It was reported yesterday that Kanye West’s management team had decided that it was high time for the young rapper to enroll in some anger management classes so that he could become more attractive to potential advertisers, and get to along with his friends and family a little better. Well, apparently, those reports turned out to be rumors as the Louis Vuitton Don himself has publicly stated on his blog, and I quote:

“I have never had any conversations about anger management. If anything, I need anger enhancement!!”

You tell ‘em Yeezy! If your friends, family, and potential advertisers can’t love you for who you are … then you don’t need ‘em! ;-) But you know your bipolar ass needs some anger management. Or medication. Hell, why not shoot two birds with one stone and go with both!

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA // FRIDAY, JULY 4TH 2008 » So many celebs came out to support, perform and attend the 2008 Essence Music Festival this year on Independence Day. Rihanna, Chris Brown, Kanye West and J. Holiday all performed friday night at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and Louisiana Superdome. Solange, Bow Wow, Chris Paul, LeBron James, and more were all at the festival for the first day on the 4th. Check out more pics after the cut.

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So, I was watching my favourite show in the whole wide world, Family Guy, when I see this infomercial (BeKANYE) come on with none other than Kanye West … I don’t know what Kanye’s promoting, since I ‘cannot’ access the site, but my guess is probably a Viagra Vodka ad? Or some magical pill that, if taken, manifests extraordinary celebrity power upon you in an amount of hours? Either way, the infomercial was really funny, so I thought I’d post it, he he.

Kanye West & Pharrell Willams were spotted chilling watching some new Spring/Summer Fashion Menswear show by Louis Vuitton in Paris, France.

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Usher performing “In This Club” as the opener for the 2008 BET Awards, which aired last night live from Los Angeles.

The 2008 BET Awards went down last night, and while there were a few lackluster performances (Usher’s being one of them), there were a few memorable, surprising, and exciting moments. One being Alicia Keys’ performance when she brought out SWV, En Vogue, and TLC! Another notable performance of the evening was Ne-Yo’s, where he showed us he can hang with the big dogs when it comes to his dance moves - he even brought out the Jabbawockees (winners of MTV’s America’s Dance Crew). Chris Brown did his thing as well, and surprised everyone when he brought out Ciara. Did Rihanna approve of this beforehand? I’m curious to know. And speaking of Rihanna, did anyone else notice how far she’s come along, as far as her live vocals? I was really impressed when she performed Take A Bow! And last, but most certainly not least, on my list of the best performances of the night, Lil’ Wayne! He kind of scared me towards the end of the show because it seemed like he wasn’t going to come out. The show was already running 15 or 20 minutes over when he was introduced. But he did come out, and he showed us exactly how and why he has sold nearly 1,500,000 copies of Tha Carter: III so far! He started out with Got Money (feat. T-Pain), paid homage to Static Major (R.I.P.) with Lollipop, and ended off his performance with A Millie. He had the whole crowd hyped, and ended off the show perfectly.

While the 2008 BET Awards did have its good moments, much of the show left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. I expected a lot more from Usher. His performance was probably the most hyped up (pre-show), and ended up being one of the absolute worst of the night. While I love Keyshia Cole’s Heaven Sent, she really needs to work on her live vocals … and her stage presence. She had a lot of energy, she just didn’t know how to keep it all together. She looked like she was doing too much to me.

In my opinion, the 2007 BET Awards were much better. The performances, the overall show, and oh yeah … the host! Who the hell approved of D.L. Hughley being the host of this year’s show? I hope they received a pink slip in their box this morning. BRING MO’NIQUE BACK!!!

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Usher - “Love In This Club”

In case you missed the live coverage we did on the 2008 BET Awards last night, don’t worry. T2W is here to fill you in with the actual performances from the show! There were a lot of surprises in last night show and we have all of the performances thanks to HipHopMusicDotCom. Click play to view Usher’s performance of “Love In This Club” above!

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The spiraled “beef” with Ice-T making a statement about Soulja Boy killing Hip Hop has gotten out and Kanye West has something to say about it. On Kanye’s Blog he just wrote a post about how he felt towards what Ice-T has to say. Kanye West stated:

Soulja boy is fresh ass hell and is actually the true meaning of what hip hop is sposed to be. He came from the hood, made his own beats, made up a new saying, new sound and a new dance with one song. He had all of America rapping this summer. If that ain’t Hip Hop then what is? A bunch of wannabe keep it real rappers that ain’t even relevant, recycling samples trying to act like it’s 96 again and all they do is hate on new sh*t? Niggas always talk about the golden age but for a 13 year old kid, this is the golden age!!! That song was so dope cause everything he said had a hidden meaning… that’s Nas level sh*t… he just put it over some steel drums which is also some Nas sh*t if you had the 2nd album cassette with the bonus track “Silent Murder” on it. In closing… new niggas get ya money$$$$$$$$$$ Keep this sh*t fresh and original…. ain’t no fuckin’ rules to this sh*t and that’s what real hip hop is to me.

- Kanye West

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It seems as though the first video Kanye West first premiered to “Flashing Lights” was only a sneak peek! Here is the 3rd version of this same music video. Kanye is genius! This one is more theatrical like horror film. I wonder where he got the concept to this video. Click play to watch the video. Tell me what ya’ll think!

I just got this in my inbox like 2 minutes ago. After watching it and getting bored within the first minute, I’m glad Kanye went with the first version! This second version is garbage…

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Kanye West performed “Everything I Am” but a more freestyle revised one at Casio’s G-Shock 25th Anniversary Celebration in New York. I tell you Kanye is by far one of my favorite artists and he really killed on stage. Ya’ll have to watch this video! Click play to check it out!