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Drake Fan Leaves Anti-Kanye Signs In Front of Ye’s Old Chicago Home
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty On Sunday (August 29), Kanye West’s highly anticipated album, Donda finally hit the streets and while it’s been a total love and hate affair with the album on social media, one Drake superfan decided to ride for the King of The North and give Yeezy a piece of his/her mind. Taking to Kanye’s childhood home to send him a message, the aforementioned fan left a few signs on the steps of Yeezy’s old Chicago home including “44 45 BURN OUT” (the dart Drake threw at Kanye on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal”) and “CLB Coming Soon” (Certified Lover Boy is said to be dropping this Friday). The Drizzy ridah also had an middle-finger left over for social media influencer and Kanye supporter, Justin Laboy, with a sign that read “F*CK JUSTIN LABOY.” Well, that was...
Kanye West Says Donda Was Released Without His Permission
This morning, Kanye West’s long-awaited Donda was released onto streaming services following three listening events (two in Atlanta and one in Chicago) and two release dates that were pushed. Now, in yet another twist, West says that his label, Universal, released the album without his permission. “UNIVERSAL PUT MY ALBUM OUT WITHOUT MY APPROVAL AND THEY BLOCKED JAIL 2 FROM BEING ON THE ALBUM,” West wrote on Instagram (in all caps that you can see below). SPIN has reached out to Universal for comment on whether or not they released it without his approval. When the 27-song, nearly two-hour album was released this morning, it didn’t contain “Jail Pt 2,” which had a verse from DaBaby that West claimed was held up by DaBaby’s manager who wouldn’t approve it. Now, the song is on there...
Kanye West Says Universal Released ‘Donda’ Without His Approval, DaBaby’s Presidential Support Got Him Spot
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MEGA / Getty Kanye West finally released his latest album, Donda, on Sunday (August 29), but it hasn’t been drama-free. According to Ye, the project was released by Universal, the home of his Def Jam recording home, without his permission. Yeezy took to Instagram—where else?—to reveal the conundrum. “UNIVERSAL PUT MY ALBUM OUT WITHOUT MY APPROVAL AND THE BLOCKED JAIL 2 FROM BEING ON THE ALBUM,” wrote Ye in all caps, so you know he’s peeved. “Jail” is the track with Jay-Z and Francis and the Lights while “Jail Pt. 2” features the same beat with the lineup additions of DaBaby and Marilyn Manson. West also shared, and deleted, texts between him and his A&R/manager, Bu Thiam, that it was DaBaby’s management who wasn’t clearing his verse on “Jail Pt. 2.” H...
Kanye West’s Donda Is Finally Out: Stream
After a year or so of talking and hyping it up, Kanye West’s Donda is finally out (at least in its current version). West’s latest release is 27 songs and clocks in at nearly two hours. On Thursday night at yet another listening party in his hometown of Chicago, West controversially brought out Marilyn Manson and DaBaby, with the former appearing on “Jail,” while the latter was supposed to appear on a song titled “Jail Part 2,” but West shared text messages which show that DaBaby’s manager won’t clear his verse. Chris Brown also appears on Donda as a lyricist. Also appearing on Donda are Jay-Z, The Weeknd, Pop Smoke, Pusha T, Travis Scott, Ty Dolla $ign, Kid Cudi, Jay Electronica, The Lox, Playboi Carti, Roddy Ricch, Baby Keem, Young Thug, Lil Durk, Lil Baby, ...
Kanye West’s New DONDA Stem Player Puts Music Production In The Palm of Your Hands
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Kanye West might be on to something here. The rapper, who might be known as just Ye if he has his way, is currently on tour across the country playing an album his fans can’t even get their hands on. While all this is going on, West continues to express his interest in the tech world. The embattled rapper’s tech branch of his YEEZY company unveiled its new Donda Stem Player that will allow users to “customize any song,” basically turning any regular old joe into a music producer. According to The Verge, Ye’s website states the device will cost $200 and will allegedly ship sometime this “Summer” with his album DONDA. So basically, we’re not holding our breath till we see this thing in the hands of actual people. As far as the specs...
Gesaffelstein Revealed as Producer of “Jesus Lord” From Kanye West’s “Donda” Album
It turns out Gesaffelstein is included in two songs on Kanye West‘s Donda, an album that fans fear may never release. Last month, we learned that the iconic French electronic music artist produced the track “No Child Left Behind” off the album, one of the most anticipated in recent memory. We’ve now discovered that he’s teamed up with West on a second cut titled “Jesus Lord.” While Donda has not been officially released, fans have uploaded clips of the track after it was debuted at his various listening parties and livestreams dedicated to the new album. As you can hear in the video below, the lengthy track also features fabled rappers Jay Electronica and The LOX. Although West is known to frequently change elements of his unreleased tunes, the vers...
