• Kanye West Says His Mom Speaks to Him Through North West

    Kanye West had a lot to say during his interview with Big Boy. One of the most personal was his revelation that he believes his mom speaks to him via his daughter, North West. “I remember sitting with North in Italy and playing her ‘Back to Me,’ and asking her, ‘What do you think about […] The post Kanye West Says His Mom Speaks to Him Through North West first appeared on The Source.

  • Political Roundup: Seeking the latest on politics? It’s probably in a courtroom.

    Houston Matters discusses a number of political developments with ties to court proceedings -- along with other stories -- in our weekly roundup.

  • Bianca Censori opts for a TAMER look in a fitted white bodysuit with Kanye West in West Hollywood after her father DEMANDED the pair go to Australia to address her X-rated outfits

    Bianca Censori ditched her recent jaw-dropping ensembles for a tamer look as she stepped out with Kanye West in West Hollywood on Friday.

  • Let's Talk About Politics and Religion

    You may have grown up hearing the famous warning that there are two things to never discuss over the dinner table: politics and religion. If you grew up in a Christian household, discussing faith was unavoidable, but you may have been raised to steer away from discussing politics, much less getting involved in politics and engaging civically. After all, being a Christian and engaging in politics must be mixing church and state. That is an evil thing—don't you know? Many of us look at...

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    5 Artists Who Have Admitted To Being Influenced By Kanye West

    Ye may have gone too far with his controversial claim, but he wasn't entirely wrong.

  • Seeking a Politics of Solidarity in Putin’s Russia

    In 2013, when I was 13, one of the oldest comedy TV programs in Russia released a sketch in which a group of musicians performed a version of Queen’s “I Want to Break Free” satirizing the country. The lyrics went: “The roads in this country are like cars in this country. Like the salaries, the football, the communal services, and, of course, the cinema ” When Freddie Mercury sang “God knows,” it was twisted to sound like the Russian equivalent of “shit.” As the audience laughed, another actor...

  • Political limbo as Tas Liberals start crossbench talks

    Tasmania is in political limbo as Liberal leader Jeremy Rockliff begins negotiations with a mixed-bag cross bench to try to form minority government. Mr Rockliff’s party, the last Liberal government in Australia, was unable to secure the 18 seats required for majority at Saturday’s election. It will finish with 13-15 seats, ahead of Labor which […]

  • Kanye West Revokes Christian Faith, Calls Himself God

    Jesus isn't king for Kanye after all. In an interview with radio host Big Boy, West revealed the issues he has with Christianity and the apparent lack of answered prayers he had when he was trying to pursue the Christian faith. "I have my issues with Jesus," West says. "There's a lot of stuff I went through that I prayed, and I didn't see Jesus show up." West says he had to place his experiences with the world around him, his children and his music in his own hands. He believes Christianity is...

  • Kanye West Suing YesJulz For $8M, She Claps Back

    Ye aka Kanye West is suing his former employee YesJulz for violating an NDA, but the media personality remains defiant in response. The turmoil between Kanye West and YesJulz is boiling after the rapper and producer sued his former employee for $8 million for allegedly disclosing personal information and violating a non-disclosure agreement. YesJulz, aka Julianne Goddard, was fired by West last week over claims that she was leaking information in conversations with unauthorized Kanye West fan...

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    Kanye West Followed a NYC Fashion Star on Instagram. What Does It Mean?

    This is an edition of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the global fashion week circuit. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Early last week, Kanye “Ye” West doubled the number of accounts he followed on Instagram. Where before he followed exactly one person (his Vultures 1 co-pilot Ty Dolla $ign), on Monday Ye added a second person to his feed: downtown fashion star Sandy Liang. Their eagle-eyed (and chronically online) followers noticed...

  • Israel talks to Iran to stop arms smuggling to the West Bank

    The Israeli military revealed that the Shin Bet security service had recently detected Iranian attempts to smuggle large consignments of advanced weapons, including packages containing explosive shrapnel and anti-tank mines, to activists in the West Bank for use in carrying out attacks against Israeli targets. Failed. According to Shin Bet, those behind the plan were

  • Our View: Parties can back up big talk on political civility

    From the editorial: "Our political parties need to lead the way. In only rare moments, however, has either pushed aside the never-ending pursuit of power in favor of what’s best for us as a whole."