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Kanye Westcreated theDondaexperience.
On Tuesday, West, 44, celebrated the release of his albumDonda 2, followingDonda, which was released in August.
The “Eazy” rapper also brought outMarilyn Manson, despiteprevious backlashto the musician’s appearance at West’sDONDAlistening party last year.
West’s performance also included a nod to estranged wifeKim Kardashianwhen he sampled a line from herSaturday Night Livemonologue. TheKeeping Up with the Kardashiansalum, 41, made her hosting debut on the sketch comedy show in October.
At the beginning of the song “Sci-Fi,” Kardashian’s voice can be heard saying, “I married the best rapper of all time. Not only that, he is the richest Black man in America. A talented, legit genius who gave me four incredible kids.”
Another song featured a voiceover of Kamala Harris' “We Did It Joe"viral momentfollowing the 2020 election.
Attendees at the event includedElon Musk,French MontanaandRick Ross, among others.
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Last week, West revealed thathe would only be releasing the album on his Stem Player.
He shared the news on Instagram,posting alongside a song snippetthat “Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube.”
“Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes,” he claimed. “It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own. Go to stemplayer.com now to order.”
The $200 device “ships withDonda” and allows the user to “customize any song,“according to the website.
“You can download new music from stemplayer.com. You can play 4 different elements of the track: vocals, drums, bass and music. It also has a MP3 player available,” Westwrote in another post.
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In a follow-up post, West shared what appeared to bethe album’s tracklisting, while in another, he urged his followers to “go to stemplayer.com to be a part of the revolution.”
Varietyreported that the house pictured in the photo is West’s childhood home in Chicago. The “Famous” rapper previouslyrecreatedthe home and featured it in aDondalistening event over the summer. The album was named after the rapper’s late mother, Donda West, who died in 2007 at age 58 followingplastic surgery complications.
He captioned the image, “DONDA2 COMING 2 22 22 EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY FUTURE.”
West’s news about his album comes as he recently said he isworking on taking “accountability"following a series of Instagram posts he made about Kardashian and her boyfriendPete Davidson.
He alsofiled a responsetohis ex’s December petitionto be declared legally single in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County.
His lawyers claim in the response that granting single status before issues like custody of their four children (North, 8,Saint, 6,Chicago, 4, andPsalm, 2½) and shared properties are settled in their ongoing divorce could result in “a risk of adverse consequences.”
The filing adds, “An early termination of status also creates barriers to obtaining evidence” if one of them “remarries before the case is concluded.”
Donda 2is out now.
source: people.com
