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Pictures of Yeezus: Here's What Kanye West Showed at New York Fashion Week

By Sophia Chabbott

Yeezus 2 has come.

Kanye West presented his second-ever Yeezus collection only minutes ago, and it's what you might expect of West, based on his first collection .

Before heading to the clothes, let's talk Wests, Kardashians, Jenners, and little North! Kylie Jenner modeled for the second time in the Vanessa Beecroft-designed installation, where West himself walked up and down the rows of male and female models who stood perfectly still.

Kim Kardashian West was outfitted in a fitted flesh-tone jumpsuit with a duster on top. She brought along cute little North with her, who seemed to be wearing a mini-Yeezus look.

The whole gang showed up, including Kourtney Kardashian and Kendall Jenner, who must have teleported herself to the show, as only an hour earlier she closed Michael Kors (and NYC is basically grid-locked)!

West's designed seemed ripe for a desert warrior. Mesh bodysuits, cargo jackets, and utilitarian hooded jackets were complemented with extreme accessories, such as thigh-high boots. Take a look at the pix and we'll bring you more soon!

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West in Margiela –The signature avant-garde trappings of Parisian fashion house Maison Martin Margiela are the perfect fit for Kanye West’s current Yeezus tour. The polarizing rapper dons customized Maison Martin Margiela pieces as previously reported for the bold new tour supporting his sixth studio album. From veils inspired by the label’s archives to printed trousers or a blanket coat, West makes quite the style statement with diverse details.

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Kanye West Announces ‘Yeezus’ Tour

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Kanye West is taking Yeezus on the road this fall with a seven-week North American tour simply dubbed “The Yeezus Tour.” The run kicks off in Seattle starting October 19th and marks West’s first major return to the road since 2011’s Watch the Throne tour with Jay Z. Kendrick Lamar will support most dates.

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“The Yeezus Tour” will mark the first time fans get to hear a bulk of the rapper’s critically acclaimed material in a live setting, but that’s not to say he hasn’t been prepping for the moment. West made headlines earlier this week for performing last weekend in Kazakhstan at a wedding of the Kazakhstan president’s grandson. He appeared at the MTV VMA Awards last month and delivered a hallowed  performance of “Blood on the Leaves”  and in May, performed “Black Skinhead” and “New Slaves” on the season finale of Saturday Night Live . 

Tickets go on sale on September 13th. 

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10/19 Seattle, WA –  KeyArena  10/20 Vancouver, B.C. –  Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena  10/22 San Jose, CA –  SAP Center 10/23 Oakland, CA –  Oracle Arena 10/25 Las Vegas, NV –  MGM Grand Garden Arena  10/26 Los Angeles, CA –  Staples Center  11/1 Salt Lake City, UT –  EnergySolutions Arena  11/3 Denver, CO –  Pepsi Center  11/5 Minneapolis, MN –  Target Center  11/7 Chicago, IL –  United Center  11/10 Detroit, MI –  Palace of Auburn Hills  11/12 Toronto, Ont. –  Air Canada Centre  11/14 Montreal, Que. – Bell Centre  11/16 Philadelphia, PA –  Wells Fargo Center  11/17 Boston, MA –  TD Garden  11/19 Brooklyn, NY –  Barclays Center  11/21Washington, DC –  Verizon Center  11/23 New York, NY –  Madison Square Garden  11/29 Miami, FL –  AmericanAirlines Arena 11/30 Tampa, FL –  Tampa Bay Times Forum 12/1 Atlanta, GA –  Philips Arena  12/6 Dallas, TX –  American Airlines Center  12/7 Houston, TX –  Toyota Center

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Kanye West Hitting The Road With Kendrick Lamar For 'Yeezus' Tour

Kanye West is ready to take his show on the road. On Friday (September 6) 'Ye created quite the stir when he tweeted a promotion pic for his upcoming Yeezus Tour.

It's his first solo run since 2008's Glow in the Dark Tour. (On his last tour Yeezy shared the bill with Jay Z to promote their 2011 album Watch the Throne. ) The seven-week, 23-city North American run will also feature Kendrick Lamar . It all starts on October 19 at the KeyArena in Seattle, Washington and end on December 7 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. Tickets will go on sale September 13.

West made waves earlier this year when he dropped his now gold-selling Yeezus album. The 10-track LP disregarded tradition as Kanye embarked on a mission with new sounds and new rules, even before Jay Z made it a hashtag. There was no lead-up single, and West premiered the clip for "New Slaves" on the sides of buildings in various cities across the country.

There was no album art, and the physical CD simply came in a clear jewel casing; then of course there were the sonic components. Yeezus, with all of its buzzing bass and electro bleeps and blips made it stand out from every album in Kanye's catalog -- or for that matter, any hip-hop album ever recorded. The innovation was intriguing to Kendrick, who dropped his critically acclaimed debut good kid, m.A.A.d city late last year.

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"It was hard for me to grasp it on the first take," K-Dot [article id="1709638"]told MTV News[/article] in June, just a few days after Yeezus was released. "I got it, but as I kept listening throughout the week, I understood where he was going and that was him stepping out of the box again and doing what he felt.

"And as an artist, we all need to take heat into that and salute that because, at the end of the day, it's so much we can do following radio, following the politics in the business so for somebody to come back again and do what they want, it helps out new cats like myself, Cole, Drake, whoever, so salute."