COVID-19 Vaccine Shots Being Offered At Anti-Vaxxer Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ Chicago Listening Event
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty In more Kanye West news, while you still can’t get your hands on his album DONDA, you can leave his listening session vaccinated against COVID-19. The New York Post reports fans who feel like wasting their time listening to West’s unreleased album at his upcoming Chicago listening event held at Soldier Field Stadium Thursday (Aug.26) can also get the COVID-19 vaccine. While the vaccine will be available, the publication reports that masks and proof of vaccination will not be required to attend, a huge difference from the Lollapalooza music festival that required attendees to prove they were vaccinated or tested negative for the virus. TMZ reports that more than 1,500 doses of the Johnson & Johnson and the now FDA-approved...
Kanye West Files To Legally Change His Name To “Ye”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Neil Mockford / Getty Kanye Omari West wants to change his name. The Chicago multi-hyphenate and occasional rapper has petitioned to legally change his name to “Ye.” TMZ reports that Yeezy filed legal documents in Los Angeles requesting that his name officially be changed to just his nickname, Ye. Reportedly, the “Heard Em Say” rapper also wants to drop the West from his name, too. Variety reports that Mr. West, for now, is seeking the change in moniker for “personal reasons.” To paraphrase that barber in Coming To America (Clarence, portrayed by Arsenio Hall), his momma named him Kanye, we’re going to call him Kanye. But in all seriousness, we’ll respect his wishes—and it seems like the judge will have no reason not to sign off on the request. West is go...
Kanye West Recreating Childhood Home For ‘DONDA’ Listening Tour Stop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty The saga for the release of Kanye West new DONDA album continues. In the latest publicity grab—it is what it is—for what’s become a traveling tour, Yeezy is recreating his childhood home for the listening event at Chicago’s Soldier Field. Apparently, the “Power” rapper is building up a model of his old Chi-Town crib in the stadium, as seen below. Recently, besides tofu beefing with Drake, Kanye West wiped all the photos from his Instagram feed except for one—an image of his aforementioned childhood home on the South Side of Chicago. Well, there are more pics now, though. The first pair of DONDA listening sessions were held at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. West seemingly took up residence in the arena, claiming he would be compl...
Kanye West Seemingly Responds To Drake Diss, Shares Drizzy’s Home Address?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Menendez / Getty Fans think Donda should be his only priority but clearly Kanye West has Drake on the mind. Last week he made it clear the gloves are off with his former collaborator. As spotted on Complex the Chicago native has seemingly responded to Drizzy’s recent jabs on Trippie Redd’s “Betrayal”. On the track he rapped “All these fools I’m beefing that I barely know/ 45, 44 (burned out), let it go/ Ye ain’t changin’ sh*t for me, it’s set in stone.” Yeezy shared a screenshot of a group text to his Instagram. In it he sent a photo of Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker character and a very cryptic message saying “I live for this. I’ve been f***ed with by weird ass jock n***as like you my whole life. You will never recover. I promise you.” Additional...
You Care: Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Get Lunch Together in Malibu
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Will / Getty Kanye West and his soon to be ex-wife if not yet Kim Kardashian were spotted having lunch together in Malibu. Nope., we still don’t now when that Donda album will actually drop, for real for real, though. TMZ has the tea if you still care about these two: The ex-couple grabbed food together Thursday in Malibu with security in tow, and though it appeared they were trying to keep their hang on the DL … the fact they’re hanging at all suggests things are good between them despite being in the middle of a divorce. As we’ve told you … Kim and their kids have been very supporting of Ye as he’s been dragging out the release of his upcoming 10th studio album, “Donda,” by attending both of his listening events in Atlanta. Kim Kardashian file...
Producer Mike Dean Dispels Rumors He Left ‘DONDA’ Team: “It’s Fans Who Are Toxic”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marc Piasecki / Getty Legendary producer Mike Dean is refuting rumors that he is no longer working with Kanye West for his highly anticipated album, DONDA. The veteran producer confirmed he has been at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta attempting to finish Kanye West’s long-delayed DONDA album, but after rumors began to fly that he had walked away due to a “toxic environment,” Dean spoke out to dispel the claims. Dean took to Twitter to reveal that he is still working on Kanye’s tenth studio album adding, “People read too much into tweets. Lol.” Dean continued, blaming the media for “taking things out of context”, before noting that he was simply giving a fan a”shoutout.” “I mean toxic fans asking question u moron writers. Jesus. People take shuto...
