Kanye West has officially entered the news space with the launch his own mobile-only platform fittingly called Yews.
The Yews.News platform appeared to go live on Tuesday (December 12) but only works through mobile devices rather than desktops or laptops for now.
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Ye filed for the Yews trademark earlier this year which included a multitude of goods and services so the news app might not be the only time fans will see the name pop up.
The website has three different timestamped sections for 10 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. The first and last include more political and cultural news posts featuring topics ranging from Donald Trump to Elon Musk and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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Each news post features religious illustrations and sources that include publications such as The Washington Post, Forbes and more right-wing platforms like Truth Social and Zero Hedge.
The 3 p.m. section boasts coverage surrounding Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures album and delivers a recap of their rave from early Tuesday (December 12) in Miami. Written in third-person, it doesn’t appear as if Ye himself is penning the news posts.
Praxis, the company with visions of building a city from scratch + has ties to the Dimes Square music scene, is featured on Kanye’s new website Yews dot news pic.twitter.com/GbeSyYN9A8
— no bells (@nobellsblog) December 13, 2023
Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s listening event set the stage for Vultures, which is slated to arrive on Friday (December 15).
The duo were joined onstage by Offset, Lil Durk, Chris Brown and Kodak Black. Playboi Carti was also supposed to attend but was running late, according to the Chicago rapper and producer.
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They premiered several songs from the new album, including collaborations with Nicki Minaj (“New Body”), Lil Baby and Charlie Wilson (“Everybody,” which samples the Backstreet Boys), Young Thug (“River”), Kodak Black and Bad Bunny.
Freddie Gibbs appeared to steal the show when he appeared on stage to lip-sync his verse on “Back To Me,” leaving the room in awe.
The 41-year-old MC’s manager, Ben “Lambo” Lambert, quote-tweeted a clip and wrote: “Verse of the year.”
“‘Just turned a bird bitch to my ex, like I was Elon’. They can’t fw Gibbs,” one fan wrote, quoting from the verse. Another added: “Freddie and Ye on a song together is actually crazy. So happy, Freddie got one of my favourite verses from this year no lie.”
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Gibbs also patted himself on the back when a social media user wrote: “That’s a 10/10 verse and i don’t like freddie gibbs,” to which he responded: “Turning haters into fans daily.”