Yeezus Tour Dates:

» 10/19 - Seattle, WA @ KeyArena * #

» 10/20 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena * #

» 10/22 - San Jose, CA @ SAP Center * #

» 10/23 - Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena * #

» 10/25 - Las Vegas, NV @ MGM Grand Garden Arena * ^

» 10/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center * #

» 11/1 - Salt Lake City, UT @ EnergySolutions Arena * #

» 11/3 - Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center * #

» 11/5 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center * #

» 11/7 - Chicago, IL @ United Center * #

» 11/10 - Detroit, MI @ Palace of Auburn Hills * #

» 11/12 - Toronto, Ont. @ Air Canada Centre * #

» 11/14 - Montreal, Que. @ Bell Centre #

» 11/16 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center ^

» 11/17 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden * #

» 11/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Barclays Center * ^

» 11/21 - Washington, DC @ Verizon Center #

» 11/23 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden * ^

» 11/29 - Miami, FL @ American Airlines Arena * #

» 11/30 - Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum ^

» 12/1 - Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena #

» 12/6 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center #

» 12/7 - Houston, TX @ Toyota Center #

* Tickets on sale Friday, September 13

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What Would Yeezus Wear? Kanye West's Style Evolution

By Evelyn Crowley

“Respect my trendsetting abilities,” decreed Kanye West in a recent New York Times interview . “I understand culture. I am the nucleus.” When it comes to music, the rapper’s six consecutive platinum albums vouch for such claims. But fashion has proven a trickier terrain for West to navigate. A disciple-like enthusiasm and close designer friendships haven’t kept the self-proclaimed “Louis Vuitton Don” from making a few style missteps over the years, from an ill-advised mullet to outlandish gold chains to a fondness for coordinating outfits with girlfriend (and mother of his newborn daughter), Kim Kardashian.

More notably, West’s wardrobe has taken a turn for the androgynous, with the rapper performing in outré pieces like a beaded Maison Martin Margiela mask, a Céline silk blouse, and a leather Givenchy skirt. Such ensembles reflect the same boundary-pushing impulse at play in West’s new album, Yeezus, out today. Aggressive and brash, the record is the performer’s most provocative to date. (Almost as provocative as, say, a rap star wearing a skirt).

Trendsetting prowess aside, it’s ultimately West’s ability to think outside the menswear department—expressing himself as freely through fashion as he does through verse—that cements his status as a true style original.

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Kanye West – 21-time Grammy Award®-winner and 52-time Grammy® nominee – brings “The Yeezus Tour” with Kendrick Lamar to The Palace of Auburn Hills, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m.

The November 10 Kanye West show at The Palace of Auburn Hills has been postponed. The show has been rescheduled to occur on December 19.

Fans should hold onto their tickets, as tickets for the November 10 show will be honored on December 19.

Tickets at $89.50, $59.50 and $39.50 reserved are on sale now at Palacenet.com, The Palace Ticket Store and all Ticketmaster locations, including The Locker Room Store at Great Lakes Crossing. Tickets may be also charged by phone to American Express, Discover, Visa and MasterCard by calling 800.745.3000.

The seven week, 23-city North American tour presented by AEG Live - in support of his gold album Yeezus, the most critically acclaimed new album of 2013 and the sixth consecutive #1 album of his storied career. West – a legendary live performer - combines state-of-the-art staging, production, and lighting design with his unmatched aesthetic, visionary creative mind, and an increasingly impressive catalogue of hits spanning his decade-long career. To date, West has sold over 30 million albums and over 78 million digital tracks worldwide.

Joining West in exclusive support on “The Yeezus Tour” will be Top Dawg Entertainment’s own Kendrick Lamar, who has emerged as one of the-brightest young talents in hip-hop today. Lamar’s debut album good kid, m.A.A.d city, released last October, was recently certified platinum by the RIAA.

“The Yeezus Tour” is West’s first major itinerary since his “Watch The Throne” tour with Jay Z in 2011 - the highest grossing tour in hip-hop history – and his first solo tour since 2008’s critically acclaimed “Glow In The Dark” tour. Recently, the Washington Post hailed West as “a visionary who’s managed to tweak the serial rhythms that dictate so much of our pop culture diet. He doesn’t do cliffhangers. He jumps off…We gasp, gawk and wonder, ‘Where will he land?’”

West’s recent effort Yeezus has been hailed by critics as the album of the year; The New York Times raved “the album is one long, efficient, inventive kick in the head,” while the Daily News agreed that YEEZUS was “punk in attitude, genius in execution.” Rolling Stone argued the album was “a brilliant, obsessive-compulsive career auto-correct…This isn’t just a way to stay ahead of the competition; it’s a way to stay ahead of himself.” The New Yorker echoed the sentiment, proclaiming YEEZUS as “technically breathtaking…Twenty years from now, West’s previous records will remain important, but a new generation may first gravitate to the lean vibrancy of this one.” USA Today weighed in with “…a polarizing, multi-layered body of work that probably will be debated all summer. Who does that besides Kanye West?” Entertainment Weekly summed things up with “Kanye West has gone rogue again. Did you expect anything less? The job of an innovator, of course, is to keep innovating… …he pushes the envelope aesthetically.”

West again pushed the envelope at the 30th anniversary 2013 MTV VMAs, with his visually stunning, silhouetted performance of “Blood On The Leaves,” from Yeezus. The performance made VMA history, marking West’s seventh showcase at the awards spectacular, tying him with Madonna as the two artists with the most number of VMA performances. West has delivered some of the most visually stunning and memorable - and controversial - performances in the annals of the MTV VMAs.

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By Ryan Dombal

June 18, 2013

Look at the song title "I Am a God" and it seems like easy blasphemy-- Kanye West 's update of John Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" shocker from 1966. But just as the Beatle's proclamation was fuller and wiser in context-- "I believe that what people call God is something in all of us," Lennon would later explain-- "I Am a God" is not simply the latest self-important blast from one of pop culture's pre-eminent egoists. For starters, the track sounds less triumphant than breathtakingly vexed, crashing in with a gnarled dancehall vocal sample and paranoid sawtooth synths that aim to destroy. Here, Kanye raps about loyalty, respect, threesomes, and, yes, croissants with the urgency of someone being chased by a 30-ton steamroller. The song is pierced by a series of primal screams, pixelated outbursts that are only briefly able to halt the beat's heaving evil. In Kanye's hands, being a god sounds stressful as hell, something we can all relate to, and the song's apparent inspiration  is a passage from the book of Psalms: "I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most High."

These are the immeasurably lofty stakes Kanye deals in on Yeezus , his sixth solo album. His intensity here has a heightened desperation as he howls into the void, but the Chicago native has always been beguiled by the view from above. Take " Jesus Walks ", where he references another Psalm while gasping from on high: "I walk through the valley of the Chi where death is/ Top floor, the view alone will leave you breathless." Then, on "POWER", he contemplates leaping out of the penthouse, "letting everything go." In a way, Yeezus is the panicked sound of that ensuing free-fall, a rush of angst and despair with absolutely nothing left to lose.

The album is something of a razor-sharpened take on 2008's distressed 808s & Heartbreak and marks a blunt break with the filigreed maximalism Kanye so thoroughly nailed on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy . In hindsight, the latter record-- with its ingratiating GOOD Fridays buildup, endless guest list, and uncharacteristically apologetic interview sessions -- was his attempt at recapturing a superstar-sized American audience after a slew of entertaining-yet-questionable PR incidents . Except it didn't exactly work: While Twisted Fantasy was universally lauded and went platinum, it still stands as Kanye's worst-selling album to date, failing to produce a top 10 single. But even if it wasn't a chart smash, the intricacy and durability of Twisted Fantasy incubated the Cult of Kanye to an extreme level. "I’d rather piss a bunch of people off and make myself happy than make everyone else happy and be pissed off inside," he told VIBE around the release of 808s . Yeezus doubles-down on this exclusionary philosophy: "Soon as they like you, make 'em unlike you/ 'Cause kissing people ass is so unlike you."

For Kanye, there's purpose in repulsion. And on Yeezus , he trades out smooth soul and anthemic choruses for jarring electro, acid house, and industrial grind while delivering some of his most lewd and heart-crushing tales yet. This is willful provocation that Ice Cube , Madonna , and Trent Reznor could all be proud of. Some of the record has him tackling the same issues he's been rapping about since The College Dropout , albeit with a fire-eyed stare. On his debut's "Family Business", he poignantly lamented a jailed cousin's absence at the Thanksgiving dinner table in a manner "so sweet, like a photo of your granny's picture." On Yeezus , he's still addressing the plight of incarcerated black men, but now he's incensed. With "New Slaves", he confronts us with vulgar stereotypes while exposing the prison-industrial complex for the deeply systemic racist sham that it is.

Meanwhile, XXX creeper "I'm In It" sounds like a dancehall orgasm mired in quicksand and makes previous come-ons like "Slow Jamz" come off like Disney theme songs. "The kids and the wife life, but can't wake up from the nightlife," says the new father on that track's knowingly button-pushing final verse. "I'm so scared of my demons/ I go to sleep with a nightlight." Kanye told The New York Times he's recently reached a new level of Zen, but this is the opposite of beach-chair music. Perhaps the album's most explicit lines are the blurry fantasies of a confessed porn addict who's described his daughter's mother as a "superstar all from a home movie." Without much room for levity, Kanye's complicated and distrustful view of women is unrelenting on Yeezus . And while there's no real excuse for flat oafishness like "eatin' Asian pussy, all I need was sweet and sour sauce," many of the album's most powerful moments have him broken down, insecure, and bloody, railing against an ineptitude with the opposite sex.

Album pinnacle "Blood on the Leaves" tells a nightmarish story of divorce and betrayal, all while samples of Nina Simone 's pitched-up "Strange Fruit" and TNGHT 's demonic "R U Ready" horns play yin and yang to the protagonist's alternately sorrowful and furious headspace. "Hold My Liquor" and "Guilt Trip", meanwhile, find Kanye trying to restate his manhood while his emotions crumble around him; if he's not drunk and swerve-y, trying vainly to reconcile with an ex, he's hoping to brag himself out of being dumped. Caustic humor shows up now and then, buoying certain lines or tracks like "Send It Up" and "Bound 2", but it's often fleeting. As on "Runaway" , there's something palpably sad about the men in these songs, which twists them away from misogynistic assertions of power toward feelings that are ultimately more self-destructive. As contemporaries like Jay-Z , Beyoncé , and Justin Timberlake increasingly devote their music to largely winning tales of contentment, Kanye is unwilling or unable to settle for settling down.

This discomfort is essential to his enduring appeal. For instance, instead of working with giant phone companies to guarantee commercial success, a la his big brother , Kanye's now making a point out of rejecting corporate sponsorship. Whether it's a meaningful stance or a blindly contrarian move is up for debate. But after  recent tensions between  hip-hop and corporate America, visceral and disturbing lines like "put my fist in her like a civil rights sign" put Kanye beyond the reach of mainstream brands hoping to siphon his credibility. As he told the Times , he's not disinterested in the idea of big companies or big money-- he compared himself to Steve Jobs, after all-- but he wants control.

The restlessness spreads to his aesthetic and collaborative choices. Rather than relying on known hitmakers to augment his music, Kanye solicited ideas from exciting up-and-comers including Hudson Mohawke , Young Chop , and Arca . And even veteran producers involved in the project, like Rick Rubin and Daft Punk , were seemingly chosen not for their name recognition but their history of rule-breaking. In the mid-1980s, Rubin veered away from the colorful, party-starting tones of early rap music and created bare, hard beats for LL Cool J, Run-D.M.C., and the Beastie Boys-- a perfect fit for Yeezus ' less-is-more snarl. And though Kanye's blaring, digitized assault couldn't be further from Daft Punk's naturalistic, groove-based Random Access Memories , the artists share a basic philosophy. As Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter recently said of their new record: "We had the luxury to do things that so many people cannot do, but it doesn't mean that with luxury comes comfort."

