After months and months of waiting….The Throne has finally released the visuals for their “Watch The Throne” mega-hit “Niggas In Paris!”

Enjoy the new video below:

Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz is becoming a hot commodity.

In an interview with MTV’s RapFix Live, 2 Chainz revealed that he has been working with his labelmate Kanye West and the two have a couple of songs together.

“One thing that people may not know is that I’ve been working with Kanye West for the past year. We have records together, we have ideas that we’re planning on releasing to the world real soon. I’m tryna get my ‘N in Paris’ swag up.”

So far….2 Chainz has worked with some of the hottest names in the game and says he appreciates everything he has learned from them.

“I been fortunate enough to work everybody in the game, some of the best talent in the game from Luda to Lil Wayne and Gucci Mane, everybody in Atlanta, T.I., Jeezy. I think this was just another angle that I could appreciate, that I can maybe learn from.

“I’m one of those people that feel like you’re never too old to learn new things and even bruh, he still can learn new things from the avenue and path that I come from. It’ll be cool, we gonna shake up hip-hop a little bit, shake up rap a little bit. You see what I did on my own.”

Sounds like this guy could be a factor in 2012!

Apparently, Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s “(Watch) The Throne” compilation project has inspired Chris Rock in one way or another.

The comedian revealed to Vulture that he wants to team up with Dave Chappelle for a joint nationwide stand-up comedy tour!

“I’ve been talking to Chappelle a lot. Been trying to get Chappelle to go on tour. You know I’m not the hard one,” he said, laughing. “But I’m trying to make that happen. After seeing [Kanye and Jay-Z's tour], I was like, ‘Me and Dave should do this.”

Convincing Chappelle to go on tour is like getting a fat girl to lay off the debbie cakes. We don’t see it happening … but if it does, we know it will be epic!

Your thoughts?

If you thought the girl who got Drake’s name tatted on her forehead was obsessed….you haven’t heard of Kanye Resa West!

The Chicago native has been making news lately after legally changing her name to Mrs. Kanye West. She also tattooed the rapper’s name on her arm and buttocks!

Peep the footage from a recent interview of her speaking on her bizarre affection for Yeezy below:

Your thoughts?

Following yesterday’s announcement from Kanye West about his new company called “Donda”…..Jimmy Kimmel gives us a closer look at what Yeezy’s new design company will possibly be like.

Check it out below:

That was a bit harsh … but still pretty funny at the same time, no?

Kanye West is ready to make dreams come true.

The G.O.O.D. Music leader announced via Twitter that he will be launching a new company called “DONDA,” named after his late mother Donda West. The goal of his new business venture will be to make products and experiences that people can afford … which sounds a lot like Steve Jobs’ original vision for Apple.

For more on Kanye’s new company, check out a compilation of all of his recent tweets below:

I have started a new company and I’m so excited about the name…. it’s got the best name ever of all companies of all time!!!….

The name of the company is DONDA. DONDA is a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative space to bounce there dreams and ideas.

I used to blog all the time an fit was a way to get my opinion out…Dr Dre redesigned headphones and made more impact off of one product.

I am assembling a team of architects, graphic designers, directors musicians, producers, AnRs, writers, publicist, social media experts…app guys, managers, car designers, clothing designers, DJs, video game designers, publishers, tech guys, lawyers, bankers, nutritionist ..doctors, scientist,teachers.

DONDA will be comprised of over 22 divisions with a goal to make products and experiences that people want and can afford…I want to put creatives in a room together with like minds that are all waaaay doper than me

We want to help simplify and aesthetically improve everything we see hear, touch, taste and feel. ..To dream of, create, advertise and produce products driven equally by emotional want and utilitarian need.. To marry our wants and needs.

This will all take time but I wanted everyones to know what I really care about… I care about people. I care about my fans..I care about people who have never heard of me… There are over 7 billion people on the planet now.

The Watch the Throne tour was a small example of what a Donda Experience can be.

This one of our projects to be released this year called 2016 OLYMPIC’s … It’s a semi sic-fi since 2016 is only 4 years away. We would also like’ to design the MTV awards. We’re taking everything 10 steps at a time LOL!

I wanted to put this in the world in hopes that the people who can actually make a difference will stand up and reach out. We need as many amazing powerful smart talented wealthy people to be involved… Come get on board… don’t just sit there… reach out

We can collectively effect the world trough design. We need to pick up where steve jobs left off.When I said wealthy I wanted to point out there are so many billionaires in the world that can come together and help to redesign it. Help education. School systems were designed to turn people into factory workers.

Schools should be designed to prep human beings for real life. Spike Jonze and I want to do a Summer school that tries new forms of cuuriculim. Math classes should teach addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, accounting and money management aaaaaand cut!!! ….

I know this is not a very rapper thing to say but I haven’t bought a new car or piece of jewelry in about 2 years…I invest every dime back into creativity… hiring amazing creatives paying for flights, offices … etc…My area of expertise is in music, my passion is in music design film and products… my strength is connectivity…

There are so many broken systems from the economy to school systems jail systems… we need experts for this…We need scientist and top world designers to directly affect governments. If anyone would like to reach out email us at contactDONDA@gmail.com

We give Yeezy major props for wanting to create something totally new and creative … but accomplishing this isn’t going to be a walk in the park. We hope ‘Ye knows what he’s doing with all of this….

Your thoughts?

Apparently, Kim Kardashian is a home-wrecker!

Or at least that what Amber Rose is claiming in an explosive new interview with Star Magazine, in which she admits that the reality TV star broke up her relationship with rapper Kanye West.

“Kim is one of the main reasons why me and Kanye are not together,” Amber exclusively told Star. “She’s a homewrecker!”

Remember those rumors about Kanye West “hooking up” with Kim Kardashian while he was dating Amber Rose and while Kim was in a relationship with NFL player Reggie Bush? Well … it looks like those “rumors” were true after-all.

According to Amber, she was dating Kanye when he and Kim first hooked up — and Kim was dating NFL star Reggie Bush!

“They were both cheating,” Amber, 28, said. “They were both cheating on me and Reggie with each other.”

