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Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West is reportedly going to make a splash with renowned Hollywood personality Bret Easton Ellis by teaming up for a film.
While details are scarce at best, Ellis revealed how big of a role Ye’s Yeezus album played into getting him to buy into the idea.
“You know what, I can’t. It’s in Kanye Land, and that’s subject to a whole other time frame. He came and asked me to write the film. I didn’t want to at first. Then I listened to Yeezus. It was early summer last year and I was driving in my car. He’d given me an advance copy, and I thought, regardless of whether I’m right for this project, I want to work with whoever made this. So f*ck it, I said yes. And that’s how it happened. That was seven or eight months ago. We’ll see what happens.” (VICE)
Last summer, Kanye and Ellis raised eyebrows with the release of a short flick.
Rumors had been flying that Kanye West was filming an American Psycho-inspired short film starring his (maybe?) eventual brother-in-law Scott Disick, and on the eve of Yeezus‘ official release, the clip has finally arrived. Disick obviously stars as Patrick Bateman, while Kim Kardashian‘s BFF Jonathan Cheban plays Paul Allen in the infamous axe scene. If this spoils American Psycho for you, why haven’t you seen American Psycho yet? Disick revises Bateman’s rant and drops some gems about Kanye and, of course, himself (Complex)
Outside of films, Kanye recently came clean on his issues with big events like the annual Grammy Awards.
“I wasn’t even nominated for Best Album this year. This year, I only got two nominations by the Grammys: for Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song. … I’ve been nominated for Best Album maybe three times. I made Dark Fantasy and Watch the Throne less than a year apart and neither of them got nominated. “Ni**as in Paris” [off Watch the Throne] wasn’t nominated for Best Song either.” (Interview Magazine)
Kanye also noted the trend of being generalized at the annual showcase.
“But let’s go into the fact that I have the most Grammys of any 36-year-old or 40-year-old or whatever, and I’ve never won a Grammy outside of the Rap or R&B categories. “Jesus Walks” lost Best Song to some other song; “Ni**as in Paris” wasn’t nominated in that category. But those are the labels that people want to put on you. People see you in a certain way, so if I was doing a clothing line that had rock tees in it or whatever we just did for the “Yeezus” tour, which sells $400,000 of stuff in two days.” (Interview Magazine)
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