Kanye West and Kim Kardashian to marry next week in Florence

May 16, 2014 18:33

The pair have hired a 16th century Italian villa for their nuptials

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are set to marry next week in Florence.

The pair will get hitched at Belvedere Fort, which is a 16th century villa, on May 24. It was rented for 300,000 euros (£244,000), reports BBC Newsbeat.

James Franco recently claimed that Kanye West invited him and Seth Rogen to perform their parody of his song 'Bound 2' at his upcoming wedding. The actors filmed a spoof version of West's video for the song, which featured the rapper and his fiancée riding a motorbike through the desert while locked in a passionate embrace. The spoof version saw Franco and Rogen kissing and went viral.

Speaking on ABC's The View, Franco revealed that he and Rogen had received the offer from the couple ahead of their wedding, when it was previously thought that the pair would be wed in France: "Kim loved the video, and we didn't hear back from Kanye, so we kind of felt like, 'He's not bashing us, but he probably hates it but he's not going to say anything.' But then two weeks ago, we got a call from Kanye. Seth and I were on the phone," said Franco. "We thought he was just going to let us have it. But he loved it! He wanted us to perform it live the night before his wedding at Versailles."

However, attendees at the wedding are unlikely to see the live action version of the spoof video: "It would have been awesome for about 20 seconds, but then there would be Seth with his shirt off in front all the Kardashians," admitted Franco.

Earlier this year it was reported that West had cancelled an Australian tour in order to finish work on his new album, the follow up to 2013's 'Yeezus'.

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Kanye West Wrote 'Perfect B**ch' Song About Kim Kardashian

by Tyler K. McDermott, N.Y.  |   August 07, 2012 4:10 EDT

Kanye West has the perfect chick and he's not afraid to brag about it.

After previewing unreleased music at NYC's PH-D Rooftop Lounge early Saturday morning ("around 1:30 a.m."), West took to Twitter to confirm one song in particular, reportedly named "Perfect Bitch," is about his girlfriend Kim Kardashian.

"I wrote the song Perfect Bitch about Kim," 'Ye tweeted.

According to the New York Daily News, once source said the song, which contained the chorus, "my perfect bitch," was the most talked about track of the evening. A second source revealed to the news organization that many references were made not only to Kim, but also to West's ex-girlfriend, Amber Rose.

A looped sample of German composer Carl Orff's 1937 composition "Carmina Burana," can be heard throughout the chorus as well. The song was previously sampled on Nas' "I Am…" anthem, "Hate Me Now."

While there isn't any word to whether or not "Perfect Bitch" will be released on an upcoming project, songs West premiered during his DJ set in London last December eventually became "Way Too Cold" and compositions slated to be featured on the upcoming G.O.O.D Music compilation album, "Cruel Summer."

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Kanye West raps of love for Kim Kardashian

Recording artist Kanye West sits courtside as he attends the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls in Los Angeles December 25, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Danny Moloshok

LOS ANGELES | Thu Apr 5, 2012 6:02pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kanye West professed his love for reality TV star Kim Kardashian in a new song leaked online on Thursday, and the pair were spotted out on the town in New York together.

In "Theraflu," named after the over-the-counter cough medicine, West raps about falling in love with the "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" star at the same time she fell in love with Kris Humphries, who she divorced last November after 72 days of marriage.

West also made a reference to not having rapper Jay-Z, who has minority stakes in the New Jersey Nets basketball team for which Humphries plays, remove the basketball player from the team.

"And I'll admit, I fell in love with Kim, 'round the same time she had fell in love with him, well, that's cool, baby girl, do ya thing, lucky I ain't have Jay drop him from the team," rapped West, over hip hop beats by DJ Khaled.

West and Kardashian were photographed on Thursday having lunch together at a New York restaurant, but they declined to speak to media gathered outside. The pair also spent much of Wednesday night together, taking in "The Hunger Games" movie, a live New York show and seeing a band perform at a bar, celebrity magazine Us Weekly reported.

Elsewhere on the "Theraflu" single, West brims with his trademark confidence and ego with lines such as "tell PETA my mink is dragging on the floor," and "don't talk about style, cause I embarrass you," bragging about dinner with Vogue editor Anna Wintour and racing with Polish model Anja Rubik.

The rapper also alludes to ex-girlfriend Amber Rose, whom he dated on and off for two years until 2010 and who is now engaged to rapper Wiz Khalifa. West says he has "respect" for Khalifa.

West, who last made headlines in January after posting a series of more than 80 tweets detailing his diverse "train of thoughts," has stayed under the radar in recent weeks, posting only a couple of tweets and making few public appearances.

"Theraflu" has served to further whet the appetite of fans and critics for the release on Friday of a new single "Mercy", featuring West and other artists signed to his G.O.O.D Music record and management label.

(Reporting By Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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