CONVERSATIONS & PRIMARY SOURCES
Interviews.
16 selected interviews, profiles and brief encounters. Follow the publisher links to read or watch the originals. This is a starting selection, not a complete interview history.
Issue: 2003
Kanye West’s Time Has Come
The FADER · Knox Robinson; Will Welch
Profile with interview · Web text / Print
Issue 20 cover story; publisher republication June 8, 2011. Exact issue month not established in the linked page.
Open publisher source: Kanye West’s Time Has Come (opens in a new tab)Publication: 02/12/2004
Recast as the leading man
Los Angeles Times · Soren Baker
Interview · Web text
Open publisher source: Recast as the leading man (opens in a new tab)Issue: 05/2004
The day Kanye West’s life changed forever
Dazed & Confused · Callum McGeoch
Interview · Print / Web text
May 2004 issue; publisher reprint February 10, 2014. Exact recording day unresolved.
Open publisher source: The day Kanye West’s life changed forever (opens in a new tab)Publication: 06/20/2004
Graduated with honours
The Observer / Guardian · Kitty Empire
Profile with interview · Web text
UK date; US page displays 06/19/2004.
Open publisher source: Graduated with honours (opens in a new tab)Broadcast: 02/07/2005
Charlie Rose interview
PBS / Charlie Rose · Charlie Rose
Interview · Video
Publisher lists February 7, 2005 air date. August 26 compilation is a rebroadcast, not a new interview. Playback not independently audited.
Open publisher source: Charlie Rose interview (opens in a new tab)Publication: 08/05/2005
Natural born show-off
The Guardian · Dorian Lynskey
Profile with interview · Web text
UK date; US display may show 08/04/2005.
Open publisher source: Natural born show-off (opens in a new tab)Recording: 2007
International Man of the Year 2007 interview
British GQ · Johnny Davis
Profile with interview · Web text
Archival profile from 2007; web republication August 29, 2012. Exact original publication date unresolved.
Open publisher source: International Man of the Year 2007 interview (opens in a new tab)Publication: 08/12/2007
It’s Kanye’s world
The Observer / Guardian · Luke Bainbridge
Profile with interview · Web text
Profile includes multiple sessions.
Open publisher source: It’s Kanye’s world (opens in a new tab)Publication: 10/07/2010
Hot Tracks: Kanye West
Vanity Fair · Lisa Robinson
Interview · Web text / Print
Online publication October 7, 2010; November 2010 print issue.
Open publisher source: Hot Tracks: Kanye West (opens in a new tab)Recording: 2013
Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton raw interview
Valentine Street Productions / Hypebeast · Jeff Broadway
Interview · Video
Recorded in 2013; uncut edition published in March 2017. Playback not independently audited.
Open publisher source: Our Vinyl Weighs a Ton raw interview (opens in a new tab)Publication: 02/16/2015
Exclusive: The Kanye West Interview
Style.com / Vogue · Dirk Standen
Interview · Web text
Open publisher source: Exclusive: The Kanye West Interview (opens in a new tab)Publication: 11/20/2016
Kanye West: Free Form
Surface · Spencer Bailey
Interview · Video / Web text / Print
Publisher page dated November 20, 2016; December art issue and accompanying video grouped as one work.
Open publisher source: Kanye West: Free Form (opens in a new tab)Issue: Winter 2021/22
I Am the Leader: conversation with Tino Sehgal
032c · Tino Sehgal
Interview · Print / Web text
Winter 2021/22 issue 40 booklet; full online edition May 10, 2022. Exact recording date unresolved.
Open publisher source: I Am the Leader: conversation with Tino Sehgal (opens in a new tab)Publication: 10/24/2022
Lex Fridman Podcast #332
Lex Fridman Podcast · Lex Fridman
Interview · Video / Audio
Publisher episode page. Playback, recording date and transcript accuracy not independently audited.
Open publisher source: Lex Fridman Podcast #332 (opens in a new tab)Publication: 01/27/2026
Ye on his Wall Street Journal apology advertisement
Vanity Fair · Anna Peele
Interview · Web text
Email interview concerning the apology advertisement; the advertisement itself is not an interview.
Open publisher source: Ye on his Wall Street Journal apology advertisement (opens in a new tab)Publication: 11/06/2026
Yeezy Season 01 backstage exchange
GQ · Frazier Tharpe
Brief encounter · Web text
Brief backstage exchange reported in a longer article, not a full-length interview. Recorded November 4, 2026.
Open publisher source: Yeezy Season 01 backstage exchange (opens in a new tab)
Bibliographic references only: no transcripts, photographs or media are reproduced. Dates distinguish publication, issue and recording; partial dates remain partial. Inclusion establishes the interview’s existence, not the truth of statements made in it. Publisher access and playback may change.
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