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Has Balenciaga Parted Ways With Ye?

It’s been a tumultuous couple of weeks for Ye. His appearance at Burberry in London, followed by walking the runway at Balenciaga Summer 2023’s “The Mud Show” and his attendance at Givenchy’s Paris Fashion Week show brought potential hope to the rapper-turned-fashion designer; implying Ye could be here to support the industry. However, his more-than-controversial […]

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JPMorgan Chase Ends Banking Relationship With YEEZY

Following weeks of controversial news headlines and negative backlash, JPMorgan Chase has now officially ended its banking relationship with YEEZY. In an official statement sent to Ye and his team, the American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company noted a recent discussion with a redacted entity that led to it deciding to end […]

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Drake and Taylor Swift Rumored To Drop Diss Track About Ye and Kim Kardashian

It appears the Drake and Ye saga might be resurfacing. According to reports from The U.S. Sun, Drizzy allegedly recorded a scathing diss track with Taylor Swift in 2018, directed at both Ye and Kim Kardashian. In the past, Ye has had many feuds with the Toronto star as well as with the country-pop artist, […]

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The problem with Kanye West’s fashion show

On the last night of fashion month — during which we have watched countless shows, spoken to an array of designers and, generally, tried to make sense of where fashion is heading in the near future — we went to see what Ye (FKA Kanye West) had in store for his ninth collection for Yeezy. […]

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Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show was provocative—does that make it art?

“The more you try to be yourself, the more you get punched in your face,” read Balenciaga’s Paris Fashion Week show notes. And who better to illustrate this point than Kanye West? The musician-turned-designer was the opener for Demna’s Spring/Summer 2023 presentation, stomping down the mud-drenched runway (275 meters of black peat, sourced from a […]

Art Collector Buys Artwork Done by Kanye West as a Teenager

According to reports, an art collector has now purchased a portfolio of artwork done by Kanye West as a teenager. Entrepreneur Vinoda Basnayake sought after the array of paintings and drawings across multiple mediums after they surfaced in a 2020 episode of PBS‘ Antiques Roadshow. During the segment on the beloved series, it was revealed that the paintings were owned by a […]

A Closer Look at Clubhouse, the New and Rising Audio-Chat Social Platform

As the majority of us attempt to limit the amount of time we’re spending scrolling through Instagram each day, a new social networking app is here to make putting our devices down that little harder. Clubhouse — as it’s named — is a social platform based on audio-chat. Think large Zoom calls blended with live podcasts, all on […]

Official Images of the adidas YEEZY BOOST 350 V2 “Ash Stone”

In the early months of 2021, Kanye West and adidas (XETRA:ADS.DE -0.55%) ‘ adidas YEEZY partnership has mostly been focused on the YEEZY BOOST 700 and YEEZY 500 High, but the ever-popular YEEZY BOOST 350 V2 is now set to join the party with a new “Ash Stone” colorway. The first 350 to appear in 2021, the “Ash Stone” boasts a variety of earth tones interwoven with white […]

Kanye West and Elon Musk Will be Joining Clubhouse

  “The most entertaining outcome is the most likely.” Kanye West and Elon Musk have announced they’ll be making their way to Clubhouse. The invite-only platform, an audio-centric social network that lets users moderate topics, has been recently taking off, and it looks like the two will help add to some of that hype. “Just agreed to do Clubhouse […]