The idea extends to the how Yeezus treats the human voice. Running with the confounding hook from last year's "Mercy" , dancehall patois is scattered throughout, bringing with it that music's sense of menacing confrontation. And Bon Iver 's Justin Vernon shows up on a few tracks, using his voice to give the darkness an angelic tint. Expanding upon the cracked vocal experimentation on Twisted Fantasy 's "Blame Game", Kanye's own voice is often shadowed by pitched-down ghouls. And though he could've likely chosen any rapper on earth to guest on the riotous "Send It Up"-- probably the most likely, if not only, chance Yeezus has for a rap-radio hit-- he chose Chicago's relatively unknown King L . His presence, along with that of fellow Chi-town driller Chief Keef , makes the message clear: America may want to ignore these young black men from the gang-strewn South Side, but here, they have a voice.

All of these unlikely choices demonstrate how cohesion and bold intent are at a premium on  Yeezus , perhaps more than any other Kanye album. Each fluorescent strike of noise, incongruous tempo flip, and warped vocal is bolted into its right place across the record's fast 40 minutes. The precise approach runs through Yeezus ' guerrilla-style promotion, too, which found an army of dark vans lighting projections onto buildings around the world, itself a boots-on-the-ground reaction to today's InstaTweet brand of music dissemination. I went to one of these impromptu happenings last Saturday night, in the middle of Manhattan. At 1:20 a.m., the words "NOT FOR SALE" lit up on the south side of the Louis Vuitton building. A few guys ran across the street with Christmas-morning glee, snapping photos. Then, Kanye's starkly-lit visage appeared to recite "New Slaves"'s anti-consumerist lines as cabs streaked by the luxury stores below. His was the only black face to be seen across the jumbo ads lining an eerily desolate 5th Ave. The van soon closed its doors and drove away; the culture bomb’s flash was over in an instant, but the reverberations were just starting to spread.

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After reports claimed Ye, formerly known as Kanye West , would be starting an adult film studio , many fans of the superstar began scratching their heads, considering his time as a born-again Christian that resulted in his Jesus Is King era and collaborations with several Gospel greats.

Wednesday (April 25), Ye confirmed the report via his own Instagram, writing “YEEZY PORN IS CU**ING,” to the disappointment of many fans who feel the venture isn’t suited for anyone who once claimed to follow Christian values, as monetizing lust doesn’t quite fit the bill.

“Listening to Kanye West’s album ‘Jesus is King’ and meditating for him to have revelation to Rebuke the demons that are telling him to start a porn company,” tweeted one disapproving follower, with another writing, “he went from YEEZUS to YEEZPORN… at this point the only way for Kanye to really change is to get out of the ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, because it is destroying him! PRAY for this brother!”

As recently as December 2022, West himself asserted that the enjoyment of pornography can be linked to pedophilia, an extreme assumption that obviously contradicts where he is today.

This is what Kanye West (Ye) said about porn on Alex Jones pic.twitter.com/3T0btjAQoM https://t.co/6kPZXPNCAS — An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) April 23, 2024

As Ye gears up for his next phase, take a look and listen to some of the best music produced during his gospel era, including tracks from The Life Of Pablo , Jesus Is King, Sunday Service Choir album Jesus Is Born , and more.

"Ultralight Beam" ft. Chance The Rapper, Kirk Franklin, The Dream and Kelly Price

“Ultralight Beam” finds Ye and company praying for serenity, peace and love in a world full of chaos and hate, with The Dream singing, “I’m tryna keep my faith, But I’m looking for more, Somewhere I can feel safe, And end my holy war, I’m tryna keep my faith.”

Kelly Price then takes us to church, asserting she will always look to “the light” for guidance before Chance promises to keep his “foot on the devil’s neck.”

And for those who don’t know, an “Ultralight Beam” is a metaphor for having a “connection that goes straight to heaven,” according to producer Derek Watkins, formerly known as Fonzworth Bentley.

"Every Hour"

This Jesus Is King opening track is a rousing, old school praise anthem that could easily fall into The Clark Sister’s catalogue. Thanks to the stunning vocal performance of the Sunday Service Choir, it stands as one of Ye’s simplest, yet most powerful tracks among the many crafted by the Chicago musician.

"Hands On" Ft. Fred Hammond

“Hands On” hits hard for fans who, like Ye, are conflicted about their own behavior as it pertains to their faith. West admits that he’s often strayed from God’s word and “worked for the devil” in many ways before declaring he “told the devil that I’m going on a strike” and is even ready to square up with the evil entity “on sight.”

He’s also honest about feeling rejected and judged by “The Christians,” rhyming, “He ain’t even try to get permission, Ask for advice and they dissed him, Said I’m finna do a gospel album, What have you been hearin’ from the Christians? They’ll be the first ones to judge me, Make it feel like nobody love me.”

This absolutley angelic cover of SWV’s “Rain” is a gospel -fueled remake that slightly alters the lyrics, imploring God to “rain” down his mercy and love.

“So just rain down, Lord, Lord, please, Let your love fall like rain, Just rain, Lord, please,” the chorus begs.

Another stand-out track from the 27-minute Jesus Is King album, “On God” finds the rapper confirming that his life’s successes are thanks to his belief in a higher power, rapping, “How you get so much favor on your side?, Accept Him as your Lord and Savior,’ I replied.”

He also admits to slipping up on his journey, leaning on his pride when it came to demanding recognition from others. Still, he acknowledges that all of his blessing come from God, his favor being a motivating factor in West going so hard in his career.

"Father Stretch"

West’s “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1” is a favorite from 2016 drop The Life of Pablo , but while it samples classic gospel tune “Father I Stretch My Hands” by musician and preacher  T. L. Barrett , Ye’s sexually explicit lyrics keep it from truly being about the glory of God.

“Father Stretch,” the sequel included on the Sunday Service Choir’s Jesus Is Born , leans more into its gospel elements and omits the “bleached a**hole” lyrics of the first.

