Kanye West Watch the Throne

June 5th, 2012

Kanye West enjoys being in the spotlight, but he doesn’t like it when concertgoers actually shine lights on him while performing.

In the middle of his and Jay-Z’s ”Watch the Throne” concert in Paris, West stopped the show and called out a guy in the audience for flashing a laser on him.

It gets ugly.

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May 25th, 2012

Get ready: Watch the Throne 2 might be on its way from Kanye West and Jay-Z.

The rap superstars are set to collaborate on a follow-up to their blockbuster Watch the Throne album, according to producer Mike Dean.

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March 11th, 2012

Kanye West and Jay-Z have reportedly settled a lawsuit with blues and soul singer/producer Syl Johnson.

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October 17th, 2011

Kanye West and Jay-Z are being sued for allegedly sampling music from blues and soul singer/producer Syl Johnson.

Johnson claims in court papers filed in Illinois Federal Court that West and Jay-Z took a portion of his 1967 tune “Different Strokes,” without compensation or credit, for their song “The Joy,” featured on their  album “Watch the Throne.”

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September 5th, 2011

Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” smashed the single-week iTunes album sales record set last month by Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Watch the Throne,” needing only four days to hit the 300,000 downloads mark.

“Watch the Throne” sold 290,000 units through iTunes in its first full week.

The outstanding iTunes debut for “Tha Carter IV” comes despite the material leaking online ahead of its release date, and even though, unlike “Watch the Throne,” Lil Wayne’s album was made available through a wide range of outlets – not just iTunes – from Day One.

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August 11th, 2011

Kanye West and Jay-Z just debuted the video for “Otis,” from their blockbuster Watch The Throne album.

It’s directed by Spike Jonze and features a cameo appearance by Aziz Ansari.

Watch the video here!

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August 8th, 2011

The highly anticipated Kanye West/Jay-Z collaboration Watch The Throne was released today and quickly took over the Internet.

“Who Gon Stop Me” and “Lift Off” (ft. Beyonce) and “No Church In The Wild” and “Gotta Have It” are already making waves.

Take a LISTEN here!

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August 1st, 2011

“JAY-Z REPORTEDLY PUTS HANDS ON KANYE… ‘SLAPS’ HIM IN THE FACE!!” reads a headline from MediaTakeOut, which claims Jay-Z and Kanye West got into a physical altercation while recording their album, ‘Watch The Throne.’ Did they really?