The California Wildfire that is burning out of control has reached the estate of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, and the flames are now on their property. The mansion Kim and Kanye completed this year is in grave danger of being consumed by flames.…
Friday, November 9, 2018
Monday, October 29, 2018
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West"s Photog, Marcus Hyde, in Serious Car Crash
A photographer who travels the world with Kim Kardashian and Kanye West was seriously injured in a car accident … TMZ has learned. According to eyewitnesses … Marcus Hyde was out driving in Malibu early Monday morning, cruising on…
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Kim Kardashian & Kanye West"s Old Bel-Air Mansion Sells at Nearly $4 Million Loss
Even Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Midas touch has a limit — their old Bel-Air crib, which they sold for a whopping profit, has been sold again … but this time at a staggering multi-million dollar loss. You’ll recall the Wests…
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Monica Says Kanye West"s Relationship with Trump is Doing More Harm than Good
Monica says Kanye West is misguided if he thinks teaming up with Donald Trump is helping the world … and it’s time for Ye to put the kibosh on their relationship. We got the R&B singer at LAX Tuesday and asked about Kanye and…
Friday, September 28, 2018
Kanye West"s "SNL" Rehearsals Going Well, Tons of Guests Coming Too
Kanye West has been hard at work finishing his album, doing a massive shoe release and practicing for his gig on ‘SNL’ … a performance that’ll feature some serious star power. Sources on set tell us Ye’s been in NYC all week putting the finishing…
Friday, September 21, 2018
Nick Cannon Responds to Kanye West"s Kim Kardashian Warning
Nick Cannon just fired back at Kanye West, who warned him to keep Kim Kardashian’s name out of his mouth — and his message to Ye is simple … chill, bro. The ‘Wild ‘n Out’ host says he’s got love and respect for Kanye, but also thinks…
Friday, August 3, 2018
Kim Kardashian West"s 2015 Customized Range Rover Goes Up for Sale at $85k
Kim Kardashian West’s loss (of a car) could be your next come up … if you got an extra $ 85k lying around, that is. Kim’s customized 2015 Land Rover Range Rover V8 is up for grabs for anyone who can afford it — now for sale at just…
Kim Kardashian West"s 2015 Customized Range Rover Goes Up for Sale at $85k
Kim Kardashian West’s loss (of a car) could be your next come up … if you got an extra $ 85k lying around, that is. Kim’s customized 2015 Land Rover Range Rover V8 is up for grabs for anyone who can afford it — now for sale at just…
Sunday, July 29, 2018
Kanye West"s Father Ray Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
Kanye West’s father, Ray West, is battling cancer … TMZ has learned. Sources close to Ray tell us he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer — not stomach cancer as has been widely reported. We’re told Kanye dropped everything to help his dad upon…
Kanye West"s Father Ray Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
Kanye West’s father, Ray West, is battling cancer … TMZ has learned. Sources close to Ray tell us he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer — not stomach cancer as has been widely reported. We’re told Kanye dropped everything to help his dad upon…
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Kim Kardashian Claps Back at Mom-Shamers Over North West"s Straightened Hair
As many photos as Kim has uploaded to social media, Kardashian-West family photos are shockingly rare. And there might be more to that than privacy concerns.
Kim posted an adorable photo of her daughter and husband, but mom-shames came out of the woodwork to blast Kim over it.
Why? Because they think that Kim is ruining North’s hair. And some think she’s doing it on purpose … due to racism.
The photo shows North West, adorable and tiny, giving her father, Kanye, a kiss on his cheek.
Kanye is smiling, clearly overwhelmed with love for his daughter.
“I can still feel the love,” Kim Kardashian captioned this sweet pic.
But a number of people, both on Instagram and on Twitter, were hung up on one little detail in this image.
North West’s hair is straightened.
After Kim tweeted the photo, someone decided to offer her some unsolicited advice.
“Don’t straighten her hair too much it’ll ruin her curls,” a total stranger implored Kim. “I did that to my hair and ruined it but I’m finally getting my natural curly hair back.”
Amazingly, rather than ignore that absolutely unsolicited instruction on how to manage her daughter’s hair, Kim replied.
“She is allowed twice a year, on her birthday and birthday party!” Kim answered. “This pic was taken back in June on her bday.”
So that explains it. And we all saw North with her hair straghtened when she and Penelope celebrated their birthdays.
Unfortunately, that person’s unsolicited advice was one of the nicer bits of mom-shaming feedback that Kim received.
Within the Instagram comments, someone had the audacity to suggest that Kim had forced North to straighten her hair … because Kim longed to have a white daughter.
Fortunately, Kim didn’t have to deliver the verbal smackdown that this person so richly deserved. She has so many other followers to do this.
“So you think just bc she straightened her daughter’s hair that means she wanted a white kid?” someone replied to that comment. “Maybe north just want to try something different and ask her mom.”
As Kim said, North is only allowed to do this twice a year in order to protect the integrity of her hair.
Back in June, when Kim shared photos of North’s party, there was similar discourse.
Troll openly accused Kim of straightening North West’s hair to make her look white.
For context, we should remember that black people’s hair has been policed — sometimes literally — within the United States for centuries, and that continues to this day.
Hairstyles featuring black hair in its natural curls are sometimes labeled as “eccentric” and “unprofessional” by society and by employers.
(Unless, of course, they’re being appropriated by a beautiful white celebrity like Kim Kardashian or Zac Efron, in which case they’re daring and trendy)
So many black women wear wigs, extensions, or use straighteners in order to conform to beauty standards that originate in white supremacy. So, yes, hair matters.
But Kim is not forcing North to keep her hair straight. It’s a special treat that happens only twice a year.
North loves her long, curly hair, and gets excited when she sees other girls with similar hair because she knows that it’s special.
If Kim had wanted a white daughter, she could have had a baby with, well, any of tens of millions of white dudes who would have been down to try until that happened.
Kim is in love with Kanye (despite his, um, issues), and she does her best to tackles the special challenges involved with having biracial children.
It would be nice if trolls on social media could be a little less vile. But … we won’t hold our breath.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Kim Kardashian West"s Perfume Company Sued for Ripping Off Logo
One of Kim Kardashian West’s new perfumes — the ones that put $ 5 mil in her pocket in just 5 minutes — uses a logo that belongs to a different company … at least according to a new lawsuit. The company, Vibes Media, says KKW Fragrance jacked its…
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
CA Assemblyman Responds to Kim Kardashian West"s Call for State Prison Reform
Kim Kardashian West isn’t alone in her fight to help women in California prison — the Speaker of the State Assembly is on her side too, but ain’t exactly crediting Kim’s celebrity for sparking change. TMZ broke the story, KKW made a visit to…
CA Assemblyman Responds to Kim Kardashian West"s Call for State Prison Reform
Kim Kardashian West isn’t alone in her fight to help women in California prison — the Speaker of the State Assembly is on her side too, but ain’t exactly crediting Kim’s celebrity for sparking change. TMZ broke the story, KKW made a visit to…
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Inside Kim Kardashian & Kanye West"s Old Bel-Air Mansion, It"s for Sale Again
Kim Kardashian West and Kanye’s old Bel-Air pad — the one they transformed and sold for nearly $ 18 mil — is back on the market … and we’ve obtained never-before-seen pics in and around the palace. TMZ broke the story, Kimye sold the 10,000…
Friday, June 15, 2018
North West"s 5th Birthday is a Fishy Affair with Kanye and Kim
Kanye and Kim Kardashian West celebrated North’s birthday Friday … and, while she came back from birthday present shopping with something pink, it wasn’t a tutu or a stuffed animal. Kanye and fam are in the Big Apple for Nas’ album…
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Kanye West"s "Ye" Hits Over 100 Million Streams
Kanye West’s album, “Ye,” is already crushing numbers … and it’s only been available for a few days. Numbers for the 7-song project are astounding — Kanye’s filled the top 7 song spots on both Spotify and Apple Music — and the album’s already…
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Tekashi69 Says He"s Featured on Kanye West"s New Album
Tekashi69 is either trolling us, or he’s suddenly climbed a few rungs on the hip-hop ladder … ‘cause he says he made it on Kanye West’s new album. We got 6ix9ine Sunday at LAX — without incident this time — where he was telling our camera guy…
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Dr. Oz Says Kanye West"s Playing a Dangerous Game with Medications
Dr. Oz sees a huge red flag when it comes to Kanye West and prescription meds … and believes he’s playing a very dangerous game. Oz was in NYC Wednesday morning when he reacted to Kanye revealing he got hooked on opioids after having liposuction.…
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
French Montana Hates Kanye West"s Support of President Trump
French Montana has ZERO respect for President Trump … so, with Kanye West showing so much love for 45, French admits it’s harder to be down with Kanye. We got French at LAX on Tuesday, and asked him what he thinks is…