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RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, Kanye West, I never thought I’d be saying this, is starting to tweet some really fascinating things. He’s now quoting Dr. Thomas Sowell in his tweets. BREAK TRANSCRIPT BREAK TRANSCRIPT RUSH: As is always the case, folks, there are other things out there that I want to get into, and I’ve alluded to one of them. Kanye West and some of the things that he is tweeting, which have led to both Maxine Waters telling him to shut up or else and the Crips have practically threatened to put a hit out on Kanye West. BREAK...

(CNN)Tuesday brought us two Kanyes. The first was a man who opened up about his mental health, his family, and his art in a nearly-two hour interview with radio host Charlamagne Tha God. The second was a Kanye who appeared at the TMZ headquarters where he had this to say: "When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... For 400 years? That sounds like a choice." The rapper went on to add: "You were there for 400 years and it's all of y'all. It's like we're mentally imprisoned."

It's easy to dismiss Kanye West. It's easy to dismiss him because he's nutty. This is a fellow who tweets about antique fish tanks and fur pillows. This is the guy who calls himself Yeezus (after Jesus) and suggested that then-President George W. Bush didn't care about black people in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He isn't exactly known for his bouts of emotional stability. And in our celebrity-driven culture, we shouldn't pay too much attention to those who haven't spent a lot of time studying policy. That's how we end up with celebrity politicians, emotion-driven policy and reality television...

IF THERE’S ONE thing that American TV host Wendy Williams is known for, it’s speaking her mind. However, on Wednesday’s episode of The Wendy Williams Show, she took it way too far. Entering the studio to the usual cheering and applause, Wendy sat down and said: "So! On another note, Kanye West has really lost his mind. And I don’t mean that in a humorous way, we’ve seen him on a slippery slope for a long time. This is really sad, y’all." Wendy offered the audience some context on Kanye’s tweets and his involvement with Donald Trump. Initially, she seemed...

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) reportedly blasted musician Kanye West on Monday evening for talking “out of turn” when asked about West’s recent praise for President Donald Trump. “Kanye West is a very creative young man who has presented some of the most revolutionary material in the African-American community. … But we also think that sometimes Kanye West talks out of turn and perhaps sometimes he needs some assistance in helping him to formulate some of his thoughts,” Waters at an Oakland event with members of the Congressional Black Caucus that pushed for more diversity in Silicon Valley. “We don’t think...

Last week, Twitchy covered Kanye West tweeting that he couldn’t be a conservative because he hadn’t done enough research into what it means to be one. Sounds fair? Well today, to prove that he’s doing his homework perhaps, Kanye shared multiple texts on Twitter showing different viewpoints on the history of Republicans. And it’s fascinating. We’re going to guess Democrats would not like Kanye tweeting , but it’s the reality of the Democratic Party.

Kanye West is ready to meet with the man he once blamed for his late mother’s death after the surgeon reached out to him in an open letter on Monday. The rapper, 40, shared the letter written by Jan Adams and wrote, “Open letter from Jan Adams This is amazing. Thank you so much for this connection brother. I can’t wait to sit with you and start healing.” Adams – who was the plastic surgeon who operated on Donda West in 2007 – wrote the letter, obtained by The Blast, after West announced plans to feature the doctor’s face on...

A former member of Snoop Dogg’s rapping entourage is calling for gang members to assault Kanye West for his recent support of President Donald Trump. Daz Dillinger, who recorded several successful hip hop records as part of Tha Dogg Pound duo in the 1990s, made the apparent threat in a video posted to his Instagram, which was later removed. (WARNING: Video includes explicit language, viewer discretion advised.) “Yo national alert, all the Crips out there, y’all f— Kanye up,” he said, referring to the infamous Los Angeles-area street gang. Dillinger – whose real name is Delmar Drew Arnaud – also...

Turns out, when you’re a famous musician with 28 million Twitter followers people are going to sit up and pay attention to what you tweet, regardless of the topic.So when rapper Kanye West, a man who got over 41,000 likes for tweeting the word “decentralize,” lit the social media world on fire last week with a series of tweets seeming to support President Trump, the world was quick to take notice. Is one of the most successful recording artists of our generation actually ‘waking up’ to the folly of liberalism? Has Kanye actually been red-pilled?On the one hand, conservatives understandably but...

Something happened very recently that may have launched a political disruption that completely upsets the traditional calculation for political elections. And that’s not an overstatement, because the margins are so close in so many states that a small shift in the current alignment could have a major impact. What happened? Grammy Award-winning rapper and producer and publicity hound Kanye West tweeted. His initial tweet was simply “I like the way Candace Owens thinks.” Candace Owens is a black, conservative woman who believes in personal responsibility, opposes blacks blaming whites for all of their problems and thinks blacks should not be...

Kanye's MAGA tweet-storm over the last week has in my opinion rightly garnered a lot of attention. The MAGA movement could do worse in terms of a black "get" than the widely beloved socially conscious rap star known for as much for his political statements as his music, who also happens to have married into the Kardashian media empire. If this affair plays out purely at the level of media, it would likely be among the most significant black American political events in quite some time. But this opportunity for Trump, MAGA and the GOP more generally goes a lot...

Conservative outlet RedState fired most of its staff Friday while its owner, Salem Media, froze the site, citing an inability to "no longer support the entire roster of writers and editors." "The site name will linger, but RedState is all but dead now. I have invited the fired writers here," Erick Erickson, a RedState founder who left the site in 2015, wrote in a blog post. Fired staffers said the cuts focused on writers who have been critical of President Trump. RedState had often distinguished itself since 2016 as a home for Trump critics within the GOP. RedState staffers were...

After the rest of the hip-hop world threw in its two cents on Kanye West’s mysterious and yet-to-be-explained adoration for Donald Trump, social media’s favorite cutup 50 Cent had to get in on this one. But this time, West Coast rap icon Snoop Dogg, who previously shared sentiments on the matter, took Fifty’s trolling DonYe bromance magazine cover as another opportunity to share much choosier words for the Chicago emcee. 50 Cent posted a meme to his Instagram featuring a Photoshopped Vogue magazine cover with Yeezy. The original cover is a romantic picture from Kanye and Kim Kardashian’s 2014 shoot...

Kanye West found himself in hot water after expressing support for President Donald Trump on Twitter and criticizing former President Barack Obama. He even tweeted out a #Kanye2024 poster. Many think Kanye is seriously considering a presidential run, and why not? He wouldn't be the first celebrity to run for office. Others think Kanye is just looking for attention. Should Kanye West run for president of the united states in 2024?

Read President Trump's comments about Candace Owens and Kanye West, two prominent black celebrities who have endorsed him. "Kanye looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it's been in the history of our country, OK? He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it's been in the history of our country. He sees, by the way, female unemployment -- women unemployment the lowest it's been in now almost 19 years. He sees that stuff and he's smart. And he says you know what, Trump is doing a much better job than the Democrats did," Trump said about West. On...

As the president promotes and excitedly tweets about a potential for peace between the two warring Koreas, he has displayed almost as much excitement over the recent overtures of one of America’s most acclaimed rappers. But it wasn’t just about Kanye this week. President Donald Trump and his allies once again plunged feet first into the pop-culture wars, riffing on Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain, YouTube celebs Diamond & Silk, and, of course, his bizarre bromance with Kanye West. It’s a sign that shows how vanishingly little has changed about Trump’s priorities and character ever since assuming the highest office in...

Kanye West is no stranger to controversy. After Hurricane Katrina, Kayne went on live TV to tell the world that President Bush didn’t care about black people. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, he ruined Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech by jumping on stage and telling the world that Beyoncé should have won. Now, Kanye is stirring up the most controversy yet by telling the world he likes President Trump. Here is the tweet to prove it: You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is...

Following a tweet storm during which he vocalized support for Donald Trump, celebrities have started unfollowing Kanye West on Twitter. Not exactly shocking. Pop Crave reports that Justin Bieber, BTS, The Weeknd, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, and Kendrick Lamar are among the musicians who have unfollowed the rapper in the wake of his comments, which YIKES. A quick perusal also indicates that John Legend isn't following Kanye, nor is Chrissy Teigen, Khloé Kardashian, or Kylie Jenner (though it's possible this has nothing to do with his recent tweets). While a few celebs have supported Kanye...

Celebrated pop singer Macy Gray appeared to respond to Kanye West’s recent embrace of President Donald Trump on Thursday by wearing her own ‘Make Kanye Great Again’ cap. The Grammy Award-winning singer posted the caption-less photo to her Instagram account — the post was met with overwhelming praise.

Kanye West‘s recent tweets praising Donald Trump have caused controversy online, with many of the rapper’s music peers speaking out about their thoughts on the matter. On Twitter over the past few days, Kanye has said that he “loves” Trump, called the US President his “brother”, shared a photo of himself wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat and hit out at Barack Obama. Trump himself has responded by thanking West and saying that his recent Twitter activity had been “very cool”.