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Kanye West arrives on the Self-importance Truthful Oscar social gathering on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California.
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Russian state media claimed Sunday that American rapper and producer Kanye West is visiting Moscow, however CNN has not been in a position to independently confirm he’s really there.
West, who now goes by Ye, arrived in Moscow on a non-public go to, based on the model staff for Russian designer Gosha Rubchinskiy, state media TASS reported. Rubchinskiy is the top of design for the rapper’s style model Yeezy.
West himself allegedly posted on the Russian social media web site VK on Sunday saying, “Hello, Moscow,” based on state media RIA Novosti. Nonetheless, his account on VK will not be verified.
The go to – if true – would make West the primary main American movie star to go to Moscow because the begin of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
CNN has reached out to West’s supervisor for remark.
A number of movies have emerged in Russian media purporting to point out West and his safety guards in Moscow, however he isn’t clearly identifiable within the footage.
Music producer Yana Rudkovskaya additionally posted a video that purportedly reveals West’s again, as he walks right into a room adopted by safety.
She mentioned, “In accordance with my info, tomorrow he and the staff will go and see Luzhniki (stadium).”
The music producer added that she “hopes” he’ll at some point carry out there however nothing is confirmed.
Luzhniki Stadium advised Russian state media that there is no such thing as a details about a Kanye West live performance set to happen within the capital.
“The knowledge that Kanye West might maintain his live performance in Moscow is hype and pretend, Eduard Ratnikov, basic director of the TCI (Expertise Live performance Worldwide) company, advised TASS,” the outlet additionally reported.