A who’s who of A-list musicians, including Miley Cyrus, John Legend, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Beck, and Nine Inch Nails, signed on to promote Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffMyBody campaign, which is a response to the passage of laws in states across the U.S. prohibiting abortion after a pregnancy has reached six weeks.
Musician Shirley Manson, who previously described Kanye West as “petty,” took to her Facebook page again this past weekend to scorn an unnamed artist who allegedly sent her a hateful private message about her previous remarks.
Album of the Year Grammy-winning artist Beck’s father worked on a Beyoncé album in 2006, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed Thursday. Maybe, now that it is known that his dad worked on an album for his Beyoncé, Kanye West will finally concede that Beck is a “real artist.”
Less than a week since going after Beck for refusing to “respect artistry,” Kanye West was fed a spoonful of his own medicine Thursday night at a free concert in New York City.
Kanye West was interviewed by Ryan Seacrest Wednesday morning, wherein, in addition to announcing he would be collaborating with Taylor Swift in the near future, he halfway apologized to alternative rock artist Beck for stealing his Grammy moment.
Sunday night’s Grammy Awards broadcast was relatively uneventful. Sam Smith won four statues, Taylor Swift danced in her front-row seat (and didn’t win anything), and Pharell Williams brought “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” to his Hans Zimmer-tweaked rendition of “Happy.”
Female rocker Shirley Manson took to her Facebook page on Monday to go after rapper Kanye West for dismissing Beck as an artist, describing him as “small and petty,” among other things.
On E! Network’s post-Grammys coverage, Kanye West followed up on what was an apparent effort to repeat his 2009 MTV Video Music Awards folly, in which he interrupted Taylor Swift and said Beyoncé deserved the year’s best female video award.
Alternative rock artist Beck took home the Album of the Year award at the 2015 Grammys, and as he accepted the accolade, a special guest joined him on stage: Kanye West, and he isn’t happy about it. Beck seemed as
