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Pop-up ‘Famous’ screening draws crowd of hundreds

When Yeezus called, the whole District answered.

Kanye West, the rapper behind album “Life of Pablo,” tweeted four locations in D.C. where he would screen his infamous “Famous” Sunday night and early Monday morning. One of those addresses was the corner of 22 and G streets at Funger Hall.

MACOMB STREET NW AND WISCONSIN AVENUE @ 10:30PM FLORIDA AVENUE NW AND W STREET NW @ 11:30PM 22ND STREET NW and G STREET NW @ 12:30AM

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) July 3, 2016

Despite the short notice and lack of detail, about 200 people flocked to Funger on foot, by car or in Ubers by 12:30 a.m. Some had clearly just come from bars and others had just rolled of bed, but the milling crowd was united by electric excitement as they waited for Yeezus.

A black van pulled up G Street 10 minutes before the viewing was scheduled to start, and a rudimentary projector was set up to show the video on the side of Funger Hall to screen the music video.

The cheer of fans was deafening, despite some controversy over the video, and every time a new face appeared on the screen the crowd would respond with a cheer or a boo.

The music video has drawn criticism and outrage for showing the naked bodies of various other celebrities, including Rihanna, Donald Trump and Taylor Swift. It has since been revealed that most of the bodies depicted in the video are not real, but are actually realistic wax figures.

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