"Jesus Walks"

The one that started it all, Kanye’s “Jesus Walks” was a monumental release when it dropped back in 2004. The rapper fully embraced his faith on the track, and did so at a time when rappers would definitely lose cool points for doing just that. The song peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became West’s fourth consecutive top-twenty hit in the U.S.

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A Timeline of Drake & Ye’s Relationship: From Friends to Feuds

The two rap titans started as friends before the relationship soured.

By Michael Saponara

Michael Saponara

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Drake and Ye — formerly known as Kanye West — have just about seen it all throughout their decorated careers. The pair of rap titans have been friends, collaborators, mentors, enemies and more over the course of the last 15 years.

The 6 God once hailed Ye as the “most influential” person on his sound, and he’s gone on to live out his “Thank Me Now” lyrics of seeing his idols become rivals, as Drizzy and West are currently entrenched in a feud with no sign of reconciliation on the horizon.

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After meeting in Hawaii, West took Drake under his wing and directed the music video to his So Far Gone breakout hit “Best I Ever Had” in 2009.

By the mid-2010s, they were working on a collab project that could’ve shifted the paradigm in hip-hop, but the rappers went their separate ways and have been sending shots in an on-and-off-again feud since.

It was thought that their beef was finally squashed for good in December 2021 when J. Prince helped broker a truce for Drake and Ye to reunite on stage at the Free Larry Hoover Benefit concert in Los Angeles.

However, their relationship eventually went awry again. In April 2024, West threw his hat into the ring to enter the rap civil war, going against Drake when hopping on a remix to Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Like That.”

Check out Billboard ‘s timeline about how Ye and Drake got to this point in their love-hate relationship over the years.

September 2007: Drake Freestyles Over "Barry Bonds"

Drake showed respect to Ye from the early days of the latter’s career while freestyling over the thumping “Barry Bonds” beat on Drizzy’s 2007 Comeback Season mixtape. “Barry Bonds” was on Ye’s Graduation album as a Lil Wayne collaboration, which arrived shortly after Drake’s mixtape; it’s unclear how Drizzy got the beat ahead of time.

September 2008: Drake Freestyles Over"Swagga Like Us"

Rap’s ultimate posse cut arrived in ’08 with T.I., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne and Ye joining forces for “Swagga Like Us.” The braggadocios track peaked at no. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Drake wanted in on the hip-hop titans teaming up, and freestyled over West’s production to showcase he can go toe-to-toe with the best the genre has to offer.

February 2009: Drake Makes Ye's '808s & Heartbreak' Opener His Canvas

Drake’s breakout mixtape So Far Gone included another hat tip to West by making the desolate electro-pop 808s & Heartbreak opener “Say You Will” his own canvas, which he repackaged as “Say What’s Real.”

May 2009: Drake Calls Ye the 'Most Influential Person' on His Sound

Drake showered Ye with praise in a 2009 interview with MTV. Drizzy had met the “Good Life” rapper months prior in Hawaii while West was working on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy .

“Before I ever got the chance to meet him, Kanye West shaped a lot of what I do, as far as music goes,” Drake said at the time. “We always, always, always took the time to listen to Kanye’s music and appreciate it beyond. We searched the samples and we find out where his inspiration came from, because he has one of the best ears in music, period. He knows how to recognize great music that’s not his. He knows how to utilize great sounds and great music. So before I met him, I had the utmost respect for Kanye West. I’d even go as far as to say he’s the most influential person as far as a musician that I’d ever had in my life.”

May 2009: Ye Says Drake Had the Best Bar of '09

Ye returned the favor when crowning Drake with the best line of 2009 on Young Money’s “Every Girl.”

West wrote on his Kanye Universecity blog: “Drake said, ‘Do you like girls like I do?? Les-bi-honest!!!!!’ Best line of the year so far!”

Drake later told MTV in response to the props: “I feel like it’s funny, because that’s something he might have said. [But] it’s an honor that he’s even looking at me as somewhat of an equal, somewhat of a peer. I think he’s one of the greatest to ever do it.”

July 2009: West Directs Drake's "Best I Ever Had" Video

Ye put his creative vision to work when hopping behind the lens to direct the visual for Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” anthem. West had Drake play the coach of a women’s basketball team that certainly wasn’t lacking in the breast department.

August 2009: Drake & Kanye West Team Up With Eminem & Lil Wayne for "Forever"

Drake may have missed out on “Swagga Like Us,” but he made sure to find his way on the next hip-hop posse cut. “Forever” served as a knighting of sorts with Eminem, Ye and Lil Wayne welcoming Drizzy into rap’s pantheon.

April 2010: Kanye West Produces on Drake's Debut Album 'Thank Me Later'

West wasn’t featured as a vocal guest on Drake’s Thank Me Later , but produced the island-tinged “Find Your Love” and is credited as a co-writer on the 2010 debut album track. Ye also produced a song titled “You Know You Know,” which didn’t make the final album’s cut and ended up leaking months later.

November 2010: Drake Credited on Ye's "All of the Lights" & His Verse Leaks

Drake is credited with providing additional vocals on the luscious “All of the Lights,” in which Kanye spared no expense and brought in myriad talented collaborators to contribute to the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy standout.

While he’s barely on the original album version, an unofficial “All of the Lights” remix arrived following the track’s release, and finds Drake alongside Lil Wayne and Big Sean.

January 2011: Drake Swipes at Jay-Z & Ye While Teasing Lil Wayne Joint Album

Drake appears to take a jab at Ye and Jay-Z as they prepared to deliver Watch the Throne during his 2011 Tim Westwood interview.

“I heard some other guys are coming out with an album too,” Drake said while teasing that he and Wayne were teaming up for a joint project. “There’s two other rappers that are coming out with an album together. I don’t know where they got that idea.”

