Kanye West charges fans $25 to attend screening of his new music video

Big night: Kanye West is charging fans to see his new video at a special event
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Jennifer Ruby23 June 2016
The Weekender

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Kanye West is charging fans to be the first to see his new music video at an exclusive event.

The rapper is reportedly charging £25 to attend a screening of the video for Famous in Los Angeles on Friday.

Taking place at the LA Forum at 7pm, the event will be the official ‘premiere’ of the video, which will also be live-streamed on Tidal.

Both subscribers and non-subscribers will be able to view the video, which UK fans able to tune in at 2am on Saturday.

Famous has already caused controversy, thanks to the lyrics about fellow musician Taylor Swift:

“I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / I made that b**** famous."

While West claims that he sought permission from Swift to name-check her on the track, and even has a phone call recording to prove it, the pop star has denied this.

West describes Famous as “the song that broke the writer’s block for me", adding that he “fought to make ['Famous'] the first single off of ['The Life Of Pablo'].

“It’s something I wanted to say so bad that they told me I couldn’t say.”

Talking about the notorious moment he interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs back in 2009, he said:

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“That night when I went onstage was the beginning of the end of my life.

“You know what night I’m talking about. When I just said what everybody else was thinking.”

Although West has made his own video for Famous, comedians Aziz Ansari and Eric Wareheim made their own version back in April, which ended up going viral.

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