Kanye West took to the stage for his Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival amid boos from tired fans early on Sunday after leaving them waiting for almost two hours.

The rapper switched his 8:15pm start time on Saturday to 2:45am on Sunday, becoming the first major act to start a mainstream festival show so late.

But his fans grew unruly when West kept them waiting until 4.30am local time in Tennessee.

The fans had been forced to sit through a midnight torrential downpour to get to West’s early morning set. According to Billboard.com, the rapper eventually took the stage one hour and 45 minutes late.

The crowd had booed for almost an hour before his appearance and they weren’t about to stop when he appeared.

One fan says, “He had to work really hard to win everyone over.”

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Kanye West is reportedly dating rapper/actor Nick Cannon’s former fiancee Selita Ebanks.

The Stronger hitmaker broke off his engagement with his ex Alexis Phifer in April, after six years together.

And, according to Life & Style magazine, he has already moved on to Victoria Secret lingerie model Ebanks.

The publication claims the couple was seen dining out together in New York last week.

A source says, “(They) didn’t look like a couple getting to know each other – they looked like they were already dating. They were openly affectionate at the dinner table, cuddling, kissing and whispering in each other’s ears.”

The pair then headed on to Tenjune club, where they later left together in the same car.

Ebanks and Cannon split in 2007 after a whirlwind romance. Cannon is now married to R&B star Mariah Carey.

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Rap star Kanye West and his record label are being sued by the daughter of a jazz musician, who claims he used samples of her late father’s music without permission.

Kathleen Firrantello says that West, in his track Gone, used a sample of Joe Farrell’s 1974 song Upon This Rock, reports the BBC.

Miss Firrantello, who is also suing rappers Method Man, Redman and Common for using samples from the same song, is seeking damages of at least $1 million.

None of the rappers or representatives from their record companies were available for comment.

The lawsuit was filed in New York and claims Method Man and Redman used a sample from Farrell’s song in their duet Run 4 Cover.

It adds that Common also used a sample in his song Chi City.

Firrantello is now demanding that no more copies of the songs be produced, sold or performed.

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A celebrity stylist was left red-faced at a Kanye West concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night when forceful security guards threw him out before the show started.

Phillip Bloch, who dresses stars such as John Travolta and Salma Hayek, was asked to leave the venue by three guards who thought he was smoking marijuana during the show. And Bloch is furious at the way the situation was dealt with by the security personnel, insisting it was a group of youths in a nearby stall who were the weed-smoking culprits.

He explains, “The whole stadium smelled like pot, and the kids behind us were smoking. I’m sitting there having fun, laughing. Then I get an order to go with this man. They say, ‘You’re leaving, give us your ticket.’ I held it up, they took it. At that point they grabbed me by my arms to take me out, so I threw my hands up and said, ‘You’ve got to keep off me. I’m no threat.’”

According to New York gossip column Page Six, the security guards took their brutal eviction too far, reportedly pinning Bloch against a wall and giving him a “sharp jab in the left rib”.

Bloch agrees with the reports, stating, “They never asked for ID, never asked for my name. It was complete brutality. One pushed me out with his knee in my back. I still can’t wrap my head around this.”

However, Madison Square Garden spokesmen Barry Watkins stands by the security guard’s actions, saying, “MSG policy is if you are caught smoking an illegal substance it’s cause for immediate ejection.”

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Kanye West stormed off stage at a gig in Houston, Texas, after a technical glitch threatened his performance.

The Touch The Sky rapper was playing a concert at the city’s Woodlands Pavilion on Friday when side screens at the venue, which were supposed to show West, failed to work.

Mid-performance, he shouted, “Turn the f**king screens off,” before stopping the show and exclaiming, “If the s**t’s not working just turn it off,” and storming off, it was reported.

However West then re-emerged and finished his set.

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Kanye West and his fiancee Alexis Phifer have ended their engagement after 18 months, she has confirmed.

The Stronger star and designer Phifer have dated since 2002 and became engaged when West proposed during a vacation on the Italian island of Capri in August 2006.

But with West reportedly concentrating on his Glow in the Dark tour in the US, the couple have spent less time together of late and the Chicago rapper has now called off the engagement.

Speaking to Us Weekly magazine, Phifer admitted the breakup had been difficult to cope with.

“It’s been hard and not been an easy time. I tried to keep things private but yes, it’s sad when things end like this,” she explained.

“We truly do remain friends,” she added.

“I wish him the best in his future and all of his endeavors. He’s one of the most talented people I’ve ever met, that’s for sure.”

Us quotes a source ‘close to the couple’ as saying: “Kanye is possessed by the tour and everything going on and just couldn’t keep it going. They are still friends and have broken up and gotten back together before, so it could work out.”

The pair broke up briefly in 2004 after West began dating MTV assistant Brooke Crittendon.

“Alexis still doesn’t really know what happened,” the source added. “It’s like she lost her best friend too. Things may change one day… It’s just a rough time right now.”

It was believed West and Phifer had been planning a winter wedding before the death of West’s mother Donda in November last year.

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Rapper Kanye West says he’s been putting his priorities in place since his mother’s death. “If there’s anything my mom taught me [it] is to enjoy life,” West, 30, wrote on his blog on Wednesday. “I don’t do anything I don’t love anymore … While people chase money I pursue happiness.”

West’s mother died of heart disease and other factors Nov. 10th – one day after undergoing cosmetic surgery. The rapper paid tribute to his mom at this year’s Grammy Awards.

On his blog, the multiple Grammy winner also wrote about the joys of making new music and recording “my first verse in the last six months” two days earlier in Japan.

“It felt good and I was inspired … tragedy can produce great art and this is definitely true … life is good … good as finding the perfect fabric for a simple one button casual blazer with matching pants.”

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