Amber says it was Kim, 31, who instigated the whole affair by calling, texting and sending racy photos of herself to Kanye.

However, Amber is current dating Wiz Khalifa, 24, and has credited Kim for helping her find true love.

“I want to thank her,” she said about Kim. “Because if she was never a homewrecker, then I never would have met Wiz, and I wouldn’t be as happy as I am now.”

[Radar Online via Star Magazine]

For more on Amber and Kanye’s relationship, and to find out how Amber got her revenge and how she feels about the rumors saying Kim and Kanye are dating now, pick up the latest issue of Star Magazine, due to hit newsstands Thursday!

What are your thoughts on all of this?

Call him “DJ Yeezy World Peace.”

Kanye West deejayed a set for the grand opening of 1 OAK at the Mirage in Las Vegas Saturday night (Dec 31) on new Year’s Eve, just one week after the rapper showed off his deejaying skills for the first time ever at a private Christmas party in London.

In Sin City this past weekend, under the pseudonym DJ Yeezy World Peace, Kanye played an eclectic mix of music that included the biggest hits of 2011, as well as classics from Michael Jackson and Diana Ross.

According to Rap-Up, Yeezy was joined by his “All of the Lights” collaborator Fergie, who hosted the party, as well as G.O.O.D. Music rappers Big Sean and Kid Cudi (not pictured).

Check out the photos of Yeezy deejaying and partying hard in Vegas on New Year’s Eve below:

Rappers Lil Wayne and Kanye West were spotted kicking it courtside on Christmas Day (Sun. Dec 25) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles as the Lakers took on the Chicago Bulls in their first home game of the season.

Yeezy spent the Holiday courtside with his father Ray West, while Weezy, a known sports enthusiast, brought along his girlfriend Dhea to watch the game with him.

Other celebs spotted at the game were rocker Adam Levine and his supermodel girflriend Anne Vyalitsyana, as well as comedian George Lopez and rapper Snoop Dogg (not pictured).

Check out 10+ pics below:

One thing you should never do at a Kanye West concert is throw anything onstage……because it will have you seeing the exit doors faster than a streak of lightning!

A couple of fans experienced this over the weekend when someone sitting in their direction threw a business card onto the stage while Yeezy was performing “All Falls Down” at the “WTT” concert in Tacoma, Washington.

Ye instantly stopped rapping and had security kick four people out of the front…where he thought the card came from.

“Whose business card is this? Whose is this? Drew, I seen it come from that direction, so like, all four of them gotta go. Unless one person raise they hand and say I’m the one who did it, all that whole section gotta go.

These cubes go twenty feet in the air fam. We risking our lives here, so you can’t be throwing sh-t that we gon’ slip on. So this whole section right here…girls and guys.”

Peep the footage below:

[Spotted @ Necole Bitchie]

Could Kanye West and Kim Kardashian end up being the next celebrity couple? Maybe so!

The two were spotted getting affectionate with each other at billionaire Ron Burkle’s after-party for the “Watch the Throne” concert in L.A. this past Tuesday night (Dec 13).

“Kanye was eating Kim up like she was a piece of cake. He was all over her — caressing her head, touching her waist. I think he was dying to kiss her, but there were too many people in the room,” a source told the New York Daily News.

Kim was also in attendance for the “WTT” concert along with her sister Khloe, mother Kris Jenner, and “brother-in-law” Scott Disick.

During the show, the celebrity socialite appeared to be having a great time and even took a swig of Champagne from Khloe’s bottle while dancing to many of the songs performed.

After the concert, Kanye and Kim really got a chance to “mingle” at Burke’s after-party and according to the source, it was evident the rapper’s attention was all on her.

“He wouldn’t talk to anybody else. She was totally into it,” the source said.

At one point in the night, the pair got up and went outside together, however it’s unclear if they left the party together.

These two have always been very flirty with each other … so we wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if they made it official one of these days!

In “The Chi,” the latest clip from Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s VOYR series — which shows rare, never-before-seen moments of the rap duo while they are on their “Watch the Throne” Tour — Kanye takes Jay-Z along with him as he strolls through his old neighborhood and pays a visit to his childhood home on the Southside of Chicago.

The video also features footage of a backstage conversation between Kanye and famed director Spike Lee.

Watch below:

Whew!

Jay-Z and Kanye really outdid themselves last night (Mon. Dec 12) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles while performing in concert for their “Watch the Throne” Tour.

Beating out their previous record of eight times … “The Throne” performed “N**gas in Paris” nine times this go around. (Yes we said nine!)

Watch “The Throne” below:

We really like that song … but hearing it nine times in a row is enough for us to hate it! #Justbeingreal

Your thoughts?

Kanye West knows exactly who he wants to show up at his funeral, in addition to his close friends and family, of course.

In newly released behind the scenes video footage from his “Watch the Throne” tour with Jay-Z, the outspoken rapper says he wants to inspire the world’s most powerful people to the point where they would attend his funeral when he dies.

“I was just thinking about my funeral and stuff a couple days ago and thinking who would be at the funeral. People who I want to be in the funeral. I wanna have world leaders that were, like, affected, that said, you know, ‘Kanye gave me my shot here.’ Or ‘he pushed me,’ or ‘he told me to believe in myself,’ or ‘when I saw this, it made me feel like that.’ I wanna affect people like that when I, like, pass away.”

The clip is a part of a series of intimate, behind the scenes videos released by VOYR, who charges fans $5 per month for an all-access pass to the happenings behind the scenes of the WTT tour, including candid conversations both rappers — Kanye and Jay-Z — have as they prepare for show time.

Watch the clip below:

The nominations for the 2012 Grammy Awards have been announced!

Leading the pack with 7 nominations is Hip-Hop titan Kanye West, who is followed by R&B singers Adele and Bruno Mars, and the Foo Fighters with 6 each.

Other notable nominees for this year’s ceremony include Chris Brown, Beyonce, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, J. Cole, Bon Iver, Maroon 5, R. Kelly and many more.

The 54th Annual Grammys will be held in Los Angeles and will air live on CBS on Sunday, February 12th 2012.

Look below for the nominees!

