Arts & Entertainment
Yeezy Does It: Kanye West Opens 'Pop-Up Store' in Northbrook This Weekend
The temporary shop will sell merchandise connected to the rapper's latest album, "The Life of Pablo."
NORTHBROOK, IL — Rapper and Kardashian accessory Kanye West has opened a "pop-up store" this weekend in Northbrook to sell merchandise around his current The Life of Pablo album, according to an announcement the Chicago native made on Twitter and his website.
The store will be at the Northbrook Court mall, 2171 Northbrook Court, and the temporary will have the following weekend hours, according to his website:
- 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, and Saturday, Aug. 20
- 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21
The pop-up store concept is essentially the music industry's version of bringing the concert merch table to a non-concert-goer. Without the concert. Expect to find T-shirts and other items connected with West's newest album on sale at the store.
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21 PABLO STORES WORLDWIDE THIS WEEKEND LOCATIONS HEREhttps://t.co/tYuzqs7kJW
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) August 18, 2016
West, who launched pop-up stores in conjunction with his Yeezus tour in 2013, will be opening 21 temporary shops this weekend. Other locations include Detroit, Philadelphia, Singapore and Cape Town, South Africa.
PHOTO: Kanye West in 2009. (Image via David Shankbone | Wikimedia Commons)
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