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FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2016, file photo. Kanye West appears at the MTV Video Music Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York. West responded to critical tweets from his former protege Kid Cudi by telling the fellow rapper never to mention him during a show in Tampa, Fla., on Sept, 14, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Kanye West stops NYC concert due to ‘family emergency’

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In this Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, file photo, Kanye West accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. West announced on Twitter Aug. 17, 2016, that he will open 21 temporary &quot;Pablo&quot; stores worldwide on the weekend of Aug. 20. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Kanye West to open 21 ‘Pablo’ pop-up stores worldwide

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In this May 10, 2016, file photo, Taylor Swift accepts the BMI Taylor Swift Award at the 64th annual BMI Pop Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Taylor Swift defends herself in latest salvo in Kanye battle

By Nekesa Mumbi Moody - Associated Press

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Jimmy Webb tours songs written for Glen Campbell

By Keith Valcourt — Special to The Washington Times

Kanye West appears at the Brother Vellies Spring 2016 collection presentation during Fashion Week in New York on Sept. 10, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Philadelphia Police Department offers Kanye West a job to get out of debt

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Kanye West appears at the Brother Vellies Spring 2016 collection presentation during Fashion Week in New York on Sept. 10, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Kanye West demands ‘white publications’ stop commenting on ‘black music’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Lindsay Lohan arrives for the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2014 in central London, in this Sept. 2, 2012, file photo. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File)

Lindsay Lohan: ‘In 2020 I may run for president’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Miley Cyrus performs at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Kanye West rants at VMAs; Miley Cyrus flashes breast

By Mesfin Fekadu - Associated Press

Kanye West accepts the video vanguard award at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Kanye West for 2020? White House welcomes rapper’s political bid

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This May 4, 2015, file photo shows Kim Kardashian, left, and Kanye West arriving at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York. Kardashian says she is pregnant with her second child with West. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West expecting second child

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Tech N9ne Interview: ‘King of underground rap’ on Kanye West, The Doors, his empire

By Keith Valcourt - Special to The Washington Times

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are interviewed at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards Official After Party on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

Kanye West storms Grammys — again: Beyonce, not Beck, should’ve won

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sam Smith accepts the award for best new artist at the 57th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

Sam Smith wins Grammys for song, record of year for ‘Stay With Me’

By Mesfin Fekadu - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2014 file photo, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney performs in concert as part of his Out There tour at Philips Arena in Atlanta. McCartney is 72, and only the wrinkles give his years away. Interviewed recently at his midtown Manhattan office suite, he seems as boyish and graceful as he was on stage decades ago for &quot;The Ed Sullivan Show,&quot; his manner informal, his build slender and well suited for jeans and a form-fitting sweater. (Photo by Dan Harr/Invision/AP, File)

Beatles fans trolled on Twitter by Kanye West-Paul McCartney jokes

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on societal vulgarity and the use of the N-word by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

SUZANNE FIELDS: The taboos crumble, and free speech is threatened

By Suzanne Fields

Rapper Kanye West (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer, File)

Kanye West touts meeting with Obama, tells fans to ‘please vote’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Kanye West performs on day one of the Budweiser Made in America Festival on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014 in Philadelphia. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Kanye West blasts media for wheelchair flap coverage: ‘Pick a new target’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times