of being the top emcee in the rap game for the year 2009, according to MTV. They give most of the credit due to his recent success with his latest album, The Blueprint 3.

Blueprint 3 is another Hov tour de force — and it destroys the myth that there’s an age limit on being a dope MC. At 39 years old, Jay is arguably still better than anybody on the mic today, rhyming with precision and grace. He throws buzzsaws right from the gate on the intro “What We Talking About,” where he raps about what he deems to be nonsense, like dwelling on rap beef.

Check out the full list after the break!

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Live Nation confirmed last week that the Lady Gaga and Kanye West tour, once known as the “Fame Kills” tour, is finito. Rumors of a cancellation circled around the tour after Kanye West showed his azz at the VMAs back in mid-September. Folks were speculating that the tour was canceled due to a mix of poor ticket sales and creative differences, but Gaga says that’s not the reason. She said the decision was mutual and Kanye just wanted to take some time off. She also revealed that she will be going on a solo tour in a few weeks.

“It was a mutual decision,” Lady Gaga told the media at Billboard’s annual Women in Music event Friday (Oct 2). “Kanye’s going to take some time off. But the good news is that I’m going on tour in a few weeks.”

Gaga’s solo tour kicks off in mid-November.

This knucklehead just won’t learn, will he? Your boy Kanye West showed out at Common’s big charity event over the weekend after he spotted some folks eating chicken and he didn’t have any of his own. So like the three-year-old that he seems to be portraying as of late, he threw a temper tantrum and demanded that his requests were granted. All of this over some damn chicken. Then when he got the chicken, he reportedly took a bite and threw it away in the trash while his celebrity friends and his girlfriend Amber Rose looked at him like he was a lunatic.

After spotting a man eating chicken, West blurted, “Why wasn’t I offered chicken? You want me to perform for free, [and] everyone is eating… why am I not eating?”

When the waitress explained that he never asked for food, ‘Ye yelled, “Well, I’m asking now!” After receiving chicken, he allegedly proceeded to take a bite and then throw the rest in the trash. Meanwhile, the rapper’s beau Amber Rose, stood silent, while other celebrities backstage watched in awe.

Other guests that night included Nas, Ludacris, Mos Def, De La Soul, Heavy D and Queen Latifah.

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This makes Kanye’s second outburst within the last month. Word on the sidewalk is that he developed a drinking problem after his mother passed back in November 2007. And now his close friends/family members are trying to get him to go to rehab. We think he might need to take up their offer pretty soon before he does any more damage.

Here’s “Forever,” a brand new music video from rappers Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Eminem. The track will be featured first on the soundtrack of Lebron James’ docu-movie “More Than A Game” and second on Drake’s debut album, Thank Me Later, set to drop in February 2010.

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Funny man Affion Crockett recently posted this hilarious video spoof to his YouTube page. The video is a parody of Jay-Z’s “Run This Town,” featuring Rihanna and Kanye West, but has a big twist. Instead of the words, “Who’s gonna run this town tonight,” the female portraying Rihanna in the song/video is saying “Who’s gonna hunt Chris Brown tonight?” and the whole video has Rihanna, along with Jay and Kanye (both played by Affion) leading a manhunt to hunt down Chris, also played by Affion. The beginning of the video is completely hilarious as it shows Affion dressed up in a blue sweater and a bow tie mocking Chris’ Larry King interview. You’ve just gotta watch the whole thing… Continue reading to check it out!

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Jay-Z has finally spoke his two cents on this whole Kanye West/Taylor Swift drama. In an interview with BBC Radio 1’s Jo Whiley, Jay-Z, who plays big brother/bossman to Kanye, basically explained that although what ‘Ye did was wrong and out of place, his actions weren’t exactly outside of his character.

“[Kanye is] like my little brother, I pretty much introduced him on the first Blueprint… He’s just a super passionate person, and of course it was rude because it was her moment but that’s how he really felt… I think it was rude, but I don’t think, the way they’re treating, it’s on the front of every paper, he didn’t kill anybody, like, no one got harmed… At the end of the day, we’re gonna celebrate him for his passion… As he grows and matures, he’s got to know how to balance that. He’ll learn that in the years to come…That passion wasn’t fake, it wasn’t staged… I don’t think he should lay low, I think he should go on tour and have a brilliant career…The thing you have to realize about it, he’s been that passionate from his first record, he used to jump on tables, I’m trying to make the first Blueprint and he’s jumping on tables. [laughs] If he had changed because of his success, then it would be something else, then it would be a different thing but he’s always been that passionate.”

