Kanye West
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Ye Is Better Than This
The eternally controversial rapper’s second night at LA’s SoFi Stadium has been hailed as a return-of-the-king moment. GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe was there, too, and wonders if any of Ye’s defenders remember what a great Kanye show actually looks like.
By Frazier Tharpe
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CyHi the Prynce Finally Goes on the Record
The rapper, songwriter and longtime “fly on the wall guy” talks Kanye, Drake, J. Cole, the rise and fall of G.O.O.D. Music, and why he's telling all in his new songs.
By Frazier Tharpe
Culture
Grammys 2026: An Industry Disruptor Threw a Great Industry Party
Talking legacy and disruption with Gamma cofounder Larry Jackson, who's partnering with Ye to release Bully in March.
By Frazier Tharpe
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One Last Look at the Old Kanye West
In Whose Name, a documentary about West shot over six years by first-time filmmaker Nico Ballesteros, follows Kanye through the wormhole of cancellation and out the other side.
By Alex Pappademas
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Everything Else Clipse Told Us About Let God Sort Em Out, the State of Rap in 2025, and Pusha’s Relationship With Kanye
But wait, there's more: GQ columnist Frazier Tharpe, writer of this week’s GQ Hype on resurgent coke-rap kingpins Clipse, drops the bonus features from the profile the Internet can’t stop talking about.
By Frazier Tharpe
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It Brings Us No Pleasure to Report That Kanye West Made a Good Kanye West Album
Ye takes a break from posting slurs and swastikas and feuding with the world to leak a work-in-progress version of his new album Bully.
By Paul Thompson
Culture
Clipse Debut A New Song At Pharrell's Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2025 Show, Stirring The Pot On Reunion Rumors
You wanted to hear Clipse rap about something other than cocaine? Here you go.
By Frazier Tharpe
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Donald Glover Claims He’s “GQ Best Dressed” on Upcoming Ye Track
In the rap-flex ecosystem, is calling yourself “best dressed” the new “no stylist”?
By Eileen Cartter
Style
Ye Followed a NYC Fashion Darling on Instagram. What Does It Mean?
A (very brief) investigation into what launched a couple days of wild speculation about Ye's comeback.
By Samuel Hine
Culture
Travis Scott Doubled Down on His “Loyalty” to Kanye at His Utopia Rome Concert
Kanye’s appearance at Travis’ Circus Maximus show was his biggest public sighting in months.
By Grant Rindner
Style
Turns Out, Sneakerheads Still Love Yeezys
After uncancelling its Ye-led sub-label, Adidas sold over $500 million of sneakers. Where does the line go from here?
By Max Berlinger
Style
The Wildest Storylines Heading Into Fashion Week
Everything you need to know before the SS24 collections hit the runways.
By Samuel Hine
Style
How Adidas Uncanceled Yeezy
The question of what would happen with the company's massive inventory of Kanye West-designed shoes has been looming for months. We finally have the answer.
By Joshua Hunt
Culture
Inside the Latest Chapter of the Kanye West-Drake Beef
Drake sampling Kim Kardashian's comments about her divorce on his new song is just the latest chapter in a long-standing Cold War.
By Grant Rindner
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The Definitive Ranking of Drake's Collaborators
As his new album with 21 Savage proves, Drake is the greatest team player in the history of rap. But who does he make the best music with?
By Abe Beame
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Adidas Is Ending Its Partnership With Ye
The collaboration comes to an end after the rapper’s antisemtic comments.
By Cam Wolf
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Ye Wears "White Lives Matter" T-Shirt to His Paris Fashion Show
Yeezy Season 9 hit the runway in Paris, and not without controversy.
By Eileen Cartter
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Trekking Through the Mud at Balenciaga With Ye, Offset, and Bella Hadid
Inside Balenciaga's latest brain-bending show, featuring Ye's appearance as a mud-stomping model.
By Samuel HinePhotography by Nadine Fraczkowski
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Ye Brought Crystal Flip-Flops and Tabi Socks to London Fashion Week
Introducing the “Don’t Talk to Me” bedazzled slides.
By Eileen Cartter
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The Final Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga Collection Drops Today
Plus, here’s what we know so far about the future of Yzy Shdz, and what’s still remaining for Ye and Gap’s partnership.
By Eileen Cartter