Kanye West top nominations att Billboard Awards

Kanye is the most nominated artist in the hip hop / RnB genre at this years Billboard Awards with 7 nominations. The award show will be held in September this year.

The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards will close out Billboard's 7th annual R&B/Hip-Hop Conference, being held September 6-8 at Atlanta's Renaissance Waverly. The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards honor the most popular albums, songs and artists as well as the top songwriters, producers and major/independent labels based on sales data and radio airplay information from Nielsen Soundscan and Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems.

Vote for Kanye West

You can now vote for Kanye West at the Teen Choice Awards.

The first wave of nominees were announced today, and Kanye West is on the list.

You can give your vote at http://www.teenpeople.com/teenchoice , and the voting ends on August 11th.

The Teen Choice Awards will air live on Fox - August 20th.

Kanye West will attend the State Fair

On tour, promoting his new album - 'Late registration' - Kanye West will perform on the Indiana State Fair, August 20th.

The tickets will come on sale this Friday and will be priced at 65$, 45$, 35$ and 29$ - And ofcourse, admission to the fair is included!

Two people arrested for the Kanye West concert shooting

The police has arrested two people in connection with the shooting at a Kanye West concert earlier this year in Birmingham, NEC. february 28.

Two stewards were shot in the fracas - One steward were seriously injured and had to be hospitalized for a long period - The other one had minor injuries.

The police were forced to use tazer guns to control the situation.

Kanye West coming to the Street Scene Festival

Kanye West is set to headline the 22nd Street Scene festival in San Diego , starting Aug. 4.

West will perform outside Qualcomm Stadium on Aug. 4, alongside AFI, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Yellowcard, Lupe Fiasco, She Wants Revenge and Nine Black Alps, among others.

Fans can now purchase two-day passes for $115 while supplies last, or single-day tickets for $75 via the festival’s website.

San Diego Street Scene

Kanye West sued over car lease of a Mercedes

There has been filed a lawsuit against Kanye West and his production company claiming breach of contract for not returning a Mercedes-Benz after its lease expired in January.

West's Konman Entertainment leased a 2003 Mercedes G500 in September 2002, with the agreement calling for 39 consecutive payments of $1,295 a month.

DCFS Trust clais the luxury sport utility vehicle was not returned as scheduled and holdover fees were not paid.

Kanye throwes a second concert

The fans of Kanye West will have a second chance to get tickets for his concert in Cork this July. He has now announced a second concert, after the first one sold out in minutes earlier this month.

He will enter the stage at this year’s Live at the Marquee Cork on Sunday, July 2 - which is sold out - and again on Monday, July 3. Tickets for the fully-seated concert are now on sale.

In Cork there will also be other great artists like Bob Dylan, Chrsty Moore, David Gray, Art Garfunkel, Roger Waters, The Frames, Robert Plant, Roxy Music and Des Bishop.

Kanye West & Ludacris wins copyright trial

Kanye West and Ludacris were cleared of copyright infringement in a New York court on June the 1st., after being accused of stealing portions of Ludacris' 2003 hit single, "Stand Up."

I.O.F. (It's Only Family), is an upcoming rap group from New Jersey, who filed the lawsuit against Ludacris, born Christopher Bridges and Kanye West in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, claiming the pair received copies of their song "Straight Like That" in 2002 and 2003.

The rap group claimed they had given copies to both Ludacris and West, only to hear bits of the song incorporated into Ludacris' single, which was produced by West.

A group of ten jurors issued the verdict in less than a day, although the trial lasted two weeks.

Kanye West has been nominated for 3 BET awards!

Kanye has been nominated for 3 awards for this years BET awards. The 2006 BET awards will be held in The Shrine Auditorium in Las Vegas, on Tuesday - June 27'th.

He has been nominated in the three following groups:

Best Male Hip Hop Artist

Best Duet Collaboration
- Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - 'GoldDigger'

Video Of The Year
- Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx - 'GoldDigger'

The Kanye West Journal

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