A Clubhouse room fooled an audience of thousands with an old Kanye West interview

Clubhouse is a buzzy, invite-only audio app where users join rooms and listen to speakers. On Wednesday, a room that appeared to feature Kanye West drew thousands of listeners. But the West “interview” was actually a recording of Zane Lowe’s 2019 podcast with him. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. A rare Kanye West interview broadcast on the buzzy new audio app Clubhouse drew thousands of listeners on Wednesday morning. There was only one problem — while it sounded like West was being interviewed live, the room was actually just playing a recording of his 2019 podcast with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. Clubhouse is an emerging Silicon Valley favorite, with an invite-only userbase and appearances from tech titans like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Funded by investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Clubhouse has also attracted its fair share of controversy, as the platform lacks a clear content moderation strategy and has already hosted medical misinformation and allowed users to create homophobic and sexist room topics. Andreessen also blocks journalists regularly to prevent them from listening to him. Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images The app has also attracted a large userbase of Black creatives,  » Read More