If you didn’t make it to the Essence Music Festival at the New Orleans Superdome this Independence Day weekend, The Urban Daily has exclusive content from one of the summer’s most anticipated festivals.  Kanye West headlined the show on Saturday night, and in signature Kanye fashion, Mr.West brought out ‘all of the lights’, fireworks, smoke, […]

Jay-Z and Kanye West are done playing around with the stans heads. The two have finally released the official Watch The Throne album cover. Kanye knows how to create a buzz around his projects. He had the blogs buzzing when he announced several false release dates in the past. The cover art look like a […]

Today, Detroit rapper Big Sean released his debut album on Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music label. When I listen to Finally Famous, I can’t help but draw comparisons to Drake; both artists are obsessed with fame and women, and their lyrical content reflects that. But unlike Drake’s Thank Me Later, Big Sean’s debut album is markedly […]

Kanye West’s G.O.O.D Music has signed a worldwide label agreement deal with Def Jam music! Kanye brings with him artist Big Sean who is said to benefit the most from the new deal. Sean is the “first G.O.O.D. Music signee to have a project released via the label agreement, with his debut album Finally Famous […]

Where: (click below to visit venue on Foursquare) Polaris High School10701 Kilpatrick Avenue Oak Lawn, IL When: Summer, 1995 What: The pop icon, rapper, super-producer and controversy-starter grabs his high school diploma, and embarks on the journey that will define his life and career. Not long after graduation, he links up with mentor No I.D., […]

Janelle Monae, Esperanza Spalding, Kanye West and M.I.A. all appear in W Magazine’s latest issue, the Music & Style issue. Proving that the love affair between fashion and music has never been hotter, photographer Max Vadukul captures 10 designers and the musicians who inspire them most. Meet the pairs of “Behind the Muses”: Kanye West […]

Love obsessed Kim Kardashian gets around.  Her boyfriends have ranged from athletes to musicians to … yeah, that’s about it.  Even though she has publicly proclaimed her desire to wed, only two of her significant others have managed to put a ring on it; most recently,  New Jersey Nets player Kris Humphries proposed on May […]

Today is Kanye West’s 34th birthday! Now we all know that Mr. West loves to adorn himself with the finer things in life. The exclusive items that he purchases on a day-to-day basis would suffice for the average person’s birthday, Christmas and anniversary presents combined … for life! So in celebration of Yeezy’s birthday, June […]

Last night at the CFDA Fashion Awards the stars walked the purple carpet and owned it! Chanel Iman wore a stunning long sleeve, turquoise, cut-out dress with a plunging neck line and a thigh-high slit. Kerry Washington looked lovely in a white, feathered dress and cream heels. Other celebs like Kanye West, Estelle, Joy Bryant, […]

Several weeks ago Consequence dropped an M-80 in the toilet of  his former associates announcing that he was no longer a part of Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label. His interview with MTV’s Sway outlined a lot of grievances he had but it left his fans wondering, “Why now?”  So TheUrbandaily.com sat down with the MC […]

Former G.O.O.D Music MC Consequence borrows Kanye West’s “My Way Home” instrumental from 2005′s Late Registration and appears to be sending a subliminal message to his old label exec. The song samples the late Gil Scott-Heron’s “Home Is Where The Hatred Is.”  (spotted @Nahright) Cons aired his grievances with Kanye West and his cousin Q-Tip […]

Kanye West was spotted kissing a woman in Cannes. He, like many other celebrities, is over in France celebrating the Cannes Film Festival. Though he’s been rumored to have been dating Teyana Taylor, and two different Victoria’s Secret models since breaking up with Amber Rose, this is the first time we’ve seen evidence of anything […]