Hip-hop’s self-proclaimed Style Don covers the April/May 2009 issue of Complex Magazine. is promoting the release of two new shoe lines, the Nike Air Yeezy brand, as well as his Kanye West for Louis Vuitton collection.

Speaking of public outbursts, why is it that you’ll flip on a journalist, like the dude from EW who shitted on the tour, but not another rapper that disses you?
Kanye West: Because I feel like I’m playing on the same intellectual level of a journalist and not of a rapper.

How so?
Kanye West: [Laughs.] I feel like if a rapper disses me, they’re just trying to get a rise out of me and get me to play in their field to find some way that they can beat me. I feel like there’s a lot of rappers that can beat me in ignorance. So why would I play a sport that I’m not particularly trying to get better at or beaten in? There’s a lot of rappers that can beat me in ignorance, but there’s only a few that can play with true intellect. [Long pause.] How fucking perfect is that fucking answer?!
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Here’s a sneak peek at “Precious,” the upcoming music video collabo from Jim Jones and Ryan Leslie.

Chris Brown is accused of cheating on his pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, with a brunette model Natasha Ellie.

Ciara has released the official music video for “Love, Sex, Magic,” the second single off of her upcoming third studio album, Fantasy Ride.

The video features Grammy Award-winning singer Justin Timberlake.

Eminem will induct hip-hop pioneers Run-DMC into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame next month.

Inductees were chosen by the 600 voters of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. Artists are eligible 25 years after their first recording is released.

The ceremony will be held April 4 at Public Auditorium in Cleveland.

On Big Boy’s Neighborhood on Thursday, Rick Ross finally admitted to working as a correctional officer in his twenties.

Eric Benet’s Love & Life is in stores now.

Steve Harvey’s still on the promo circuit discussing his New York Times Best-Selling book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man.
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In honor of Women’s History Month, First Lady Michelle Obama brought some famous women to various Washington-area high schools on Thursday to discuss the importance of setting career goals.

Participating celebrities included: Alicia Keys, opera star Denyce Graves, actress Kerry Washington, astronaut Mae Jemison, actress Alfre Woodard, actress Tracee Ellis Ross, singer Sheryl Crow, Fran Drescher, Bobbi Brown, Gen. Ann Dunwoody,WNBA player Lisa Leslie Lockwood, Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Dominique Dawes, and sistersDebbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad.