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 Ye, formerly known as Kanye West

Ye’s former assistant alleged the rapper drugged, sexually assaulted her

Lauren Pisciotta has accused the rapper of drugging and sexually assaulting her at an event co-hosted by Sean “Diddy” Combs.

  • Samantha Chery

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Kanye West, known as Ye, watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles.

China’s censors are letting Kanye West perform there. His fans are amazed

Why would the notoriously prickly Chinese government let in the notoriously provocative Ye? The answer may lie in China’s struggling economy.

  • Vivian Wang
Harry Connick Jr during a December visit to Australia.

It Had To Be You: When Harry Connick Jr met Treasurer Tim Pallas

Not only is the US crooner a performer, actor, singer, composer and Grammy winner, he is also a government lobbyist.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Kanye West with Bianca Censori on their infamous boat trip in Venice.

There are many ways to become famous. Bianca Censori has chosen one of the worst

The rampant exhibitionism of rapper Kanye West and his Australian partner is difficult to watch.

  • Michelle Cazzulino
It has been an eventful year for celebrities, with some gaining cultural clout and others shedding fans.

The celebrity stock market: winners and losers of the past year

As we head into 2024, let’s take stock of who gained value among the masses, and who plummeted into a cultural bear market.

  • Nell Geraets

Hear Ye: The latest Kanye West doco will have you missing the old Kanye

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

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US rapper Travis Scott is joined by Ye, the rap star formerly known as Kanye West during his concert at Circus Maximus in Rome, Italy.

Was that an earthquake in Rome? No, it was a Travis Scott concert

When Kanye West appeared, 60,000 fans jumped and some locals panicked, thinking an earthquake was occurring.

  • Elisabetta Povoledo
Rapper Kanye West, now known as Ye, is the subject of a new documentary, The Trouble With KanYe West.

How did Ye get here? Five things we learn in the new Kanye West documentary

The Trouble With KanYe investigates how Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, one of America’s most celebrated artists, became a megaphone for hate and division.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Kanye West and Adidas, Yeezy sneakers.

Twitter, now X, reinstates Kanye West’s account

The platform had suspended the musician in December after a swastika post – one of several antisemitic comments he made last year that cost him numerous business deals as well.

  • Shera Avi-Yonah
Kanye West and the Adidas Yeezy sneakers.

Adidas and Kanye’s secret battle over $148 million fund

Beneath the very public collapse of Adidas’s multibillion-dollar sneaker deal with Ye is a private legal squabble.

  • Bob Van Voris and Kim Bhasin

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