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Kanye plays new songs for Facebook staffers

Kanye West's promo tour to support his new record sometimes moves in mysterious ways.

After singing on top of a virtual mountain during the BET Awards and making a public appearance at the Tutankhamun exhibition at Times Square and with LeBron James for the latter's new team announcement,  the rapper has now performed some of his new songs at Facebook's California offices.

Wearing a suit, West performed some killer a cappella verses for employees of the popular social networking site.

"I've been writing new stuff for the new album and I've just got a couple raps that I really like, so I thought it'd be cool just to say them for you all,"" West told to the audience of cheering Facebook staffers. "All y'all turn your phones off."

West rapped some versese from Lost, Chain Gang, and especially the song Mama's Boyfriend, a very personal song that describes his parents' separation: "It took me 33 years of my life to write [this]. It means a lot to me, and it's called 'Mama's Boyfriend.'

The new album Kanye record will be released in September. The first single, Power, is already popular on the Web.

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