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The public didn't even have to wait for Halloween this year for its annual dose of racist fraternity parties!

Members of UCLA's Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity are facing criticism after photos surfaced online of a "Kanye Western" themed party. The photos reportedly showed students wearing blackface, do-rags and padding their butts (to look like a Kardashian.)

The blackface allegations come from these photos where partygoers are shown dressing up as "gold diggers" with coal on their faces.

The reaction from students online was swift, sparking outrage on social media and a protest.

Blatant acts of cultural insensitivity are unacceptable. Black culture is not a costume. #BlackBruinsMatter pic.twitter.com/VYbGVWC3Id

— Chloe Pan (@chloeqpan) October 8, 2015

"Black culture is not a theme" Solidarity at #UCLA #BlackBruinsMatter pic.twitter.com/xN07YoiJUB

— Javan (@JavanCross) October 8, 2015

UCLA released a statement condemning the party, and said they are investigating the fraternity's actions.

"We remind students that while they are free to celebrate in ways that draw on popular culture, their specific choices can cause harm and pain to fellow members of their community. Put simply: Just because you can do something, does not mean you should," a university spokesperson said.

In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair, Kanye West turned the 'Kanye for President in 2020' light hearted joke that was going around a few weeks ago into something shockingly close to earnestness.

It's a really long-winded diatribe in which he circles around the questions of a possible presidential run, switching topics and lines of thought like a cake-addled pedagogue.

Still, the interview makes it super clear that it's a possibility for Yeezy.

Question: "Are you still thinking of running in 2020?"

Answer: "Oh, definitely."

Here's some of what Kanye had to say:

When I run for president, I'd prefer not to run against someone. I would be like "I want to work with you." As soon as I heard [Ben] Carson speak, I tried for three weeks to get on the phone with him. I was like this is the most brilliant guy. And I think all the people running right now have something that each of the others needs. But the idea of this separation and this gladiator battle takes away from the main focus that the world needs help and the world needs all the people in a position of power or influence to come together.

He talked about when he first mentioned the prospect at last month's Video Music Awards:

And then as soon as I said that, it was like, "Wait a second, we would really be into that, because actually if you think about it, he's extremely thoughtful. Every time he's ever gotten in trouble, he was really jumping in front of a bullet for someone else. He's probably the most honest celebrity that we have." I didn't approach that because I thought it would be fun. It wasn't like, Oh, let's go rent some jet skis in Hawaii. No, the exact opposite. I sit in clubs and I'm like, Wow, I've got five years before I go and run for office and I've got a lot of research to do, I've got a lot of growing up to do. My dad has two masters degrees. My mom has a PhD, she used to work at Operation PUSH. Somehow the more and more creative I get, the closer and closer I get to who I was as a child. When I was a child, I was holding my mom's hand at Operation PUSH. I think it's time.

He discussed whether he would have to give up his design and his music if the American people voted him in office:

think about that. Because it's so therapeutic for me to sit and work for seven days. We work on the collection year-round, every day to the office, we have an amazing team, but then you have that seven days before the show where you just really, really don't sleep. . . . I have to stay creative. The whole point is to have someone [in office] that's creative, that's around amazing creatives. This is my theory: I think the world can be helped through design, so it's very important that I stay around creative, forward thinkers. It's very important that I continue to design, to be in practice of trying to make the best decisions possible. I hate politics. I'm not a politician at all. I care about the truth and I just care about human beings. I just want everyone to win, that's all I can say, and I think we can. . . .

Good luck, Ye.

5spoky0me.

With Miley Cyrus hosting the VMAs yesterday, there was no question that this would be one crazy show. But the most shocking moment last night came from Yeezus himself.

After accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, and in classic mic drop fashion, Kanye West informed the world that he plans to run for President in 2020.

"It's about ideas, bro. New ideas. People with ideas. People who believe in truth," he said. "And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president."

Obviously the Internet freaked out.

Does Kanye West have your vote? http://t.co/zo3mpWC66u #VMAs pic.twitter.com/W2zkY8RBco

— MTV (@MTV) August 31, 2015

I hear Kanye was incoherent, random, and high on his own ego in announcing his run for President. Don't knock it. It works for Trump.