Album Of The Year:
21— Adele
Wasting Light— Foo Fighters
Born This Way— Lady Gaga
Doo-Wops & Hooligans — Bruno Mars
Loud — Rihanna

Record Of The Year:
“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele
“Holocene” — Bon Iver
“Grenade” — Bruno Mars
“The Cave” — Mumford & Sons
“Firework” — Katy Perry

Best New Artist:
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
J. Cole
Nicki Minaj
Skrillex

Song Of The Year:
“All Of The Lights” — Jeff Bhasker, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
“The Cave” — Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Marcus Mumford & Country Winston, songwriters (Mumford & Sons)
“Grenade” — Brody Brown, Claude Kelly, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars & Andrew Wyatt, songwriters (Bruno Mars)
“Holocene” — Justin Vernon, songwriter (Bon Iver)
“Rolling In The Deep” — Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best Pop Solo Performance
“Someone Like You” — Adele
“Yoü And I” — Lady Gaga
“Grenade” — Bruno Mars
“Firework” — Katy Perry
“F***in’ Perfect” — Pink

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
“Body And Soul” — Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse
“Dearest” — The Black Keys
“Paradise” — Coldplay
“Pumped Up Kicks” — Foster The People
“Moves Like Jagger” — Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera

Best Dance Recording:
“Raise Your Weapon” — Deadmau5 & Greta Svabo Bech
“Barbra Streisand” — Duck Sauce
“Sunshine” — David Guetta & Avicii
“Call Your Girlfriend” — Robyn
“Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites” — Skrillex
“Save The World” — Swedish House Mafia

Best Rock Performance:
“Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall” — Coldplay
“Down By The Water” — The Decemberists
“Walk” — Foo Fighters
“The Cave” — Mumford & Sons
“Lotus Flower” — Radiohead

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
“On The Backs Of Angels” — Dream Theater
“White Limo” — Foo Fighters
“Curl Of The Burl”— Mastodon
“Public Enemy No. 1″ — Megadeth
“Blood In My Eyes”— Sum 41

Best Rock Album:
Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Honoring Les Paul— Jeff Beck
Wasting Light— Foo Fighters
Come Around Sundown— Kings Of Leon
I’m With You— Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Whole Love— Wilco

Best Alternative Music Album
Bon Iver— Bon Iver
Codes And Keys— Death Cab For Cutie
Torches— Foster The People
Circuital — My Morning Jacket
The King Of Limbs— Radiohead

Best Traditional R&B Performance:
“Sometimes I Cry” — Eric Benét
“Fool For You” — Cee Lo Green & Melanie Fiona
“Radio Message” — R. Kelly
“Good Man” — Raphael Saadiq
“Surrender” — Betty Wright & The Roots

Best R&B Album:
F.A.M.E.— Chris Brown
Second Chance — El DeBarge
Love Letter — R. Kelly
Pieces Of Me— Ledisi
Kelly— Kelly Price

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
“Party” — Beyoncé & André 3000
“I’m On One” — DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
“I Need A Doctor” — Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
“What’s My Name?” — Rihanna & Drake
“Motivation” — Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne
“All Of The Lights” — Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Best Rap Performance:
“Look At Me Now” — Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
“Otis” — Jay-Z & Kanye West
“The Show Goes On” — Lupe Fiasco
“Moment 4 Life” — Nicki Minaj & Drake
“Black And Yellow” — Wiz Khalifa

Best Country Solo Performance:
“Dirt Road Anthem” — Jason Aldean
“I’m Gonna Love You Through It” — Martina McBride
“Honey Bee” — Blake Shelton
“Mean” — Taylor Swift
“Mama’s Song” — Carrie Underwood

Best Country Song:
“Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not” — Jim Collins & David Lee Murphy, songwriters (Thompson Square)
“God Gave Me You” — Dave Barnes, songwriter (Blake Shelton)
“Just Fishin’” — Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell & Ed Hill, songwriters (Trace Adkins)
“Mean” — Taylor Swift, songwriter (Taylor Swift)
“Threaten Me With Heaven” — Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Will Owsley & Dillon O’Brian, songwriters (Vince Gill)
“You And Tequila” — Matraca Berg & Deana Carter, songwriters (Kenny Chesney Featuring Grace Potter)

Best Americana Album:
Emotional Jukebox— Linda Chorney
Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down— Ry Cooder
Hard Bargain— Emmylou Harris
Ramble At The Ryman— Levon Helm
Blessed— Lucinda Williams

Best Blues Album:
Low Country Blues — Gregg Allman
Roadside Attractions— Marcia Ball
Man In Motion— Warren Haynes
The Reflection — Keb’Mo’
Revelator— Tedeschi Trucks Band

Best Folk Album:
Barton Hollow— The Civil Wars
I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive— Steve Earle
Helplessness Blues— Fleet Foxes
Ukulele Songs— Eddie Vedder
The Harrow & The Harvest— Gillian Welch

For the complete list of nominees, check out the official Grammy Awards website!

After performing with Jay-Z … Kanye West returned to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2011 runway solo and performed “Stronger,” which he dedicated to his mother who passed away in 2007.

“In 2007 I was suppose to perform this song on this show but I lost my superhero, now she’s my super angel,” Kanye said to the audience at the beginning of his performance.

Watch Kanye perform “Stronger” below:

Rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z — collectively known as “The Throne” — hit the runway at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which aired on TV last night, and performed an energetic rendition of their latest single “N**gas in Paris,” while a pregnant Beyonce watched and sang along from the audience.

Watch The Throne perform below:

Since Kanye West‘s public break-up with Amber Rose, the rapper has been seen with (and rumored to be dating) a number of women, including a couple of foreign models (Angela Martini, Virginie Maury, etc.) and even American supermodel Chanel Iman.

And last night, the 34-year-old emcee was spotted getting close with a mystery woman as he partied it up at Mokai, a popular nightclub in Miami.

Ye and the brunette reportedly hit it off, and they laughed, sipped on drinks and engaged in conversation the whole night. At one point, the woman noticed they were being watched, so she put both her hands up in front of her face to try and prevent people from photographing her.

The few, blurry photos spies were able to snap are below:

Rappers Kanye West, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj, as well as rock band Maroon 5, all lended their musical talents to the runway of the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, held last Wednesday (Nov 9) in New York.

