Kanye West

“Would I advise a client to sign Kanye’s current deal? Yes.”

On the music business, and why it isn’t called the “artist business.”

“Humoring Kanye’s political rhetoric doesn’t just reflect a lack of education and disenchantment with electoral politics, but the luxury to be apathetic.”

How Johan Lenox went from listening to Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ to working with him, No I.D., Big Sean, and more.

One can only hope that one day, we will achieve world peace.

In the seventh, and final, entry of our micro-series, The Rapper’s Prayer, we breakdown the one line that brings together every aspect of the prayer.

This is part one in our micro-series, The Rapper's Prayer.

Let's ruin our days, shall we?

For music lovers, festivals represent headlines and history, openings and closings, and being there — or wishing you were.

“Kanye has always been an avatar for duality. But, over the past decade, this has become his defining trait.”

From “I” to “gang,” we break down the most prevalent keywords in rap this past decade.

One day, soon, I promise you, we’ll wake up inside a virtual reality version of a new Beyoncé album. Nothing will ever be the same.

Man, these albums let us down.

Don't listen to these songs, we already did that for you.

Kanye is an imperfect person. ‘Jesus Is King’ is an imperfect album. Christianity is an imperfect religion. But they can all inspire us to do better.

Long live overstuffed new-music-Fridays.

Welcome to ‘CleanYe West,’ Kanye West's next Christian hip-hop album.

‘Jesus Is King’ is like elevator music for Christians.

It would be easier if there were a way to ignore Kanye, but there isn’t.

Kingston, Jamaica provided Kanye West's Sunday Service a safe space.

It’s been decades since sampling was uninhibited. Library music is changing everything.

Let's not pretend these ringtones didn't slap.

So yeah, the album is late. I’m sorry, okay?!

It is, admittedly, not Kanye West season.