Wednesday, September 2, 2026

While Five Foot 8 Kanye West Performs in Chicago This Week, He’s Holding Auditions for Very Tall Young Men in Los Angeles: New Basketball Team?

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As you may have heard, Kanye West — antisemite, fan of Hitler — is performing tomorrow and Friday in Chicago. Soldier Field owned by the City of Chicago, is welcoming him to the Windy City.

What could go wrong?

At the same time, Kanye is holding “auditions” for male models in Los Angeles.

He’s looking for very tall young men from five foot eleven to six foot 1, from ages 18 to 21. Kanye’s either looking to start a basketball team or market XXL clothing to DestinationXL.

Kanye is only 5′ 88″.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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