May 20, 2013

Derrick Rose Gets Spiteful Tweet from LeBron’s Nike Shoe Developer

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*Derrick Rose suffered one of the worst injuries any basketball player could sustain when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Saturday. He’s out for the rest of the season and one would expect that his fans and others wished him well. But, not everyone is sending him well wishes. His haters are up and [...]




Kanye Uses Nietzsche Defense in ‘Stronger’ Copyright Case

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*Kanye West is quoting philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in an attempt to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the dismissal of a claim that he stole his hit song “Stronger” from another songwriter. According to The Hollywood Reporter, a brief submitted Friday shows West’s lawyers making the case that it’s absurd for the [...]




Video: Kanye Dedicates Coachella Set to Late Mother

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*Kanye West ended this weekend’s Coachella music festival on an emotional note by dedicating his headlining set to his late mother. The rapper took the stage Sunday night to bring the Indio, California event to a close following three days of performances from bands including Arcade Fire and The Strokes. According to WENN, West began [...]




Kanye West Wants Kate Moss for his SXSW Performance

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*Kate Moss has reportedly been invited by Kanye West to perform with him at the South by South West (SXSW) festival this week. As previously reported, the 33-year-old rapper will perform at the music event in Austin, Texas, later this week and is said to have invited the British supermodel to sing with him after [...]




Kanye: Settlement Reached with Suge; ‘Stronger’ Lawsuit Tossed

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*Kanye West and rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight have reached an out-of-court settlement over a their long-running legal battle stemming from a 2005 shooting in Florida. Suge demanded more than $1 million in damages after he was shot in the leg at a party hosted by West. The Death Row Records founder claimed he would [...]




Kanye Sued over ‘Stronger’ Track

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*A songwriter-producer who claims to have written Kanye West’s 2007 hit “Stronger” is now suing the rapper for compensation. In the lawsuit filed Friday (June 25th) in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Vincent “Vince P.” Peters says he wrote the track in 2006 and played it for West’s manager John [...]




Kanye’s Songs Turned into Lullabies for New CD

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*The company Rockabye Baby!, which specializes in turning popular rock hits into soft lullabies for the nursery, will release its first-ever hip hop version of the product on May 18 filled with tunes from Kanye West. Included in the 12-song set are “Gold Digger,” “Good Life,” “Love Lockdown,” “All Fall Down,” “Stronger,” “Jesus Walks,” “Touch [...]