October 2011: Drake Says It's His Goal to 'Surpass' West

Drake shows love to Ye and says it’s an “honor” to be even compared to him, but makes it known it’s a competition out there, and his plans were to one day “surpass” West’s accomplishments in hip-hop.

“It’s an honor. When I was a kid trying to figure out what I liked, it was Ye who I related to the most. He was an artist, in every sense, from his cover art to his music. Now, I would say, he is [a] really great competitor and friend,” he told The Source . “My goal is to surpass everything he’s accomplished. I don’t want to be as good as Kanye — I want to be better.”

August 2013: Ye Appears at Drake's OVO Fest

Ye made an appearance at Drake’s OVO Fest in 2013. “Me and Hov would’ve never made  Watch the Throne  if [Drake] wasn’t putting pressure on us like that, so I just want to pay my respects,” West said on stage. Drake called Ye’s support at his festival the “most important moment in my career to date.”

February 2014: Drake Snipes at 'Yeezus,' West Responds

Drake jabbed at some of Ye’s bars on Yeezus . “There were some real questionable bars on there,” he told Rolling Stone . “Like that ‘Swaghili’ line? Come on, man. Even Fabolous wouldn’t say some s–t like that.” However, he saluted West as the “reason” he’s here.

Ye responded on the Yeezus Tour, not leaning into the feud and claiming it was all “love” between both parties. “They always be trying to pit n—as against each other and it ain’t going down no more. So, tonight it ain’t none of that. We love Drake,” West told the New Jersey crowd.

March 2015: Ye Says Drake Inspired Him to Hit the Studio

A decade into his career, Ye needed a push creatively, and Drake’s run of hits helped provide that inspiration to hit the studio and take things to another level in the mid-2010s.

“Someone who’s like, ‘Come on, man, get back up!’ I was sitting there getting fat. Sitting back, just knocked everybody out. And then this guy hits the gym, he’s just running around like, ‘Pow, 14 hits’ I’m like, ‘Whoa. Let me go to the studio, then. Let’s see what’s happening. Let me get these lyrics up,'” Ye told Clique . “So, that’s where we at right now, that’s where you getting these records from.”

January 2016: Drake Boasts His Pool Is Bigger Than Ye's

Drake kicked off 2016 with “Summer Sixteen,” in which he flexed about allegedly having a bigger pool in his backyard than his Calabasas neighbors Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. “Now I got a house in L.A., now I got a bigger pool than Ye/ And look man, Ye’s pool is nice, mine’s just bigger’s what I’m saying/ I’m that n—a’s what I’m saying,” he raps.

February 2016: Drake Earns Writing Credit on 'The Life of Pablo'

Drake is credited as a co-writer on The Life of Pablo sleeper “30 Hours” featuring André 3000. Drizzy allegedly recorded an early demo , and the reference track leaked on social media following TLOP ‘s arrival.

August 2016: Ye Pulls Up to OVO Fest & Teases Drake Joint Album

Ye made another OVO Fest appearance in Toronto, where he ran through a mini-set and teased that a collab album with Drake was on the horizon. “This man is the reason I’m on this stage. My biggest inspiration,” Drizzy said to the audience about Ye.

Later that month, billboards hinting at the joint project began popping up, reading “Calabasas is the new Abu Dhabi” with the logos of OVO and Ye’s G.O.O.D. Music.

pic.twitter.com/vWIdPmvQ7G — G.O.O.D. MUSIC (@GOODMUSIC) August 28, 2016

November 2016: Ye Rants About Drake & DJ Khaled's "For Free" Dominating Radio

West took the stage in Sacramento on Nov. 19, 2016, in what would end up being the final date of the Saint Pablo Tour, as he was hospitalized days later and canceled the rest of the trek due to extreme exhaustion and stress. In his final minutes on stage, the rapper went on a stream of consciousness in which he in part ranted about the success of DJ Khaled and Drake’s multi-platinum “For Free” dominating radio airwaves.

“We can love each other, but the rules gotta be fair,” he said. “Khaled, and Drake, and radio, and Doc, and 92.3 and everybody — is it just me or did you hear that song so many times? You say you wanna play it ‘For Free’? Ayy, ayy, you know what it is, though.”

February 2017: Drake Responds to Ye's Radio Rant

Drake responded to Ye’s radio rant targeting his and DJ Khaled’s “For Free” in an interview with DJ Semtex. The OVO boss also alluded to how he and Yeezy were working toward a joint album, so dissing him didn’t make sense.

“Because in the same breath, I went from, like, working on a project with him, to him sorta publicly s—ting on me and DJ Khaled for being on the radio too much,” he said. “I’m not sure why we’re the target of your choice that you made that night. And yeah, I accept what you’re going through, and I just go and continue working on my own thing.”

March 2017: Drake & Ye Toast to 'More Life'

Drake recruited West to appear on his More Life playlist, and the duo teamed up for the underwhelming “Glow.” At this point, the OVO honcho and Yeezy’s relationship was starting to fracture, and the rap titans haven’t collaborated on a track in the years since.

May 2018: West Produced Pusha T's "Infrared" Taking Shots at Drake

Pusha T sniped at Drake on Daytona’s closing track “Infrared,” which is produced by West (he helmed the entire project). King Push taps Drizzy with ghostwriting allegations by bringing up Quentin Miller, who was credited on several tracks of Drake’s 2015 mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late . “It was written like Nas, but it came from Quentin,” Pusha raps.

May 2018: Drake Responds With Shots at Ye on "Duppy Freestyle"

Drake quickly responded to Pusha T with “Duppy Freestyle,” but it wasn’t only King Push in his crosshairs, as there was plenty of smoke for Ye too. Drizzy puts West on blast because Drake allegedly helped Ye complete a handful of recent records.

“I’ve done things for him I thought that he never would need/ Father had to stretch his hands out and get it from me/ I pop style for 30 hours then let him repeat,” Drake raps.

