L.E.P. Bogus Boys Barred From Stage

The L.E.P. Bogus Boys were barred from performing by the Chicago Police department at an upcoming A$AP Rocky show. According to the group, the police felt that the group's lyrics contained violent imagery that would make it unsafe for them to perform at the House of Blues.

"We received an email from Don C, [West's] manager [who] was promoting the show at the House of Blues, saying that Chicago Police are shutting L.E.P. down," they explained. "[The] circumstances are not known, 'cus we've performed already three times at the House of Blues, no violence, not trouble…they said that due to the violence that's happening around [and] the type of music that we make [we can't perform]."

"The situation that's going on in Chicago is not about music," he added. "If you're going to target music, you might as well target television. It's poverty; there's no jobs, there's no eating. You have to contribute that to the violence. It has nothing to do with the music or what have you…right now, I guess we're going to have to protest and actually go into the city of Chicago and explain to people…we're doing music, we're not promoting violence."

Jay-Z Ditches Occupy Wall Street For "Occupy All Streets + Him & & Kanye West Receive Their Platinum Plaques For "Watch The Throne"

Jay-Z isn't trying to Occupy Wall Street, he's trying to Occupy All Streets. 

While backstage at his Watch The Throne concert, Jay rocked an "Occupy All Streets" t-shirt, as he snapped a few pictures with his good friend Russell Simmons. 

Jay-Z and Kanye West told us that somebody watch the throne, and the critics should have listened. 

Jay-Z & Kanye West "Watch The Throne" Tour Dates

While backstage at their Watch The Throne concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City, Jay-Z and Kanye were presented with platinum plaques for selling over a million records for Watch The Throne. 

Presented by Barry Weiss, Jay and 'Ye were all smiles as Russell Simmons, Fabolous, Trey Songz, Andre Harrell and Michael K Williams cheered them on in celebration. 

Jay-Z and Kanye released their collaborative album Watch The Throne in August 2011, and the album skyrocketed to number one in over 30 countries around the world. 

 Jay-Z & Kanye West "Watch The Throne" Set List Is Longer Than A Marathon

Jay-Z and Kanye are currently on a 26 city tour, where the two kings take on thousands of fans without the help of stage props, special guests, or a DJ. Just two hip-hop kings against the world. 

Catch Jay-Z and Kanye in a city near you!

Take a look at Jay-Z and Kanye West backstage with their platinum plaques in the gallery above!

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Kanye West Covers Complex’s Dec/Jan 2011 Issue!

Once again, Kanye has floored us all with the album of the year, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which officially hits stores today. Complex was lucky enough to get a glimpse inside the making of this masterpiece for ourDecember/January 2011 cover story. In fact, it’s the ultimate fly-on-the-wall account: Earlier this year, our editor-in-chief, Noah Callahan-Bever, was invited out to Kanye’s rap fantasy camp in Hawaii to watch the magic happen. We also got some of the major players involved in the album (Pusha T, Pete Rock, Nicki Minaj, etc) to break down their experience, and as an online exclusive, we have a gallery filled with 40 behind-the-scenes Hawaii photos. The issue officially hits stands on December 7, but we’re giving you a chance to check out the full package now.