After performing his hit “Stronger” and dedicating it to his mom, the late Donda West, who he called his “superangel,” Kanye West was joined onstage by Jay-Z for their first televised performance of “N**gas In Paris,” the next single from their collaboration album “Watch the Throne.”

Next came Maroon 5, who performed their hit “Moves Like Jagger” as the models strutted their stuff down the runway.

Front-man Adam Levine broke away from the band when his girlfriend Anne V. hit the runway, and he serenaded her as the pair walked hand-in-hand down the catwalk.

And last but not least was femcee Nicki Minaj, who helped close out the show with a performance of her hit single “Super Bass.”

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show will air on Tuesday, November 29th at 10 pm ET on CBS.

Amber Rose doesn’t talk much, or do many interviews. In fact, it’s always a little strange to even her her voice.

But thanks to her new gig as a judge on DJ Battle reality show “Master of the Mix 2,” the socialite has been everywhere making her media rounds, and she recently appeared on “The Wendy Williams Show” and was unusually candid when her past regarding her teenage years as a stripper and becoming famous after dating Kanye West.

During her sit-down with Wendy, Rose explained how she and Kanye first met, his recent public “apology” for her in Philly during a recent concert and how she’ll never get back with him now that she’s in a happy relationship with rapper Wiz Khalifa.

Watch below:

Kanye West has been making lots of headlines recently for his choice of attire while performing with Jay-Z for their “Watch the Throne” Tour.

Making one of the biggest fashion statements in the world of Hip-Hop to date, the controversial rapper has been spotted wearing a long, leather skirt that he covers up with a long-fitting t-shirt (almost as long as the skirt) on all of he and Jay-Z’s tour dates.

The tour has so far stopped in places like Atlanta, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and more recently New York City’s famous Madison Square Garden.

Surprised at Yeezy’s choice of fashion, a Huffington Post contributor wrote, “We were surprised to see Yeezy assume his macho position as World’s Biggest Hip Hop Star at Madison Square Garden in the unexpected look.”

Another blogger wrote on fashion website TheGloss.com, “It’s interesting that Kanye’s skirt is a little subversive in his super machismo’ed out field of Hip-Hop.”

More photos of Ye in his skirt with Jay-Z are below:

What do you think of Kanye’s skirt?

“We’re gonna skate to one song and one song only!”

“No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative … it gets the people going!”

Will Ferrell is flattered to be on Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s “Ni**gas in Paris” track.

In an email sent to MTV News yesterday, the 44 year-old actor revealed that Yeezy was the one who reached out to him over the sample from “Blades of Glory.”

“Kanye reached out to me and I said, ‘Of course,’ ” Ferrell wrote. “I was completely flattered when they asked if they could sample me into the song … and when I heard it for the first time, I just started to laugh because it felt so surreal. But I really did like the song.”

Ferrell liked the track so much … that he even offered to film a piece that could be shown at the Watch the Throne concerts, however things aren’t all the way together yet.

“We were trying to film a piece that they would use on the video boards of their concert, but haven’t gotten it together,” he wrote — and the whole process has opened his eyes to an entirely new career opportunity: Being the go-to sample guy on the hip hop circuit.

But regardless of them ever doing any future collaborations, Will says he still feels pretty damn good.

“It makes me feel very good,” he wrote. “And completely justified for buying a V-neck sweater made out of nothing but diamonds.”

Nice to know someone as big as Will Ferrell can still be humble and appreciative.

[MTV]

Drake and Lil Wayne have decided to give their collaboration album the axe …. at least for now.

Due to them catching a lot of flack from people who compare the project to Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s joint album “Watch The Throne,” the YMCMB rappers plan on postponing their album to a later date and time.

Drake told XXL:

“Me and Wayne scrapped the idea of a collaboration album. We just agreed that it would be looked upon as…It would be sort of this competition [with Watch The Throne]. I feel like it would get caught in this whirlwind of hype. [Wayne] agreed. We just said, ‘If we do it, we’ll do it down the line. But right now is not the time.’”

WOW! We thought they liked the idea of battling with Ye and Jigga, especially with Drake taking subliminal shots in songs like “I’m On One.”

Is it just us or does Weezy and Drizzy seem a little afraid of the competition???

Your thoughts?

Kanye West almost had a “Yeezy Moment” when he was put the light technician on blast right in the middle of the rapper’s performance last week in Washington, D.C.

Kanye, currently on the “Watch the Throne Tour” alongside his rap mentor Jay-Z, was about to begin performing his hit single “All of the Lights,” but before he could even get started, he signaled to cut the track because he wasn’t satisfied with the amount of lighting in the arena.

Ye had to restart the track at least three times before the lighting man finally got it right and lit up the stage to his satisfaction.

“N**gas always be making me have a Yeezy moment,” West said to the crowd.

Peep the video footage below:

Kanye West made headlines last week after he went off on a rant about his old flame Amber Rose during a “Watch the Throne” tour stop in Philadelphia.

In the middle of performing a freestyle to “Runaway,” Kanye gave the audience a lesson on love, while also shouting out his Rose, his ex girlfriend:

“I know love ain’t always easy, especially when people are in your business, like they are with me all the time,” Kanye began. “Y’all gonna fight. Y’all gonna argue. It’s gonna be people hating on y’all and sh–.” Then, without actually mentioning her name, Ye made a comment that could’ve only been directed at Rose. “To the city of Philly, I want to thank y’all for making the incredible person that this song was made for,” he said.

[MTV]

Once Amber Rose caught wind of Kanye’s apology, she had this to say when asked whether or not if she accepted it:

I’ll say this—I didn’t even know about it. This is my 50thinterview today and every single person has asked me, and it made me go see what the hell they were talking about, because I don’t keep up on the current events of Kanye. I just don’t look him up.

A lot of is just negativity and I don’t like to bring that energy into my life. But I did look at it and he said that, he said um, “When I said that I didn’t like your dress, I was an asshole. When I said that I didn’t like your hair, I was an asshole.”

And he was an asshole. He was. I feel like he gets that now, and he’s remorseful about being an asshole to me.

