Kanye West's New Slaves screening shut down by Houston police.
The headline of the article is "Kanye West's New Slaves screening shut down by Houston police". The author of the article is Sean Michaels The article was published on the web site www.guardian.com on Monday 27 May 2013. The article provides the information about the police in Houston, Texas put a quick stop to a local promotional campaign for Kanye West's new album, Yeezus. Officers threatened to arrest fans who had gathered outside the city's Rothko Chapel on Saturday night, hoping to watch a video for West's latest song, New Slaves, which was expected to be projected on to the chapel's wall.
In the beginning of the article the author states it was the second weekend in a row that West had organised screenings of New Slaves at sites around the world, projecting the new video on the walls of major landmarks. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday there were events in more than 20 cities, including Manchester and Glasgow.
Then he reports in Houston, the rapper had scheduled three Saturday screenings, and none of them happened. At the landmark Rothko Chapel, whose interior includes 14 paintings by Mark Rothko, dozens of "upbeat, respectful" fans were sent home by police, according to the Houston Chronicle. Officials "pulled several cars on to the grass, flashed lights and sirens and demanded everyone leave or be arrested for trespassing", it reported.
The author writes about Houston police that said the cancellations were due to issues of permits and public safety, some observers have wondered if the content of the song caused the authorities to intervene. As West rages against institutionalised racism in New Slaves, he has some special words for the prison-industrial complex, in which police play an important role. "TheDEA teamed up with the CCA," West raps. "They tryin' to lock niggas up/ They tryin' to make new slaves/ See that's that privately owned prisons/ Get your piece today."
In the very end of the article the author states that Yeezus, West's sixth album, will reportedly be released on 18 June. Described as "dark" and "very raw", the LP may include collaborations with Daft Punk, Skrillex, Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, James Blakeand Malik Yusef.
In my opinion this doesn't surprise me because projection of rapper's new music video on side of landmark building blocked by Texas police. I think it's fair.
The headline of the article is "Kanye West's New Slaves screening shut down by Houston police". The author of the article is Sean Michaels The article was published on the web site www.guardian.com on Monday 27 May 2013. The article provides the information about the police in Houston, Texas put a quick stop to a local promotional campaign for Kanye West's new album, Yeezus. Officers threatened to arrest fans who had gathered outside the city's Rothko Chapel on Saturday night, hoping to watch a video for West's latest song, New Slaves, which was expected to be projected on to the chapel's wall.
In the beginning of the article the author states it was the second weekend in a row that West had organised screenings of New Slaves at sites around the world, projecting the new video on the walls of major landmarks. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday there were events in more than 20 cities, including Manchester and Glasgow.
Then he reports in Houston, the rapper had scheduled three Saturday screenings, and none of them happened. At the landmark Rothko Chapel, whose interior includes 14 paintings by Mark Rothko, dozens of "upbeat, respectful" fans were sent home by police, according to the Houston Chronicle. Officials "pulled several cars on to the grass, flashed lights and sirens and demanded everyone leave or be arrested for trespassing", it reported.
The author writes about Houston police that said the cancellations were due to issues of permits and public safety, some observers have wondered if the content of the song caused the authorities to intervene. As West rages against institutionalised racism in New Slaves, he has some special words for the prison-industrial complex, in which police play an important role. "TheDEA teamed up with the CCA," West raps. "They tryin' to lock niggas up/ They tryin' to make new slaves/ See that's that privately owned prisons/ Get your piece today."
In the very end of the article the author states that Yeezus, West's sixth album, will reportedly be released on 18 June. Described as "dark" and "very raw", the LP may include collaborations with Daft Punk, Skrillex, Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, James Blakeand Malik Yusef.
In my opinion this doesn't surprise me because projection of rapper's new music video on side of landmark building blocked by Texas police. I think it's fair.
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