We agree! What Kanye did was wrong. He’s apologized several times to the public and to Taylor herself. And here it is Friday (5 days after show) and this incident is still a hot topic and it seems like “everybody hates Kanye.” It’s time to move on people. It wasn’t really that dag gone serious!

Following his much publicized outburst at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, rapper Kanye West sat down with famous TV personality Jay Leno for a short interview aired on the live premiere of Leno’s new primetime show, “The Jay Leno Show” Monday night. In the interview, a very somber Kanye West apologized (for the third time) and explained his side of the situation while making sure he wasn’t trying to justify his own actions.

When Leno recalled meeting West’s late mother Dr. Donda West (who passed away in November 2007) and asked Kanye what she would have thought about his actions Sunday night (Sep 13) at the VMAs, the Chicago bred rapper sat silent for more than 20 seconds to try and compose himself. The live audience was also dead silent as they wanted to hear what Kanye had to say.

“Obviously, I deal with hurt, and so many celebrities, they never take the time off, and I never took the time off, really,” West explained. “I’ve really never taken the time off. It’s been music after music and tour after tour. And I’m just ashamed my hurt caused someone else hurt.”

Leno said West asked to speak prior to the Jay-Z-led performance and thanked the superstar for honoring the commitment to perform. West said the past 24 hours had been extremely difficult for him. He said he immediately knew his behavior was inappropriate and apologized for stepping on Swift’s emotion, as the young starlet was jittery onstage celebrating her big VMA win. “It was just very rude, period,” West said. “I’d like to apologize to her in person.”

Leno tried to lighten the mood at times, asking West when he knew his protest crossed the line. “As soon as I gave the mic back to her and she didn’t keep going,” he said to a small laugh from the audience. West, however, was anything but humorous throughout his three minutes with Leno. He teared up when the talk-show host brought up his late mother, whom he lost in November 2007 due to complications following cosmetic surgery. The rapper addressed his broken engagement and mother’s passing in his last album, 808s & Heartbreak, but he’s attempted to deal with his emotions onstage rather than behind closed doors.

Now, he appears to be ready to confront some buried pains in private. “I have to analyze how I’m gonna make it through the rest of this life and improve,” he said.

SOURCE: MTV

Continue reading for the video of the interview and the performance of “Run This Town!”

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In response to Kanye West’s outburst Sunday night (Sep 13) at the VMA’s, our very own President Obama was recorded calling the rapper a Jackass! In an off the record conversation with ABC news anchor Terry Moran prior to an interview, the President said:

“I thought that was really inappropriate, you know? The young lady seems like a perfectly nice person, she’s getting her award. What’s he doing up there? He’s a Jackass…”

Obama and the people around him then laughed about his statement, referring to an incident a while back when PETA jumped on his case for killing a fly in an interview.

“Where’s the pool? C’mon guys, cut the President some slack! I’ve got a lot of other stuff on my plate. Because I know the last time was the fly thing. Was that PETA?”

Moran told his 1,000,000+ followers about this on his Twitter shortly after it happened. But now, TMZ has obtained a clip of Obama’s comment. Take a listen above!

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By now the whole world knows that Kanye West rudely interrupted Taylor Swift’s VMA acceptance speech Sunday night after it was announced that her video for “You Belong to Me” beat out Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” for a moon man. Kanye thought the award deserved the Beyonce and wasn’t ashamed to let the thousands of people in the crowd and the millions of people tuning in know it. Immediately after the show, he wrote this apology on his blog, that was later taken down:

“I’m sooooo sorry to Taylor Swift and her fans and her mom [Andrea]. I spoke to her mother right after and she said the same thing my mother would’ve said. She is very talented! I like the lyrics about being a cheerleader and she’s in the bleachers! …………………… I’m in the wrong for going on stage and taking away from her moment!…………….. Beyonce’s video was the best of this decade!!! I’m sorry to my fans if I let you guys down!!!!! I’m sorry to my friends at MTV. I will apologize to Taylor 2mrw. Welcome to the real world!!!! Everybody wanna booooo me but I’m a fan of real pop culture!!! No disrespect but we watchin’ the show at the cribe right now cause…. Well you know!!!! I’m still happy for Taylor!!!! Boooyaawww!!!! You are very talented!!!!! I gave my awards to Outkast when they deserved it over me… That’s what it is!!!! I’m not crazy yall, I’m just real. Sorry for that!!! I really feel bad for Taylor and I’m sincerely sorry!!! Much Respect!!!!!”

The interest in this story and the apology that followed drove tons of people to his blog and the server couldn’t handle the traffic so they took the site down temporarily. But when it came back up, that post was gone and was replaced with this:

“I feel like Ben Stiller in “Meet the Parents” when he messed up everything and Robert De Niro asked him to leave… That was Taylor’s moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her. I am truly sorry.”

When Kanye West hit the red carpet with a partially drank bottle of Hennessy and started passing it around to everybody, we should have known the night wasn’t going to go well. As country music star Taylor Swift accepted her award for “Best Female Video,” Mr. West bum rushed the stage and snatched the mic from her hands.

“Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you and I’m gonna let you finish … but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!” Kanye exclaimed to a booing audience.

The camera quickly cut to a very shocked Beyonce and by the time Kanye shrugged his shoulders left the stage, Taylor was at a loss for words and didn’t even get to finish her acceptance speech. What a way to remember your very first moon man. Kanye and his girl, Amber Rose, were later asked to leave the venue.

But near the end of the show, Beyonce’s Single Ladies video won the award for “Music Video of the Year” and Beyonce being the classy lady that she is, allowed Taylor to come up on stage and finish her acceptance speech.

“Thank you, wow … this is amazing,” Beyonce said to the crowd. “I remember being 17 years old, up for my first MTV Award with Destiny’s Child, and it was one of the most exciting moments in my life. So I would like for Taylor to come out and have her moment.”

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Rapper Kanye West offered Joe Jackson a sip from his bottle of Henny before last night’s VMAs. The bottle apparently made its way around the audience because Pete Wentz was also spotted drinking straight from the community bottle. Looks like Kanye and Amber were trying to get everybody a little loose!

Kid Cudi and Wale performed as a part of the official house band during commercial breaks/intermissions.

Lady Gaga accepted her award for “Best New Artist” from a shocked Eminem. We would love to know what he was thinking when he saw her in that outfit!

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Rapper Kanye West and his girlfriend Amber Rose decided it’d be a good idea to arrive on the red carpet of last night’s VMAs with a big ol’ bottle of Henny, which explains their choice of attire. They both, especially Amber, had to be pretty drunk to leave their hotel dressed like that. Amber wore a skin-tight snake skinned outfit while Kanye chose to wear a leather button down shirt and some busted black Timbs.

Here are some photos from the red carpet of the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, held Sunday night (Sep 13) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Big names like Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Kanye West and more all showed up and posed for pictures. Continue reading for the rest of them!

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Here are the videos of some of the performances from Jay-Z’s 9/11 “Answer the Call” benefit concert in New York City! If you missed the original airing and Sunday night’s 2 encore showings, Fuse announced that they will be re-airing the show Tuesday night at 10p, Thursday night at 6p and Saturday at 9p. Continue reading to check out the videos!

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Rapper Jay-Z brought out the big guns when he performed Friday night (Sep 11) in New York City’s famed arena, Madison Square Garden for the “Answer the Call” 9/11 benefit concert. The Brooklyn, NYC born and raised hip-hop icon performed some of his biggest hits from his old albums and some new songs from his most recent album, The Blueprint 3. Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Diddy, Pharrell, Swizz Beatz, John Mayer, Kid Cudi and Santigold joined Jay-Z on stage during the sold-out concert. All proceeds from the show went to the New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund.

Mama Tina was even in the crowd showing her son-in-law some love and throwing up the Roc sign!

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