But he called me an incredible person, and I take that as an apology. And if it was an apology, I forgive him for being an asshole. I don’t hold any grudges. I don’t hate him. I want him to find a girl and for him to treat her better than he treated me.

The next girl, she doesn’t deserve that. I found pure happiness with Wiz. Why wouldn’t I want that for Kanye? I want everyone to have that, to feel the way I feel about Wiz.

[Complex]

Amber handled that pretty maturely, don’t you think?

Shawty Mane — Justin Bieber’s rap alter ego — is back!

Showing off his unique rhyming skills, Justin Bieber dropped a few bars over Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s “Otis” beat during a recent visit to Power 106′s “Big Boy’s Neighborhood” radio show.

Watch the Biebs rip it below:

Do you think Justin Bieber can rap?

We have pictures of Beyonce, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Gwen Stefani, T.I., Usher, Ice T & Coco, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Amber Rose, Monica, Vinny and Snooki from “Jersey Shore,” Keri Hilson, and TONS of other celebs decked out in Halloween gear.

Check out over 50+ pics below!!

Jay-Z and Kanye West kicked off their highly anticipated “Watch the Throne” Tour in front of a sold-out crowd at the Philips Arena in Atlanta last Friday night.

According to several reviews, the show started almost 2 hours late, but once the lights dropped and the Hip-Hop titans took the stage, the crowd went “H.A.M” (just like the first song on the set list).

The “visually spectacular show,” as USA Today noted, took place on three separate stages: a T-shaped main stage where both performers entertained the crowd together, as well as two cube-shaped “mini-stages” strategically placed at each end of the arena where the rappers performed separately.

As far as the set list is concerned, we hear over 40 songs were performed, including all of their past and present hits (way too many to name, but the fans should know), as well as some of their new “Watch the Throne” tracks, like “Murder to Excellence,” “No Church in the Wild,” “Lift Off,” “Made in America,” “Otis” and the fan favorite “N**gas in Paris.”

After months and months of anticipation, did Jay-Z and Kanye West live up to the hype? Find out below:

MTV: Every time the crowd thought the two-hour-plus show was over, it wasn’t. First there was “N—as in Paris.” The track’s Will Farrell intro (“We’re gonna skate to one song and one song only”) brought on the moment that everyone was waiting for. As the Atlanta crowd bounced feverishly to the Hit Boy-produced single, Jay halted the proceedings midway: “Start that sh– over,” he barked as the Throne’s most-energetic selection of the night brought the crowd to an apex.

AJC: As the thumping backbeat to “H.A.M.” reverberated through the three-fourths full arena, the two titanic stars of this tour – Jay-Z and Kanye West – faced off from their respective cubes, which rose from the floor into towers of coolness. The pairing of these mega-rappers (aka Hova and Yeezy) is to hip-hop fans what the joint tours of Elton John and Billy Joel have been over the years to middle-aged suburbanites: Bliss. And while the opening night of the 32-date jaunt wasn’t without quibbles – lousy sound, a slightly bloated set list, video footage that sometimes seemed haphazardly assembled – the bottom line is that the guys unveiled a brisk, hits-filled show that was as exhausting to watch as it was entertaining.

XXL: The kings of hip-hop, Jay-Z and Kanye West, descended upon on Atlanta on Friday and Saturday nights to begin their Watch the Throne tour reign and the two couldn’t have been more regal during their performances (Saturday’s set was over two hours long and featured 42 songs). The Brooklyn boy was as sharp as ever, moving between stalwarts such as “Public Service Announcement” with the same ease as newer material like “No Church in the Wild.” ‘Ye, for his part, was typically impassioned, starting with a spark on “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” before ending with a spectacular rendition of “Illest Motherfucker Alive.”

All Hip Hop: After hearing months of hype about and finally hearing the now-classic album Watch The Throne, the concert had a lot to uphold with these monumental names. The “Watch The Throne” concert totally surpassed anything you would expect. From the 50 foot cubes, to the laser show and spectacular visuals, and in-and-out mini sets, the pair moved like a duo that has performed consistently for years.

Idolator: While there was virtually no way a concert featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West could ever be a dud, we have to say the duo lived up to our high expectations with last night’s kick-off of their Watch The Throne tour. The hip hop monarchs performed at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, with an epic set list that featured selections from each artist’s own behemoth catalog of hits as well as their Watch The Throne collaborations.

USA Today: The visually spectacular show took place on a main, T-shaped stage where both entertainers performed together, and also two cube-shaped mini-stages, one at each end of the arena, that rose and lowered. The two rappers performed separately on these cubes, which showed various images (a snarling pitbull, a swimming shark) at different points of the show. Fireballs the size of car tires shot from the floor toward the ceiling during some performances. Two large video screens stretched behind the main stage; a non-stop laser light show added to the oomph factor.

Both artists were onstage — first on those cubes, then on the main stage — for the opening segment of the show, performing songs from the new album, Welcome to the Jungle and Otis, among them. Then they each performed a number of their own hits, sometimes singly, sometimes together. The audience roared when they heard favorites like West’s Monster, Power, Touch the Sky and Gold Digger, and Jay-Z’s Dirt Off Your Shoulder, Big Pimpin’, Izzo (H.O.V.A.) and 99 Problems. “They’ve each had so many hits, I was interested to see how they would go back and forth,” said Tony Wheeler, 36, a Greenville, S.C., radio personality in town for the concert. “I thought they did a really nice job with that. You noticed how they would each do their own thing on some songs, then blend it back together?”

The nominations for the 2011 Soul Train Music Awards were announced late last week, and leading the pack is Chris Brown with 5 nominations, followed by Beyonce and Kanye West, each with 4 nods.

Other artists up for awards include Kelly Rowland, Adele, Marsha Ambrosius and Miguel, who all have 3 nominations a piece.

The 2011 Soul Train Awards will be hosted by Cedric “The Entertainer” and will feature performances from Jill Scott, Robin Thicke, Natalie Cole, Mindless Behavior, Joe and BeBe Winans.

The show will tape on November 17th at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, and will air on BET on Sunday, November 27th at 9 pm.