June 2018: Drake Releases 'Scorpion' Album, Joe Budden Believes It's Filled With Shots at Ye

Drake released his Scorpion album in June 2018 while Ye was rolling out his string of G.O.O.D. Music projects. Fans and industry critics alike speculated Drizzy was jabbing at West throughout the album. Joe Budden theorized on his eponymous podcast that verses on “Emotionless” and “8 Out of 10” were connected and taking aim at Ye.

“He bodies this flip of the word ‘good’ throughout this whole song. So much so, if you’re not really paying attention you think he’s just using the word good — he ain’t. Owls are a sign of good luck, correct? What I think he’s saying is they’re switching camps,” Budden suggested.

August 2018: Ye Denies Feeding Pusha T Information About Drake's Son

Pusha T alleged that Drake was hiding a son in diss track “The Story of Adidon.” Fans speculated that Ye was the one to feed Push the information about little Adonis — whose existence was previously not public knowledge — since Drake reportedly headed to work with Kanye in Wyoming months earlier, but West denied sharing the news.

“I’m Ye. I got major things to do other than be telling him some information about Drake,” Ye said to WGCI . “I honestly don’t care that much, in all honesty. When we talk about the Drake thing, it hits me in a really sensitive place because you hang around people and they come to your house and be around your family and this and that.

“And then they get mad about a beat and send you purple demon emojis. We understand that he got upset about [‘The Story of Adidon’]. I feel that it was insensitive for him to, in any way, stress me out in any way after TMZ, while I’m in Wyoming healing, pulling all the pieces together, working on my music.”

September 2018: West Apologizes to Drake for Role in Pusha T Feud

Yeezy attempted to broker a peace treaty between OVO and G.O.O.D. Music with Drake and Pusha T’s feud simmering. West sent his well wishes and tried to clear the static .

“Sending good energy and love to Drake and family and crew,” West tweeted at the time. “I haven’t seen the show in person but the images look incredible online. I understand where the confusion started.”

Ye also went on to publicly deny giving Pusha the information about Adonis for “Story of Adidon.” He apologized for stepping on Scorpion ‘s release date with his string of G.O.O.D. Music releases in June 2018, in addition to how he released “Lift Yourself” himself as a troll after promising Drake he could hop on it.

“There should have been no songs with my involvement that had any negative energy towards you,” Ye added.

September 2018: Kim Kardashian Denies Drake Rumors

West’s wife at the time, Kim Kardashian, shut down rumors that she had been romantically involved with Drake in the past. The Shade Room posted an Everyday Struggle clip of Nick Cannon and DJ Akademiks speculating whether the reality star and Drake had ever hooked up, and she hopped into the Instagram comments section to deny the rumors. “Never happened,” she wrote. “End of story.”

September 2018: Ye Demands Drake Deny Kim K. Romance Rumors

Ye went on another Twitter rant calling for Drake to put an end to the speculation tying “Kiki” — whom Drizzy references on “In My Feelings” — to Kim Kardashian.

“The fact that people are making rumors and thinking that you f–ked my wife and you’re not saying anything and you’re carrying it well like that,” Ye said at the time. “Don’t sit well with my spirit. You know, if I had a girlfriend from Chicago and her name was Ranita and you were married to Rihanna, I wouldn’t make no song called RiRi. So when you’re like, ‘Oh, I don’t know where it comes from.’ You’re too smart for that, bro. You know where it came from.”

October 2018: Drake Feels Ye Manipulated Him With Wyoming Invite

Months after the dust settled following the Drake and Pusha T drama, fans were still searching for answers. The 6 God pulled up to The Shop , where he opened up about his trip to Ye’s writing camp in Wyoming earlier in 2018.

Drake revealed he allegedly played Weest unreleased music, including “March 14,” which includes references to his son and baby mama that the public didn’t know about yet.

“He sold me on this whole speech of like, ‘I’m in a great place, I’m making money, and I’m a father, and I wanna be Quincy Jones and help you,'” Drake said. “‘But in order to do that, you’ve gotta be transparent with me, you gotta play me your music and you gotta tell me when you’re dropping. And I know you don’t like to do things like that.’ I guess we all kind of felt a genuine vibe from it, so I played him my music and I told him when I was dropping.”

He continued to say he felt manipulated and betrayed by Ye for confiding in him about certain things regarding his growing family. Drizzy reportedly even showed him a photo of his son, and claimed that Ye lied about working on an album slated for the summer ( ye dropped in June).

“I tell him I’m having trouble with my son’s mother. We had a conversation,” Drake added. “Oh, this guy’s trolling me. This was like a manipulative, like, ‘I wanna break you’ thing. I said, ‘Alright, I’m gonna go back to distancing myself again. I know what this is.'”

December 2018: Ye Demands an Apology & Meetup With Drake

Another day, another Ye rant in 2018. West used an alleged text seeking clearance for Drake’s “Say What’s Real” to go to streaming (The So Far Gone track sampled Ye’s “Say You Will”) to go after the 6 God once again.

“This proves s–t faker than wrestling for mentioning the 350s and trying to take food out your idols kids mouths,” he tweeted, seeking an apology for Drizzy’s “No Stylist” jab. “Been trying to meet with you for six months bro. You sneak dissing on Travis [Scott] records and texting Kris Jenner talking bout how’s the family. Sending purple emojis when I’m dealing with mental s–t I need my apologies now. Not through Scooter [Braun] either. Not through Travis.”

December 2018: Y Claims Drake Is Threatening Him

Ye exploded in a lengthy tweet rant that went on for more than 125 messages, reigniting his feud with Drake. It was seemingly sparked by a phone conversation between the two during which Ye claimed Drizzy threatened him. “So Drake if anything happens to me or anyone from my family you are the first suspect — so cut the tough talk,” he wrote at the time.

“There would never be a Drake without a Kanye West so never open your mouth with a threat,” Ye continued.

