This is the Forward’s coverage of Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, whose career collapsed in autumn 2022 after he went on an antisemitic tirade.
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Music Is Drake off to get some Jesus in his life?
In his newly-released EP, Drake is once more considering God’s plan for him. Judging by one song’s contemplation of Jesus, he may be entering a 1980s Dylan phase. On the track “Wants and Needs,” the artist formerly known as Aubrey Graham reflects on his success, which his mother, Sandi (née Sher) suggests is “Godsent.” That…
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The Schmooze If Jared Kushner enlisted Kanye as a third-party spoiler, it didn’t work
In August, just a month after announcing he was “walking” for president, rapper Kanye West met with Trump family scion-in-law Kushner in Colorado. The purpose of the meeting was unknown: Kanye later tweeted that the two had discussed “Powernomics,” a book by Claud Anderson on Black economic empowerment, but provided no more substantive information. Combined…
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Culture Nebuchadneezy? Kanye West To Debut Opera Based On The Jews’ Babylonian Captor
Mere weeks after releasing a gospel album featuring Kenny G, Kanye West is set to bring the world an opera about one of the Jewish people’s greatest tormentors. That’s right, folks: Kanye is going full Verdi and giving us his riff on Nebuchadnezzar II, the Babylonian king who, in the Book of Daniel, went mad…
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The Schmooze Kanye West Apologizes For Texting During The Cher Show
Do you believe in theater etiquette after portable cellphone technology? I feel something inside me sayin’, I really don’t think we’re strong enough. Join us in some profound second-night of Hanukkah silliness: music mogul Kanye West and mogul-mogul Kim Kardashian attended “The Cher Show,” a new Broadway production focused on the life of singer Cher,…
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The Schmooze Attention: Leonard Cohen Wrote A From-The-Grave Take Down Of Kanye West
Hold on to your fedoras, my friends: Leonard Cohen has spoken from beyond the grave, and the message is: To hell with Kanye West. Yes, just when you think 2018 can’t get any wilder, the lately deceased unofficial poet laureate of the Jewish people pipes up to deliver a warning about false prophets that is…
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The Schmooze Kanye West Will Meet With Jared Kushner And Trump — What Will They Discuss?
If you like human rights, order, ethical government, and a future that looks peaceful and prosperous, America in 2018 is just not for you. But if you like ceaseless, high-stakes DRAMA, you’re in exactly the right place. The New York Times reported that chaotic rapper and celebrity fixture Kanye West will meet with President Donald…
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The Schmooze Paul Simon, Awkwafina, And Kanye To Host Saturday Night Live
Paul Simon, modern Jewish prophet, gave his final live concert last Saturday night, in Corona, Queens, just minutes from his childhood home. “Strange times, aren’t they?” the 76-year-old said, staring up at the purple sky as an airplane few low, en route to La Guardia. He looked out at the crowds. “Don’t give up,” he…
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The Schmooze Kanye Extends An Olive Branch To Drake Over Kim Kardashian Rumors — Just In Time for the High Holidays
The bell of Elul tolls for all of us, and rap gods are no exception. Just days before Rosh Hashanah, rap mogul Kanye West has reached out to musical peer Drake to bury the hatchet over conspiracy theories that, among other things, Drake had an affair with Kanye’s spouse Kim Kardashian. Kim herself came forward…
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