The full list of nominees for the Soul Train Awards is below:

Best New Artist
Bruno Mars
Marsha Ambrosius
Miguel
Frank Ocean

Best Male R&B/Soul Artist
Trey Songz
Chris Brown
Cee Lo Green
R. Kelly
Eric Benet
Miguel

Centric Award
Ledisi
Raphael Saddiq
Bilal
Anthony David
Aloe Blacc

Best Caribbean Performance
“Bend Over” — Machel Montano
“Man Down” — Rihanna
“Delilah” — Movado
“Wotless” — Kes the Band
“Summertime” — Vybz Kartel

Best Gospel Performance
“I Smile” — Kirk Franklin
“Walking” — Mary Mary
“Heaven Hear My Heart” — Trin-I-Tee 5:7
“I Believe” — James Fortune, featuring Shawn McLemore
“More” — Cece Winans

Album of the Year
“Passion, Pain & Pleasure,” Trey Songz
“21,” Adele
“F.A.M.E.,” Chris Brown
“Light of the Sun,” Jill Scott
“4,” Beyonce
“Watch the Throne,” Jay Z and Kanye West (The Throne)

Best Hip-Hop Song of the Year
“Moment for Life” — Nicki Minaj
“All of the Lights” — Kanye West
“Look at Me Now” — Chris Brown, featuring Busta Rhymes and Lil Wayne
“Out of My Head” — Lupe Fiasco
“Otis” — Jay Z and Kanye West

Best Female R&B/Soul Artist
Kelly Rowland
Beyonce
Marsha Ambrosius
Jennifer Hudson
Jill Scott
Mary J. Blige

Song of the Year
“So in Love” — Jill Scott, featuring Anthony Hamilton
“Motivation” — Kelly Rowland, featuring Lil Wayne
“Sure Thing” — Miguel
“Rolling in the Deep” — Adele
“She Ain’t You” — Chris Brown
“All of the Lights” — Kanye West

Record of the Year (The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award)
“Rolling in the Deep” — Adele
“Far Away” — Marsha Ambrosius
“Best Thing I Never Had” — Beyonce
“Good Man” — Raphael Saddiq
“Hold My Hand” (duet with Akon) — Michael Jackson

Best Dance Performance
“Motivation” — Kelly Rowland
“Only Girl (In the World)”/”What’s My Name” — Rihanna
“Run the World (Girls)” — Beyonce
“She Ain’t You” — Chris Brown
“Walking” — Mary Mary
“Pretty Girl Rock” — Keri Hilson

We’re just one short week away from the kick-off of Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s highly anticipated “Watch the Throne” Tour, and to get fans even more excited, Jay and Ye take us all on a trip down memory lane with a new teaser trailer, which shows clips from some of the duo’s biggest hits over the years.

The “Watch the Throne” Tour officially kicks off next Friday (Oct 28) in Atlanta and will travel to a neighborhood near you.

Watch the newly released trailer above!

Kanye West revealed some exciting news on Twitter yesterday.

Without giving too many details, the “All Of The Lights” rapper announced that his G.O.O.D. Music label will be coming out with an album in Spring of next year.

Check out his tweet below:

Are you pumped about a G.O.O.D. Music album???

T.I. takes the throne back from Jay-Z and Kanye West on his much talked-about remix to “Ni*gas in Paris!”

Listen to the King speak below:

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Pregnant and glowing singer Beyonce rocked the make-up free look as she and her husband Jay-Z were accompanied by Kanye West on a recent shopping trip at Intermix in New York City.

More pics of the talented trio are below:

Kanye West doesn’t give a damn about the haters!

After debuting his new women’s wear fashion line Dw by Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week, the “Power” rapper had a few things to get off his chest about all the negative criticism he has been receiving.

“I’m feeling good.[...]Thank you for anybody that didn’t believe, because they motivated us to break our boundaries. We don’t know what the reviews will be, we don’t know what they will say, but I got a chance to go to Italy and feel those fabrics. I begged Louis Vuitton to let me do more shoes after my shoes sold out in two weeks, and they did not. I begged Nike, I begged this company to let me do it. And I took out motherf—ing loans to get the best models, to get the best designers, to get the best venue. I gave you everything that I had.

“This is my first collection. Please be easy. Please give me a chance to grow. This is not some celebrity s—. I don’t f— with celebrities. I f— with the creatives in this room, the amazing people who spend every day of their life trying to make the world a more beautiful place.

“The amount of people that tried to get me a celebrity f—ing deal. They said, ‘You need to do boot-cut jeans, or you won’t sell.’ Shut the f— up ! Or Hedi Slimane in the motherf—ing Mercer, sitting with me, saying, ‘Stop giving them your ideas, Kanye. Do your own thing.’ Hedi Slimane! To feel so frustrated. And I thank anybody who came to this party, everybody who supported, everybody who believed, because people thought it was a joke, and maybe people still do, but I can only grow from this point.

Yeezy is always extremely passionate about whatever he does … and where there’s a will, there’s always a way! He’ll be alright :)

Spotted @ Necole Bitchie

All eyes were on Kanye West as the rapper turned fashion designer debuted his brand new women’s clothing line Dw by Kanye West — named after his late mother Donda West — Saturday night (Oct 1) during Paris Fashion Week.

Celebs in attendance at the show were Ciara, Lindsay Lohan and the Olsen twins.

Check out the pics from the actual show as well as the celebrity guests who attended below:

Man of the moment and Odd Future member Frank Ocean stooped by Hot 97 to chat it up with radio host Angie Martinez on Wednesday.

During the interview, he dished on his band member Tyler the Creator’s cyber beefs, working with Kanye and Jay Z on the now platinum “Watch the Throne” project, his album release and meeting a woman that most men would love to met, Beyonce.