West didn’t stop there: He referred to Drake as a “bully” and demanded Drizzy “leave … [his] family alone.” The epic rant also spawned the famous “He running around like he Pac” tweet.

December 2019: Drake Addresses the Feud on 'Rap Radar'

Drake sat down for a two-hour interview with Rap Radar, discussing a multitude of topics, including his issues with Yeezy, which he said he had no interest in patching up.

“That’s where all of this stems from,” he said of West and his war with Pusha. “It’s all rooted in that situation, yes. I think that [Ye] definitely recruited a guy with a similar dislike for me no matter what he says in interviews. I know that there’s something there that bothers him deeply and yeah, I can’t fix it for him. It just is what it is.”

However, he’s wasn’t going to walk back the past praise he’d showered on Ye. “He’s still my — obviously with the exception of Lil Wayne and if I look at Hov — as the guy who truly shaped the majority of my thinking, skillset, all those things, Kanye West would be my favorite artist all around,” Drake declared. “And that’s just facts. I have no problem saying that. Things have changed. I’m not just some kid that’s a fan anymore. Now we have personal situations, and like I said, a lot of his issues with me, I can’t fix them for him.”

August 2021: Ye Seemingly Doxxes Drake Following Trippie Redd Collab Diss

Drake reignited his beef with Ye ahead of their album showdown with his guest verse on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal.” The OVO mogul wasn’t considering any kind of armistice. “All these fools I’m beefin’ that I barely know/ 45, 45 (Burned out), let it go/ Ye ain’t changin’ s–t for me, it’s set in stone,” he raps.

Ye got wind of the jabs and appeared to dox Drake by revealing what may have been Drizzy’s Toronto address before later deleting the tweet. He entered his “Joker” era with more threats at the 6 God. “I live for this. I’ve been fucked with by nerd a– jock n—as like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you,” he declared.

Drake didn’t take anything too seriously, as he shared an Instagram Story laughing off West’s latest antics.

August-September 2021: Ye & Drake Go "Back to Back" With Album Showdown

The feud reached a head with Ye stepping on another Drake release date by cutting him in line with Donda arriving four days before Certified Lover Boy . Both albums debuted atop the Billboard 200. Donda moved 309,000 album-equivalent units in less than a full sales week before being replaced at the summit by Drake as CLB sold 613,000 album units .

December 2021: Kanye West & Drake Reunite for Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert

Drake and Ye agreed to put their differences aside for the greater good in a prison reform fundraiser spreading awareness surrounding the incarcerated Gangster Disciples leader Larry Hoover. Rap-A-Lot Records co-founder J. Prince helped broker a meeting to arrange the unlikely peace treaty as Ye and Drizzy agreed to hit the stage for the Free Larry Hoover Benefit concert.

The pair of rap titans put on a united front while running through plenty of hits from their decorated discographies at the Coliseum show in Los Angeles.

“I appreciate Kanye for having me up here tonight,” Drake said on stage of the surreal scene that didn’t seem possible a couple of months earlier. “It’s important that we make this happen. When we were walking through the arches right there it felt like a dream. It felt surreal. It was something I always wanted to do being on stage with my idol as he’s running through one of the best catalogs in music, period.”

Forever 🕊🦉 pic.twitter.com/FXlf02TNqH — Donda’s Place (@dondas___place) December 10, 2021

Ye x Drake walk out #FreeLarryHoover pic.twitter.com/wH0UGfcUXr — Donda’s Place (@dondas___place) December 10, 2021

April 2023: Drake Samples Kim Kardashian for "Search and Rescue"

Drake stirred the pot with Ye once more with his “Search and Rescue” single. Drake elected to use himself and a mystery woman in motorcycle helmets as the cover art, which some speculated to be Kim Kardashian. However, it was quickly debunked and uncovered that the woman in the artwork is artist and model Lilah Pi.

Although Kardashian’s voice is sampled on “Search and Rescue,” it was a quote from the reality star talking to her mother on Keeping Up With the Kardashians about her divorce from Kanye that ended up making the cut. “I didn’t come this far, just to come this far and not be happy,” she cryptically said on the series finale.

November 2023: Drake Blasts Yeezy's Truce on "Red Button"

2023 couldn’t expire without Drake getting another dig in at Ye. The 6 God returned in November 2023 to deliver his For All the Dogs Scary Hours Edition . Drake blasts West on “Red Button” for using their truce as a setup to go behind his back, and he’s not falling for any of his olive branches anymore.

“Every time you need me for a boost, I never hesitated/ Every time that Yeezy called a truce, he had my head inflated/ Thinkin’ we gon’ finally peace it up and get to levitatin’/ Realize that everything premeditated,” Drake raps.

April 2024: Ye Releases "Like That" Remix

West was only going to stay quiet so long as a rap war waged, especially with a plethora of rappers ganging up on Drake. Yeezy delivered a remix to Future and Metro Boomin’s Kendrick Lamar-assisted Drake diss track “Like That” on April 20.

The remix isn’t on streaming services, but is available on West’s website. Ye took aim at Drake and brought up the 6 God’s reported massive licensing deal with Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Group.

“Where’s Lucian? Serve your master, n—a/ You caught a little bag for your masters, didn’t ya/ Lifetime deal, I feel bad for n—as/ Y’all so outta sight, outta mind/ I can’t even think of a Drake line,” he raps.

Days later, on April 22, Ye hopped on Justin LaBoy’s The Message podcast, where he credited the “elimination of Drake” as his inspiration for dropping the remix.

“[Future] called me and I went to the studio and laid that. We went through the creative process of adding the chords and called the Hooligans out in London to get on the joint,” Ye explained. “Everybody was very, very energized about the elimination of Drake.”

He continued: “You say rich baby daddy it’s like Drake has a rich baby daddy named Lucian and Universal. It’s like, ‘My daddy got it. My daddy control the spins. My daddy got the DSPs.’ Drake has a rich baby daddy named Lucian.”

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