New York
City mayor Bill de Blasio is hitting the ‘Ye button. On
Monday afternoon, the 55-year-old city leader tweeted at Kanye
West to encourage and to help the Chicago artist to throw a block
party benefitting the NYC youth.
On Sunday,
organizers canceled the third day of the Governer’s Ball Festival — including
Kanye West’s set — due to extreme weather. As a result, Kanye was free to
make a special appearance at Summer Jam. Then, he tried
to throw a 2 a.m. concert at Webster Hall and
attempted to contact de Blasio about shutting down part of the street
for a block party. The mayor was likely asleep when Yeezy hit him up
originally, and, luckily, it seems de Blasio is open to working with him on
this endeavor. View the tweet (complete with snapchat screenshot!) below.
It’s been
a big week for Kanye. On Friday, among a bevy of new releases from major
artists, ‘Ye might’ve won the day by dropping “Champions,” the first single from Cruel Winter.
24 hours prior, ‘Ye and ScHoolboy Q delivered the music video for “That Part.” On that same day, information
regarding the Yeezy Season 2 footwear lineup finally surfaced,
and the adidas Yeezy Boost 750 Glow in the Dark got a release date
— June 11 at select retailers.
This isn’t
the first time de Blasio has popped up in hip-hop news. Last summer, he made an
appearance on Ebro in the Morning to accept an apology from
Russell Simmons after Uncle Rush called him a bitch. Then, in February of this
year, de Blasio
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