— Ramez Naam (@ramez) August 31, 2015

Kanye West (Bro) - for president #VMAs pic.twitter.com/E1p1rntwbo

— Ani Caribbean (@AniCaribbean) August 31, 2015

Could it be? Kanye/Swift 2020?

We'd also have to deal with this...so maybe not.

In case you thought Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's second child together was all some enormous Illuminati ruse, now some naked proof exists to the contrary.

Kim took to Instagram (as she does) Aug. 11 to post a selfie (as she does) wherein she threw her clothes aside (as she does) in hopes to squash rumors about her faking this most recent pregnancy.

In her own words:

First they say I'm too skinny so I have to be faking it...Now they say I'm too big so I have to be faking it...SMH! Some days I'm photographed before I eat & look smaller, some days I've just eaten & I look bigger. It's all a part of the process. I think you all know me well enough to know I would document the process if I got a surrogate. Everyone's body is different, every pregnancy is very different! I've learned to love my body at every stage! I'm going to get even bigger & that's beautiful too! I'm blessed to even be pregnant & even luckier to not have preeclampsia as far as I know, so I don't have the swelling issue this time! They also say your body carries a boy different than a girl! Whatever the case may be I'm grateful to God for this miracle & no matter what rumors or comments you throw my way this time they truly don't affect me! #NoFilter #NoPhotoShop #GoodLighting 😜

There's no telling whether this violates the same way-too-strict nudity guidelines that have led to the deletion of many photos and a lot of naked protests.

But hey, it happened, and we have a screen shot.

This may not be the most obvious musical pairing and it may not be the best execution.

I mean, compare these charts:





You have to applaud the range of musicality that Kanye brings to 2015's Glastonbury festival. In that insane looking world of torn flags flying high, you know that Queen is one way to bring everyone together and remember Wanye's World.

Kanye and Freddie 4 ever.

If you're a forensic type person, you should probably be out solving crimes, or using your knowledge for anything other than supplying Kanye West and Kim Kardashian with a prospective picture of whatever their next baby will look like.

But that's just what Joe Mullins did, according to US Magazine.

Mullins, who carefully studied photos of Kardashian and West for the project, used modern computer technology to render the possible features of North West's little brother. The rendering imagines a little boy who has his father's nose and broader face shape, and shares his mom's rosy cheeks and large almond-shaped eyes.

Unlike West and Kardashian, the child has smoky green eyes similar in color to Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian.

They make it sound flattering, but it's really just a horror from hell's dollhouse.



We decided to go to one of the many online services that smashes two pictures together to see what a possible child would look like from a specific match up.

It actually didn't go much better.



So hey, at least we're all losers! Hurray!

Even though Kanye West was supposed to perform his newest single All Day at last night's Billboard Music Awards, what the national audience instead received was some undecipherable shadows constantly receiving the ol' bleep button from network censor.

Kanye took it off script and performed the song a little too close to its actual content. This leads to an almost unwatchable, but highly entertaining, live set. Especially because the censors just started getting too itchy with their bleep fingers towards the end. They started censoring words that certainly do not exist on any banned words list. For instance, 'middle America' was bleeped as was some mild screeching. Meanwhile a number of other epithets snuck through.

It was another exciting night watching Kanye at an awards show.

On top "a couple thousand roses" that Kim Kardashian showed off on on her Instagram feed, Kanye West also paid to have that quartet serenade the mother while she was in Brazil.

It certainly was a sweet gesture, but wouldn't it get old for every waiter to say that every single time you received something at a restaurant?

"Can I get a refill on my water?"

"This water is from Mr. West for the best mother in the world."

"Any chance we could get a refill on breadsticks?"

"These breadsticks are from Mr. West for the best mother in the world."

"What was that? I couldn't hear you over this string quartet that's uncomfortable close to my table."

"I SAID THESE BREADSTICKS ARE FROM MR. WEST FOR THE BEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD!"

"Oh. Thanks."

MTV featured this touching look into early Yeezus' 2005 life during the documentary, The Making of Late Registration.

His mother, Donda West, died in 2007 of complications from heart disease