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September 2024

Kanye West performs in China after rare approval by country’s censors

Weekend
Best of Weekend part 1: Julia Fox, are we to blame for our bad habits? And surviving a ship wreck – podcast

August 2024

Ranked
Darkness, drama and Daft Punk: the Weeknd’s best songs – ranked!
Ahead of Abel Tesfaye’s livestreamed concert in Brazil to launch his new era, we rate his path from cult mixtape star to pop icon

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 2 review – some of Ye’s most jaded, degraded moments

The lyrics veer from nihilistic provocation to drunken messages to his ex-wife, and the music is equally erratic and confused

Digested week
Digested week: Olympic poolside parenting, cracked water slides and fishy memories
Emma Brockes
Tom Daley’s glittering performance makes a trip to a leisure centre pool feel all the more bleak, but fish save the week

July 2024

Adidas removes Bella Hadid from ad campaign after criticism from Israel

Company says it is ‘revising’ work for shoe designed for 1972 Munich Olympics, where 11 Israelis were killed by Palestinian terrorists

June 2024

Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love

Kanye West sued for sexual harassment by former assistant

April 2024

Why are celebrities destroying multimillion dollar mansions?

Arwa Mahdawi
From Kanye West to Chris Pratt, the celebrity approach to housing is more out of touch than ever, writes Arwa Mahdawi

‘A lot of rich guys arguing’: inside the rap beef of the decade with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more

Future, Rick Ross and Kanye West are among those currently being drawn into one of the fieriest disputes in rap history. Is it good for the culture – and could it depose Drake from the top?

• • Kanye West suspected of attacking man who allegedly sexually assaulted his wife

  • Tantrums of the rich and famous: nine acts that turned on their audience – from Elton to Bieber to Blur

  • Kanye’s back – labels might care about his misdeeds, but the public doesn’t seem to

  Shaad D'Souza

February 2024

Kanye West sued by estate of Donna Summer over ‘stealing’ I Feel Love

Estate of late star files lawsuit claiming rapper was denied sample for Vultures album, but tried to circumvent them with interpolation

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 1 review – weak lyrics from a witless edgelord

There are bright moments on this much-delayed album, mostly from vocalist Ty Dolla $ign, but West’s own verses are profoundly depressing

Ozzy Osbourne criticises Kanye West for using sample: ‘He is an antisemite’

Rock star says he wants ‘no association’ with artist after claiming West sampled a Black Sabbath song without permission

December 2023

Kanye West apologises to Jewish community for 2022 antisemitic remarks

Nicki Minaj blocks release of Kanye West collaboration, postponing his new album

Kanye West wears Ku Klux Klan-style hood at album listening event

She’s a megastar, but Taylor Swift just won’t shake off old feuds. Good for her

Barbara Ellen

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