Watch Kanye West Perform “Gold Digger” With John Legend In 2003

Skip navigation!ADVERTISEMENTStory from MusicADVERTISEMENTWatch Kanye West Perform “Gold Digger” With John Legend In 2003Cortney RilesMarch 11, 2015, 12:00 PM Before Kimye (and North West), there was Kanye. Just Kanye — the boisterous, relentlessly unapologetic, wildly talented songwriter, rapper, and producer, who took the music industry by storm with College Dropout in 2004. The next year came Late Registration, the second critically acclaimed studio album from the hip-hop sensation. That Grammy Award winner for Best Rap Album included several hits, but none more notable than "Gold Digger." Sampling Ray Charles' notable "I Got a Woman," the song also features Jamie Foxx on vocals. Now, a day before #ThrowbackThursday (let's call it #WayBackWednesday?), we've got ourselves a video of an early version of "Gold Digger" from 2003. Here, though, the performance swaps out Foxx for John Legend, Kanye's signature all-black ensembles for a Reese's tee, and stoic stares for smirks. This was ages before Kanye was stealing the limelight from T-Swift or Beck. This is when he was simply trying to get the spotlight. Watch to see Yeezy perform "Gold Digger" before he became the Kanye we know today. AdvertisementADVERTISEMENT EntertainmentPeggy Gou Is Paving Her Own Path & Mentoring Other Women DJs Alon...Music journalist Kelly Washington travelled to Pacha ICONS at Playa Pacha at the FIVE LUXE JBR to profile Peggy Gou, the queen of K-House and techno. It isby Kelly Washington¡Súbelo!The Beef Between Dominicans & Puerto Ricans Isn’t Real. Bad Bunny...The rivalry between Puerto Ricans and Dominicans goes back decades. The neighboring islands, and their diasporas in the United States, compete over just abby Raquel ReichardEntertainmentStan Expectation & The Allure Of Cultural Clout: Why Has The Reac...On Saturday at 4am, I found myself en route to see Taylor Swift’s The Official Release Party of a Showgirl cinematic experience. In all my years as by Bianca DavinoAdvertisementADVERTISEMENT¡Súbelo!Bad Bunny & Amazon’s “Una Más” Live-Stream Was The Start. Here’s ...It’s been two weeks since Bad Bunny teamed up with Amazon Music for “No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí: Una Más,” a special encore concert added to his 30-shby Raquel Reichard¡Súbelo!From Child Star to Pop It Girl, DANNA’s Hot Next Chapter BeginsFor years, DANNA has lived in the spotlight. As a child actor on beloved telenovelas and a star of Netflix’s Élite, she was part of Latin pop culture loby Natasha LópezUnbotheredErykah Badu Teases New Music & Stops Show To Shout Out ASL Interp...I don’t think Erykah Badu can be anything but unequivocally and unapologetically herself. If there has ever been a moment of pretense throughout her overby Kathleen Newman-B...UnbotheredI Took My First Trip To Nashville & Fell In Love With Country MusicI never thought I’d be two-stepping in Nashville with cowboy boots on, singing along to country music, but last weekend, there I was. After spending a feby Sandy PierreUnbotheredThe BET Awards Gave Me A Full Circle Moment I Didn’t See ComingWatching 106 & Park’s Top Ten video countdown was a childhood ritual, just like gathering around the television to watch the BET Awards, which alwaysby Shanique Yates¡Súbelo!Empowerment or Erasure? Karol G’s “Latina Foreva” Sparks Debate A...When Karol G dropped her newest single and music video “Latina Foreva” on May 22, it became undoubtedly clear that the Colombian pop reggaeton artist sby Zameena MejiaUnbotheredYes, You Can Manifest Your Way To A Beyoncé Concert. I Did!Like every other Beyoncé fan, the minute Cowboy Carter tickets dropped, I was ready to grab mine. But between high prices and the chaotic process of waitiby Sandy PierreUnbotheredThrough The Rain, Beyoncé Poured Light Into Black Girlhood At The...Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour has given us so many beautiful reminders to celebrate and honor Black girlhood. Even if you haven’t or don’t plan on goby Taryn FinleyUnbotheredThe Millennium Tour Gave Us More Than Nostalgia—It Was A ResetSay what you want about millennials that we’re obsessed with nostalgia, stuck in the early 2000s or whatever but the Millennium Tour reminded me exactly by Mitti HicksAdvertisementADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENT