Kanye West continued his creative kick Friday night in Downtown Milwaukee and 21 other North American cities by projecting images of himself singing his latest single "New Slaves" on a building near Catalano Square in the Third Ward.
The artist showcased projections from his latest release "Yezzus" in 22 different locations across North America, including Oakland, Brooklyn, Chicago and Montreal, as well as a number of places across Europe; including Dublin, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brussels and Paris.
It was a cool way to promote his new release and generate buzz.
Video projections also were slated for other Downtown Milwaukee locations but several people reported that they didn’t happen as the Milwaukee Police Department shut them down. Similar shut downs happened in other cities too.
I reached out to the MPD via Twitter for comment, but haven’t heard back.
Several people reported that the projection in the Third Ward was aired to a receptive, "chill" and well behaved crowd.
If you saw the Kayne projections, use the talkbacks to tell us about it.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
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