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West actually has been criticized for this statement quite a bit recently by the blog world; the majority of his attire is designer, even his 2011 collaboration effort with Jay Z, “Watch The Throne”’s album cover was designed by Riccardo Tisci, a prominent figure in a lot of West’s recent music.

Kanye often name-drops high-end designers who do in fact design very expensive clothing. Even more interestingly, he once even called himself “The Louis Vuitton Don”.

Ex:

Virgil Pyrex, Don C snapback
Take off that Givenchy and let’s get raunchy

The reported 15-carat engagement ring he gave Kim Kardashian could also be classified as extreme: See below:

and/or that he designed a $6,000 pair of shoes with Giuseppe Zanotti.

Extreme might be a word Kanye might want to look up in the dictionary.

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The Kanye x A.P.C. collaboration would still be considered expensive by most people ($120 for a basically plain white T-shirt). But better than other collaborations.

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West and PacSun (with artwork provided by Wes Lang) recently released a collaboration of t-shirts (slightly altered from the official merchandise sold on tour). Check them out here. The price of $40 per shirt is surprisingly low (for Kanye).

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Louis-Vuitton is an extremely expensive luxury brand. (They sell a luxury trunk valued at approx. $170,000) It is interesting that West would denounce them like this after collaborating on shoes in 2009.

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Watch the full interview here.

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On October 29th, after the successful Los Angeles, CA stop of West’s “Yeezus” tour, he opened a pop-up shop selling all of the merchandise that is sold at the merchandise tables on the tour. It is located at 8422 Melrose Ave. Right next to the Kardashians'. “D-A-S-H”.

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Check out the store here. Prepare your credit cards.

The name “GOOD Music” comes from the name of West’s record label, the acronym “GOOD” stands for “Getting Out Our Dreams”.

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Check out our full breakdown of West’s open letter regarding DONDA and its launch here.

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Cookie Monster bites the mastermind Ricky Rozay here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADDyFXM681I

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Truu gangsta Cookie Monster shows you what up with the letter R. How it’s shaped and styled and formed to fit all those fine words that use it’s gritty rumbling sound.

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