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Kanye West Posts First Instagram Story In A Long Time, Still Sparks Backlash

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Kanye West just posted on his Instagram Story for the first time in a while, following a couple of months of deactivation. Moreover, he reposted a picture from Russian fashion designer Gosha Rubchinskiy of someone wearing a T-shirt of his “upcoming” Ty Dolla $ign collab album Vultures. For those unaware, Ye found himself in even more controversy by appointing Rubchinskiy Yeezy’s head of design, given accusations that he pressured underage males into sending him explicit pictures. Regardless, this marks his return to the social media platform, and we’ll see in the coming weeks whether he’s actually going to use it a lot.

Furthermore, this contributes to the unsurprisingly wild, turbulent, often bigoted, and always combative rollout for this new project. Between listening events, rants, canceled performances, uncleared samples and features, plus delayed release dates, it’s all been quite chaotic. But some folks see through the spectacle and identify it for what it is: a spectacle. For example, Cam’ron recently gave his take on this new cycle, saying that it’s all just a “performance” to garner attention.

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Kanye West Returns To Instagram

Meanwhile, other rappers are taking the opposite approach: looking at Kanye West purely for the music, impact, and history together, and not for anything else. For example, ScHoolboy Q recently performed at TDE’s tenth annual holiday show, and had some defensive words for his “THat Part” collaborator. “I don’t know about y’all, but I ain’t canceled Kanye,” he told the crowd. “That’s the homie. I don’t give a f**k. I’m f***ing with Ye.” Whether or not you agree with these sentiments, they also shouldn’t fall into black-and-white interpretations of condoning certain narratives. After all, the Chicago rapper’s sadly gotten away with a lot; why are we disappointed that little has changed?

Nevertheless, Vultures is now scheduled for a 2024 release, and the 46-year-old might be on the ‘Gram a whole lot more now. We still think it’s unlikely, but if it’s to shout out his new design partner and feed into the backlash, then we think he won’t pass up on that chance. Only time will tell how this manifests into public perception. For more news and the latest updates on Kanye West, stay logged into HNHH.

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Kanye West Sparks Controversy By Hiring Gosha Rubchinskiy As Yeezy’s New Head Of Design

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Kanye West is going to be dropping a brand-new album on Friday with Ty Dolla Sign. Overall, Vultures is supposed to be the last big album of the year. However, there are fears that the project will be a complete mess. Furthermore, Ye is still pushing his Nazi side, which has left a lot of fans feeling hopeless. At this point, Ye is going for pure shock value, and he will associate with anyone if he feels like it will cause a stir. Well, that is exactly what he is doing with his Yeezy brand and its new Head of Design.

Yesterday, Ye took to Twitter for the first time in months. It was here where he revealed that Gosha Rubchinskiy would become the new head of design at Yeezy. Overall, Gosha is a big name in the design world, however, he was recently forced into an exile of sorts after being accused of allegedly soliciting photos from a 16-year-old. Although Gosha denies that he did anything wrong, there are still fans who believe this hiring is beyond the pale. That said, Gosha has expressed excitement about the new position, over on his Instagram account.

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“We’re delighted to introduce the new direction of the Gosha Rubchinskiy fashion brand as an independent creative powerhouse,” Rubchinskiy wrote. “Stepping away from the Comme des Garçons and Rassvet family, our brand is forging its own path. Under Gosha’s creative leadership we are set to embrace exciting new projects and collaborations that embody our spirit of independence and creative drive. We’re thankful for the continuous support from our community that fuels our journey.”

It remains to be seen what Gosha will be doing with Yeezy. After all, the Yeezy brand has a lot of work to do before it starts selling shoes and merchandise again. Let us know what you think of the hiring, in the comments section below. Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on your favorite artists and all of their upcoming releases.

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