On band mate Tyler the Creator:
“I definitely won’t go on the record and say that I latch on to every beef or confrontation or scuffle that Tyler gets into, maybe in the streets, but not in the matrix or the Internet. I can’t keep up with that…”

On working with Kanye & Jay Z on WTT:
“I rarely do collabs, so that’s just one of the ones you absolutely do. It’s like a no-brainer. I didn’t really think about any of it. The last thing on my mind was working with artists who I’ve held in high esteem for years. In the initial walk in… he wasn’t saying anything and I was nervous, but as soon as we started talking, he’s super cool,” Ocean told Hot 97. “I think he was trying to make me nervous, make me sweat. It seemed a little intentional but it was all good. We were laughing within minutes. I worked with Jay on his solo album before I did the Watch the Throne sessions. The second time I went it was Barry Weiss, Jay, Beyoncé, Kanye, couple other people, it was a pretty heavy room.”

On if he checked Beyonce out just a little bit:
“I said hello and greeted her as I greeted everyone else.”

On when his album will be dropping:
“I have no idea. I just want to make sure the next thing is right and I don’t want to go on the record and say that it’s coming out on some phantom date that never appears.”

On if he’s touring with Kanye and Jay-Z for their “Watch the Throne” tour:
“It’s not up to me, but I would love to. I think that’s all I’m gonna say about that.”

Listen to the full interview below!

Jay-Z and Kanye West’s collaboration album “Watch the Throne,” has officially reached platinum status!

Only released last month, the highly anticipated LP sold an additional 36,000 copies last week helping the “Otis” rappers earn a nod from the RIAA (which these days is a rarity for most artists).

“N*ggas In Paris” is being reported as the third single off of the album, which is currently sitting comfortably at No. 9 on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart.

That sh*t cray!

Known for his interest in the fashion world and unique sense of style, Kanye West was spotted across the pond in the UK on Monday (Sep 19) enjoying the London Fashion Week festivities going on in the British capital.

Seated in the front row right next to British actress Sienna Miller and singer Ellie Goulding, the fashion forward rapper, dressed in a pair of ripped designer jeans and a simple white T-shirt (paired with a black leather jacket) enjoyed watching models rip the runway at the the Burberry Spring/Summer 2012 fashion show at Kensington Gardens, after also attending the Christopher Kane fashion show just moments before.

Kanye West will reportedly be launching a brand new Women’s wear collection next Saturday (Oct 1) in France during Paris Fashion Week.

Check out the photos of Kanye at London Fashion Week below:

The official nominations for the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards are in … and guess who’s leading the pack of nominees?

We’ll give you a hint: The same guy who sold almost a million albums last week!

Lil Wayne landed a whopping 18 nominations in categories like “Best Live Performer,” “Lyricist of the Year,” “MVP of the Year,” “Track of the Year,” and more.

Following behind Weezy with 9 nods is Kanye West, who is also nominated in a few of the aforementioned categories Wayne is nominated in, as well as a few others, including “Video Director of the Year,” “Producer of the Year” and “CD of the Year.” Hip-Hop newcomer Wiz Khalifa was also nominated in 9 different categories.

Other rappers up for multiple trophies include Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Jay-Z and Chris Brown, who technically isn’t considered a “rapper,” but definitely made a big splash on the Hip-Hop scene this year with his “Look at Me Now” single. R&B singer Frank Ocean (who has “rap connections” due to him being in shock rap group Odd Future) was also nominated for a few awards.

Hosted by actor/comedian Mike Epps for the third time in a row, the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Awards will air on BET on October 11th after the show is recorded at the Atlanta Civic Center in Atlanta on October 1st.

Look below for the full list of nominees:

Best Hip Hop Video
Big Sean f/ Chris Brown – My Last
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One
Eminem f/ Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – All Of The Lights

Reese’s Perfect Combo Award (Best Collab):
Ace Hood f/ Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – Hustle Hard (Remix)
Big K.R.I.T. f/ Ludacris & Bun B – Country Sh*t (Remix)
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One
Lupe Fiasco f/ Trey Songz – Out Of My Head

Best Live Performer:
Busta Rhymes
Cee-Lo Green
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Kanye West

Lyricist of the Year:
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross
Kanye West

Video Director of the Year:
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Kanye West
Hype Williams

Producer of the Year:
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League
Kane Beatz
Lex Luger
No I.D.
Kanye West, Emile, Jeff Bhasker & Mike Dean

MVP of the Year:
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Rick Ross
Kanye West
Wiz Khalifa

Track of the Year:
6 Foot 7 Foot – Produced by Bangladesh (Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz)
Black and Yellow – Produced by Stargate (Wiz Khalifa)
I’m On One – Produced by T-Minus (DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)
Look At Me Now – Produced by Diplo & Afrojack (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne &
Busta Rhymes)
My Last – Produced by Lex Luger (Big Sean f/ Chris Brown)

CD of the Year:
Big Sean – Finally Famous
Lupe Fiasco – LASERS
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Wiz Khalifa – Rolling Papers

DJ of the Yer:
DJ Drama
DJ Enuff
DJ Envy
DJ Khaled
DJ Prostyle

Rookie of the Year:
Big K.R.I.T.
Big Sean
Frank Ocean
Diggy Simmons
Tyler the Creator
Wiz Khalifa

Made-You-Look Award (Best Hip Hop Style):
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Nicki Minaj
Kanye West
Wiz Khalifa

Best Hip Hop Online Site:
All Hip Hop.com
Bossip.com
Nah Right.com
Rap Radar.com
World Star Hip Hop.com

Best Club Banger:
Ace Hood – Hustle Hard (Produced by Lex Luger)
DJ Khaled f/ Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne – I’m On One (Produced by T-Minus)
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – 6 foot 7 foot (Produced by Bangladesh)
Waka Flocka Flame – No Hands (Produced by Lex Luger)
Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow (Produced by Stargate)
YC Worldwide f/ Future – Racks (Produced by Sonny Digital)

Best Mixtape:
Big K.R.I.T. – Return Of 4Eva
B.o.B – No Genre
J. Cole – Friday Night Lights
Kendrick Lamar – Section .80
Frank Ocean – Nostalgia, Ultra

Sweet 16: Best Featured Verse:
Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now (Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Lil Wayne – Motivation (Kelly Rowland f/ Lil Wayne)
Nicki Minaj – Monster (Kanye West f/ Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver)
Wiz Khalifa – Bright Lights, Bigger City (Cee-Lo Green f/ Wiz Khalifa)
Wiz Khalifa – Till I’m Gone (Tinie Tempah f/ Wiz Khalifa)

Hustler of the Year:
Diddy
Jay-Z
Lil Wayne
Rick Ross
Kanye West

Verizon People’s Champ Award (Viewers’ Choice):
Chris Brown f/ Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes – Look At Me Now
Lil Wayne f/ Cory Gunz – 6 Foot 7 Foot
Nicki Minaj f/ Drake – Moment 4 Life
Kanye West f/ Rihanna – All of The Lights
Wiz Khalifa – Black And Yellow

Check out the official artwork from Kanye and Jay-Z‘s next single “Niggas In Paris.” (Look familiar?)

