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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Culture Did Kanye and Trump Trade Jewish Gossip — or Just Say ‘L’Chaim’?
Rapper Kanye West paid a visit to Trump Tower on Tuesday to visit with the man he told an audience recently he would have voted for had he voted on Election Day. Two days after that concert, on November 21, the hip-hop superstar cancelled his remaining concerts and was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital,…
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The Schmooze How Kanye West’s ‘Famous’ Video Perpetuates Rape Culture
Lena Dunham was right to situate Kanye West’s latest video — which features Taylor Swift’s likeness laying naked on a bed — in rape culture. I, not you, control who sees you naked, West seems to be telling Swift in “Famous.” Dunham lashed out at West on Monday in an emotional post on her Facebook…
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The Schmooze Kanye West Aims Twitter Rant at Jewish Producer
Kanye has officially out-Kanyed himself. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that have gotten progressively unhinged. Over the last month, the rapper has asked Mark Zuckerberg for a billion dollar bailout, attacked former frenemy Taylor Swift and engaged in much criticized slut-shaming of his ex-girlfriend. His latest victim is Canadian Jewish producer…
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The Schmooze Kanye West Pleads With Mark Zuckerberg for $1B Bailout
Rapper and fashion designer Kanye West, who says he is $53 million in debt, has asked Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion into his “ideas.” West asked his Twitter followers to urge Zuckerberg to support him. “World, please tweet, FaceTime, Facebook, instagram, whatever you gotta do to get Mark to…
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The Schmooze Why Are Non-Jewish Celebs Buying Israel Real-Estate?
After Kanye West performed in Israel on Wednesday night, he presumably had to sleep in a bed that he didn’t own. may not have to suffer that indignity on his next trip to the Holy Land. The Kardashian family, into which he is married, is among a number of non-Jewish American celebrities reportedly shopping for…
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Fast Forward Kanye West to Perform in Israel
The American rapper Kanye West will perform in Israel. Promoters announced the Sept. 30 concert in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, nearly four months after West visited the country with his wife, the reality star Kim Kardashian, and their daughter, North. During the April visit, the power couple baptized North at the Cathedral of St. James…
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The Schmooze Kim Kardashian Posts Photos Of Her Jerusalem Trip
Kim Kardashian has finally given the public a glimpse of her recent visit to Israel with husband Kanye West by posting photos on Twitter and Instagram. After a tour of the Republic of Armenia (Kardashian is half-Armenian), the reality TV star and her hip-hop star husband visited Israel in April. The couple, known as Kimye,…
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The Schmooze Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Baptize North in Jerusalem
Getty Images In a quick visit to Jerusalem, reality TV star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West had their toddler daughter, North West, baptized on Monday at a 12th century Armenian church in the old walled city. Dozens of fans mobbed an SUV that took the couple, their 22-month-old child and Kardashian’s sister Khloe to…
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