Kanye West

Kanye West is quite a tourist. As we mentioned yesterday, the rapper-producer managed to dine on Newbury Street and watch "Peter Pan" at City Hall Plaza on Sunday before performing at the TD Garden with his friend Jay-Z last night. Turns out, Kanye also spent part of his Sunday at the Institute of Contemporary Art. According to ICA staffers, West spent most of his time visiting "Dance/Draw," an exhibition that focuses on contemporary dance and the visual arts, and Isaac Julien 's "Ten Thousand Waves" video installation.

It's a family affair at the upcoming BET Awards: Kanye West has the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z , earned five, and Jay-Z's wife, Beyoncé , received six. Jay-Z and West collaborated last year on the album "Watch the Throne. " The nominations were announced Tuesday in New York. Samuel L. Jackson will host the July 1 award show, which will be held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj will perform. ‘Fifty' sales at 10m The heat is on: Sales for E.L. James 's "Fifty Shades" trilogy are at 10 million and...

MANSFIELD — While his peers at the top of the hip-hop heap dedicate themselves to greater and greater heights of entrepreneurship, Kanye West has set his sights on scaling new artistic peaks. With his ‘‘Glow in the Dark’’ tour — which pulled into the Tweeter Center last night — the thinking man’s rapper reimagines the rap concert as a cohesive creative statement. In the bargain, West accomplishes a feat of unprecedented visual, conceptual, and egotistical proportions.

Kanye West will debut a short film titled "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival. The rapper announced Friday that he'll present the film on Wednesday at the French festival. West and his creative collective DONDA will screen the "short art film" out of competition in Cannes. West's press release promises "a fusion of short film and art installation" and an "immersive seven-screen experience. " It will remain open to the public for two days following its premiere. West has previously directed music videos for his music, including 2010's "Runaway.

Kanye West will debut a short film titled "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival. The rapper announced Friday that he'll present the film on Wednesday at the French festival. West and his creative collective DONDA will screen the "short art film" out of competition in Cannes. West's press release promises "a fusion of short film and art installation" and an "immersive seven-screen experience. " It will remain open to the public for two days following its premiere. West has previously directed music videos for his music, including 2010's "Runaway.

‘This [expletive] place goes deep," said Fun.'s lead singer, Nate Ruess, at the House of Blues Saturday night after "Why Am I the One," the group's third number. "You guys are freaking us out. " By that point, the sold-out show already suggested that the sinewy 30-year-old didn't really mean it. From the trio's augmentation to a sextet for the tour, to the super-size electronic "FUN. " sign casting warm colors into the swaying crowd, to Ruess's clarion and enveloping vocals, these veteran musicians came fully prepared to master the 2,400-capacity venue for every second of their...

If Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are dating together for publicity — it's working. The reality starlet and rapper have refused to confirm they're a couple, but they arrived hand-in-hand at Chanel's seventh annual artists dinner at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday night. The two happily posed for the cameras, then sat among a galley of stars at the event. Other attendees included Robert De Niro, Liev Schreiber, Liv Tyler and Kellan Lutz. West and Kardashian — already tabloid magnets apart from each other — have garnered even more attention since they...

Sunday's performance of "Peter Pan" at City Hall Plaza was a star-studded one. Not far from Kanye West in the audience was "Weeds" actress Mary-Louise Parker , who's costarring in the Boston-based action movie "R.I.P.D. " Parker, who brought her son to the show, made time to pose for a photo during the night with Josh Swales (Captain Hook), Chuck Bradley (Peter Pan), and Marblehead native Emily Yetter (Tinkerbell), the stars of the threesixty° entertainment theater performance.

Former Rocca chef and "Top Chef" hopeful Tiffani Faison had a busy Monday night. First, she opened her new barbecue restaurant, Sweet Cheeks, for about 200 guests. Then Faison (pictured with Sweet Cheeks general manager Ian Grossman ) cooked up an entire meal for Jay-Z and Kanye West , who had just played the TD Garden. The guys ate the feast - which included samples of Faison's whole menu - on the way to their next gig in Montreal.

If Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are dating together for publicity — it's working. The reality starlet and rapper have refused to confirm they're a couple, but they arrived hand-in-hand at Chanel's seventh annual artists dinner at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday night. The two happily posed for the cameras, then sat among a galley of stars at the event. Other attendees included Robert De Niro, Liev Schreiber, Liv Tyler and Kellan Lutz. West and Kardashian — already tabloid magnets apart from each other — have garnered even more attention since they became a rumored...

‘This [expletive] place goes deep," said Fun.'s lead singer, Nate Ruess, at the House of Blues Saturday night after "Why Am I the One," the group's third number. "You guys are freaking us out. " By that point, the sold-out show already suggested that the sinewy 30-year-old didn't really mean it. From the trio's augmentation to a sextet for the tour, to the super-size electronic "FUN. " sign casting warm colors into the swaying crowd, to Ruess's clarion and enveloping vocals, these veteran musicians came fully prepared to master the 2,400-capacity venue for every...

LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Kanye West, the Roots, Rihanna. The artists that have graced Def Jam's roster read like a who's who of hip-hop and urban pop. All of the above and many more are captured in "Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label. " The hefty tome is part oral history, part photo collection, and all engrossing. It chronicles the tale of two seemingly unlikely collaborators - Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons - building a groundbreaking, major music industry player out of very humble, and sometimes naive, street...

Kanye West , DJ Million $ Mano , and DJ Brek.One dropped by the Cure Lounge where Boylston Trading Co. hosted an after-party for the hip-hopper's sold-out show (with Jay-Z ) at the TD Garden… . Yes, that was King of Calypso Harry Belafonte and his wife chatting up Teddy Ballgames owner Kevin Greene at South Station yesterday before heading out of town… . British drummer Jerry Shirley dropped by the Arlington-based drug-and-alcohol treatment center Right Turn to read from his autobiography, "Best Seat in the House: Drumming in...

Former Rocca chef and "Top Chef" hopeful Tiffani Faison had a busy Monday night. First, she opened her new barbecue restaurant, Sweet Cheeks, for about 200 guests. Then Faison (pictured with Sweet Cheeks general manager Ian Grossman ) cooked up an entire meal for Jay-Z and Kanye West , who had just played the TD Garden. The guys ate the feast - which included samples of Faison's whole menu - on the way to their next gig in Montreal.