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• Painter eyes hip-hop's titans

  August 31, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Portraits of Kanye West, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and others represent a change for an architect of Soviet Realist Pop Art... more

• The hip-hop gallery

  August 31, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  FROM Soviet realism with a twist to portraits of American rap stars might seem something of a leap -- but not necessarily for Alexander Melamid... more

• After Donda West death, California Senate approves new rule for...

  By Patrick McGreevy  |  August 14, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  After the death of a rapper Kanye West's mother after plastic surgery, the state Senate today approved a requirement that patients be given... more

• Rum, bikinis -- this will be on the final

  By Ashley Powers  |  August 5, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  LAS VEGAS -- The noontime sun is beating down on milky-shouldered tourists. They unfurl poolside on chaise lounges, downing mojitos, agog... more

• Destination 'So You Think You Can Dance': Style preview

  Show Tracker  |  July 10, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Step aside, Kanye West. Rumor has it that this Thursday, our favorite 12 dancers will be shaking their stuff in light-up clothing on the “So... more

• U.S. ambassador

  By Adam Tschorn  |  July 6, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  ON DAY 1 of Paris Fashion Week, Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West was kicking it in the front row at Louis Vuitton, kitted out in a teal T... more

• Are you familiar with Blake Lively, Drew Barrymore and Zac Efron...

  The Dish Rag  |  June 4, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Calling all shoe freaks! Can you identify your favorite celebrities — Beyonce, Madonna, Matthew McConaughey, Kanye West, Kelly Ripa — by their... more

• Firefighters control raging blaze at Hollywood and Vine

  By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Francisco Vara-Orta  |  May 1, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  A popular celebrity hangout at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine in the heart of Hollywood was ravaged this morning by a blaze that took... more

• Coachella: Your look

  All The Rage  |  April 29, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  The call for Coachella shots yielded this hotter than Hades look from reader Hilary-Kendall Fix. The Shutter Shades -- get them here for... more

• An 800-pound gorilla

  By Adam Tschorn  |  April 27, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  DJ, producer and clothing designer Nigo landed in L.A. on Tuesday to open his long-awaited A Bathing Ape store on Melrose Avenue. Over the... more

• Tomoaki 'Nigo' Nagao sets up A Bathing Ape shop on Melrose Avenue

  By Adam Tschorn  |  April 27, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  In the center of the room is a glass, terrarium-like pod. Inside that pod are Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, movie producer Joel Silver and... more

• For the record

  April 22, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  An article in Saturday's Business section about Internet privacy said the Anti-Spyware Coalition wanted the U.S. government to establish... more

• Live: Kanye West's Glow in the Dark tour

  April 18, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  In pure comic-book adventure, the Seattle show is big on heroics... more

• APOCALYPTIC SPACE TOUR

  By Ann Powers  |  April 18, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  KANYE WEST has always fancied himself a hero; now he has staged his "Götterdämmerung." The hip-hop star may or may not have been thinking... more

• Mommy, is that you? New childrens book for coping with Mom's plastic...

  All The Rage  |  April 17, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  After Kanye West's mom died suddenly after plastic surgery, the Rage wrote a story about how kids feel about their parents having "work done... more

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