CHICAGO — Kanye West’s blockbuster career has always been entwined with Chicago, from his early days as a rapper and music producer on the South Side to the 2021 “listening party” at Soldier Field celebrating the release of his latest album “Donda.”
Now, the multiple-Grammy-winning artist, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, could find himself on a different stage in his own hometown: a witness stand at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse.
West, 44, has been subpoenaed to testify at the upcoming federal trial of Arjun Dhillon, a onetime employee of West’s who is charged with using the singer’s name in an attempt to swindle a quarter of a million dollars from a rich philanthropist running an online charity campaign, according to court records.
