MTV.co.uk News — The rapper name checks Alanis Morissette in this early footage of the now global star... more info

The Independent — Footage has emerged of Kanye West rapping as a teenager, showing off a more laidback flow in a now-defunct New York record store eight years before he released his landmark debut album The College Dropout. more info

NME — The performance took place at the now-closed Fat Beats store in New York in 1996 more info

TMZ — Kanye West is by all rights one of the best rappers ever at the ripe age of 37 ... but turns out he was just as good when he was half that age.A skinny 19-year-old Kanye showed up to the opening of Fat Beats records back in '96. Kanye just… more info

Stereogum — At what point does going on co-headlining tours with his visionary friends and lovers cease to benefit Jay Z? Throughout much of 2011 and 2012, Jay shared the stage with Kanye West on the Watch The Throne Tour, a road show that leaned more toward Yee... more info

TMZ — Kanye West just got glowing reviews from the judge in his battery case ... after completing a chunk of his community service at an L.A. fashion school.Kanye's lawyer was in court ... telling the judge Kanye has completed 30 of his 240 hours of… ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kanye at Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As discussed, Jay Z's Budweiser Made In America Festival happens simultaneously in Philly and LA on August 30 and 31. Since we last spoke, Kanye West, who is already playing... more info

Stereogum — Jay Z’s Made In America festival did a weird thing this year by splitting itself in two and trying to tackle both coasts. When it was first announced, it was clear the Philadelphia one was clearly better with sets from Kanye, Pharrell, Spoon, and G... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kanye West and Iggy Azalea have been added to the West Coast lineup of the Budweiser Made in America festival slated to take place Aug. 30-31 at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, Live Nation unveiled on Wednesday. more info

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