Kanye West treated fans in Los Angeles to a second helping of his highly anticipated and sold out Yeezus Tour along with hometown hero Kendrick Lamar. Here’s a clip from day two of Kanye West’s performance as the rapper turns the energy up in the Staples Center with his smash hit “Power” featured on his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy LP. Check out how it all went down as Yeezy takes the opportunity to perform to the audience from on top of his mountain replica.
Fans in San Jose were recently treated to the first listen of an unreleased Kanye West song seemingly titled “I Am Not Here.” Just before West made his way to the stage, a snippet of the track was previewed to the audience just before things kicked into Yeezus gear with “On Sight.” Watch as Kanye sticks to the plan on the second schedule performance in Los Angeles and showcases his unreleased song just before starting the show with “On Sight” featured on his new new Yeezus LP. During a recent interview with Power 106’s Big Boy, Kanye did mention that he has five unreleased songs that were apparently recorded during his Yeezus sessions. Perhaps “I Am Not Here” could be one of the five that will be released in a few months.
Kanye West caught up with Ryan Seacrest on his radio show and of course the topic of discussion was the details behind his big proposal to reality TV queen Kim Kardashian. Yeezy touches on the engagement ring he helped design with multiple jewelers and admits that he was very nervous when it was time to propose. Interestingly enough, West also explained that he always knew he was going to be with Kim from the moment he saw her in a magazine with Paris Hilton and clarifies she will share his last name. Before heading out, Yeezy shares with Ryan his motivation for doing everything so over the top as of late.
Watch as Kanye West gets prepared to jump into his classic track “Jesus Walks” during his set at Staples Center for Day 2 of the Yeezus Tour in Los Angeles. Yeezy also brings out a Caucasian actor who looks like Jesus to accompany him on the stage and finally removes his designer mask to reveal his face to the audience.
Kanye West turned the energy up at Staples Center for a performance of his hit song “Runaway” and decided to follow it up with one of his signature rants to audience members. Yeezy addressed the media and questioned the crowd-goers if they liked to hear him “talk his shit.” Kanye went on to clarify that he’s not Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan and Richard Pryor and demanded that no one recognize or dismiss him as just another celebrity.
Kanye West set off Staples Center in Los Angeles as the G.O.O.D. Music head honcho treated the city to a second show for his current Yeezus tour. Decked out in a flashy Maison Martin Margiela designed mask and couture, Yeezus turned the energy up with his undeniable stage presence as he delivered an emotional performance for “Black Skinhead” and “I Am A God.” At one point during his set, Kanye was also joined on stage by a number of stage extras who surrounded the rapper and lifted him into the sky.
Kanye West decides to kick a freestyle for listeners on his recent visit to radio station Power 106 for an interview with Big Boy. Take a look as Yeezy keeps it straight skills and decides to drop bars off the top of the dome over the instrumental to “Clique” which is featured on his G.O.O.D. Music label’s compilation album Cruel Summer. Towards the end, the DJ decides to slip in Kanye’s “Through The Wire” instrumental to which Kanye stops spitting and explains the beat isn’t exactly accommodating for a freestyle.
Infamous battle rapper and artist Jin catches up with Vlad TV for an exclusive interview. Speaking on his early success with the Ruff Ryders and “Learn Chinese,” Jin opens up about his experience with being a young artist who had so much potential to achieve great things in themusic industry. The wordsmith touches on his Asian roots and admits that he was guilty of feeding into some of the stereotype themes that he was confronted with following being signed. However, the seasoned vet clarifies he takes full responsibility of his own actions but points out different media outlets as examples that he feels also contributed to the problem. Before heading out, the former Ruff Ryder artist shares with viewers his experience of working in the studio with super producers like Wyclef, Kanye West and Just Blaze. Listen as Jin looks back and shares his disappointment with not being more involved, eager to network and leave a lasting impression.
Kim Kardashian took to her Instagram today and posted some exterior photos of Kanye West’s new Yeezus tour inspired pop-up shop. The Chicago bred emcee’s temporary Los Angeles based clothing spot is actually located adjacent to the Kardashian’s DASH store. Fans can also grab some of the merchandise from Pac Sun which recently began selling three different T-shirt options. However, Yeezy enthusiasts now have the option of grabbing whatever they’d like from the collection at 8422 Melrose Avenue.
During a recent stop in San Jose for his Yeezus tour, Kanye West decided to preview a new song which is currently being called “I Am Not Here.” From 2:48 to 3:25 in the visual, audience members were treated to a quick listen of the ominous track as female extras draped in long white dresses and masks stood on stage and stared out into the crowd. The unreleased song can also be heard sporting gritty guitar rifts and hard-hitting drums.
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