We must say … it isn’t much, but at least it isn’t wayyyyy over the top!

Big Sean gets colorful in his new “Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay” music video featuring Kanye West and Roscoe Dash.

The track is the second single from his debut album “Finally Famous.” Check out the new video above!

Lil Wayne just broke Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s best single-week album sales on iTunes with the release of his new album “Tha Carter IV.”

As we reported last week, TC4 will sell around 1 million units and will take the top spot on Billboard’s 200 albums chart this week. But that isn’t the only thing Weezy F. Baby has to celebrate.

According to Billboard.com, Wayne’s newest album sold over 300K downloads via iTunes in its first four days of release, outpacing the 290K that Jay-Z and Kanye’s joint album “Watch the Throne” sold in its entire first week.

Weezy’s newest feat is pretty ironic too, considering that Jay-Z basically disses Cash Money on “H.A.M.” (a bonus track on WTT) and Wayne returns the favor on a bonus track on his new album titled “It’s Good” (featuring Drake and Jadakiss).

The 2011 MTV VMAs went down last night in L.A. and boasted appearances and performances from several A-List celebrities/entertainers, including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and more.

As far as the winners were concerned, Katy Perry took home the evening’s top prize: “Video of the Year” for her “Firework” clip, while other stars also took home awards, like Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Britney Spears and Adele (who won 3 moon men).

Check out the full list of winners from the VMAs (along with over 20+ pictures from the show) below:

WINNERS:

Video of the Year:
Katy Perry, “Firework”

Best Female Video:
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”

Best New Artist:
Tyler, The Creator, “Yonkers”

Best Male Video:
Justin Bieber, “U Smile”

Best Collaboration:
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West, “E.T.”

Best Hip-Hop Video:
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass”

Best Rock Video:
Foo Fighters, “Walk”

Best Pop Video:
Britney Spears, “Till the World Ends”

Best Video With A Message:
Lady Gaga, “Born This Way”

Best Choreography:
Beyoncé, “Run the World (Girls)”

Best Visual Effects:
Katy Perry featuring Kanye West, “E.T.”

Best Art Direction:
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best Editing:
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

Best Cinematography:
Adele, “Rolling in the Deep”

PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW:

Everybody’s favorite rapping duo Kanye West and Jay-Z — aka “The Throne” — showed up and showed out last night (Sun. Aug 28) at the VMAs!

The pair, who just released their joint album “Watch the Throne” a few weeks ago, delivered a highly energetic rendition of their single “Otis.” The performance had so much energy, in fact, that a fan decided he’d Lil Mama the stage (around the 1:40 mark) but was swiftly removed by MTV security.

A fun performance indeed. Watch it below and check out the pics!

Never mind watching the throne … because Kanye West and Jay Z are still sitting on theirs!

The rappers have secured the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart for the second week in a row with their collaborative album “Watch the Throne.”

According to Nielsen Soundscan, after pushing 436K in first week sales, they managed to push another 177K this week, taking their total to 613k copies sold within two weeks of their debut, which means that the album is now certified Gold.

And once again, they are still sitting pretty at the top of the iTunes chart.

Now that’s how a record is sold!

Kanye West and Jay-Z — collectively known as “The Throne” — have a lot to celebrate this week.

Not only did the Hip-Hop duo’s new album “Watch the Throne” make iTunes history by breaking the record for the biggest debut ever, selling nearly 290,000 digital copies in its first three days (321K total), but they also debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 with 436,000 total copies sold in its first week.

With numbers like that, this makes “Watch the Throne” the second-biggest debut sales week of the year so far, second to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” which pushed over 1 million units.

Experts say the album (released digitally Mon. Aug 8) may have actually sold more if it weren’t for the iTunes exclusive (it wasn’t available for physical sale until Fri. Aug 12). But because fans only had 2 days to pick up the physical version of the album before Soundscan submitted their numbers on Sunday, its first week sales unfortunately took a huge blow.

“Watch the Throne” serves as Jay-Z’s twelfth number one album and Kanye’s fifth.

Pusha T takes it to the church in his newest music release “Amen” featuring Kanye West and Young Jeezy.

The track is off Pusha’s latest EP “Fear of God Part 2: Let Us Pray.”

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Looks like Kanye West and Jay-Z have been listening to their own song and are going “H.A.M.” with the marketing of their collaboration album “Watch the Throne.”

The “Otis” duo set up a pop-up store in Manhattan’s trendy SoHo district on August 12th to push copies of the new album.

And to up the ante a little more (you know how these guys operate), the pair also put the tricked out Maybach they had in their “Otis” video on display in the store front.

Though visitors are allowed to walk right up to it and even touch it, there is a strict no photo/video policy in the store, and phones/video cameras are confiscated at the door to prevent visitors from sharing pictures all over the Internet.

On a large overhead screen, the Spike Jonze-directed “Otis” video plays on a loop, while music from the entire album is played from start to finish.

With an American flag back-drop, Jay-Z and Kanye West — collectively known as “The Throne” — have a blast as they cruise around in a chopped up Maybach and shoot off fireworks in their brand new music video for “Otis,” the lead single from the Hip-Hop duo’s joint album “Watch the Throne,” in stores EVERYWHERE as of today.

Sidenote: Look out for a cameo from actor/comedian Aziz Ansari!

Earlier in the week, Kanye West took the stage at a festival in Bergen, Norway …. and right in the middle of his performance of “All of the Lights,” one half of “The Throne” lost his balance and fell to the floor.