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“font-family: Verdana;”>A battle has broken out behind the scenes of Jay-Z and Kanye West’s new album, “Watch the Throne.”
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Sources say the rappers – who call themselves The Throne and are releasing their expected blockbuster collaboration Aug. 8 on iTunes and four days later everywhere else – are barely speaking to each other as they iron out the details of their upcoming tour. The sources say West wants flashy concerts with “next-level production,” which would cost more than $400,000 per show.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>”Jay-Z can’t deal with Kanye,” an insider told Page Six. “Jay is a stone-cold businessman. But Kanye wants to upstage rock stars with a blowout show. He doesn’t care about costs.” Industry insiders were shocked to see West and Jay-Z perform separately with Young Jeezy last Monday night at the Highline Ballroom.
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>”Jay-Z is fed up with West’s antics,” another source said. “He doesn’t even want to be around him.”
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“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>Live Nation’s presale event was delayed, but the show was supposed to go on with the tour set to begin on Sept. 22. But on Tuesday (Aug. 2) the tour announced “major rescheduling.” The first date is now set for Oct. 29 in Atlanta and the nearly 20 shows that were originally to take place before Oct. 29 have been crossed out with no replacement announced.
