Keeping Up with Kanye West: Inside a Doc Trilogy Two Decades in the Making (Without Ye’s Final Cut)

Kanye West has said that he wants Drake to narrate his upcoming Netflix documentary, Jeen-Yuhs.The three-part series will present an “intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist”.Directed by Ye collaborators Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, the first “act” of Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is due to land on Netflix on February 16. A new trailer was released last week.As Hot New Hip Hop reports, the ‘DONDA’ rapper took to social media yesterday (February 7) to post a screenshot of a text conversation seemingly regarding Jeen-Yuhs.

Kanye «Ye» West spent some quality time with his children amid his tiff with estranged wife, Kim Kardashian West. The artist was photographed with three of his four children — Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2 — at the Future Brunch on Sunday.In photos shared by Shot by Sham on Instagram and taken by Hesham Abdo, Kanye is all smiles as his little ones walk beside him.

Kanye West has sold his luxury Ripsaw EV2 tank.The rapper – known legally as Ye – has offloaded the military vehicle which previously featured in his music video for ‘Closed On Sunday‘, where he was seen driving in it with his former mother-in-law, Kris Jenner.According to TMZ, West recently sold the EV2, which retails at $500,000 (£370,102) to David ‘Heavy D’ Sparks and David ‘Diesel Dave’ Kiley of the Discovery reality TV show Diesel Brothers.Heavy D told the gossip site that after picking up the tank, he discovered that it contains a built-in DVD player that plays a K-pop video on a loop and he has no idea how to turn it off.Kanye West just sold his tank for $500,000‼️ pic.twitter.com/ztTNw303pm— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) February 1, 2022Meanwhile, Netflix recently released a new trailer for West’s documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.The film, which is directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, will capture two decades of the rapper’s life and career. It promises to showcase “both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist”.Act 1 of the three-part documentary arrives on Netflix on February 16, having initially premiered during Sundance’s virtual festival last month.West is also currently working on ‘DONDA 2’, the sequel album to 2021’s ‘DONDA’, which he previously said would be released on February 22. It will be executive produced by Future, with Marilyn Manson also confirmed to be working on the record.

Adding more fuel to the fire? Kanye West has continued to fuel drama with his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian.

Kanye West takes his differences with his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, to risky places. Hours after the tv personality and businesswoman responded to the rapper’s post about her allowing their daughter, North West, to use social media without his approval, Ye continued the war, accusing Kardashian of kidnapping.

Kanye West documentary Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy – watch below.Act 1 of the three-part documentary arrives on Netflix on February 16, having initially premiered during Sundance’s virtual festival last month.Jeen-Yuhs is directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah and will capture two decades of the rapper’s life and career. It promises to showcase “both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist”.A first-look clip of the documentary was revealed last year during Netflix’s livestream TUDUM event, showing young West rapping his ‘The College Dropout’ track ‘Two Words’ alongside Mos Def.“There’s people who might be better programmers, better rappers,” West, who is now legally known as Ye, says in the trailer, “but where I think I won is I had the heart.”Last month, West made a statement about the film on Instagram in which he “kindly” said: “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix.

his upcoming  documentary “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” — which will premiere the first of its three parts Feb. 16 on Netflix — the hip-hop superstar reveals that he does indeed believe that he is a chosen one.“I just think it was in God’s plan,” West, 44, says of his groundbreaking success as a rapper, producer and mogul.

The story of Kanye West’s rise to global superstardom is the event of the season.

Kanye West fans are that much closer to seeing the 'jeen-yuhs' at work behind the music. On Friday, Netlix dropped the final trailer for the upcoming docuseries , which boasts to be an unprecedented look into the 44-year-old artist's experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break into the entertainment industry and his life today as a global brand and artist.Described as a «landmark documentary event,» the seriescomes from Clarence «Coodie» Simmons and Chike Ozah, more commonly known as Coodie & Chike, who first garnered attention with their breakthrough music video for West’s «Through the Wire.» Since then, they have directed «Two Words» and a version of «Jesus Walks» in addition to Erykah Badu’s powerful and controversial music video for «Window Seat.»The trailer features glimpses of footage of the rapper captured by Coodie, whose voiceover explains that when he first met the «up-and-coming producer back in '98, I knew he was destined for greatness.»«The goal was to see how far his dreams would take him.

Ye, seemingly shaded his estranged wife with the first part of his statement, referencing Kim’s divorces from Kris Humphries and Damon Thomas. Then he proceeds to ask for guidance and see if he could take action against the mother of his four children. West’s post received thousands of likes; however, most people on the comments section labeled the rapper as “Petty Betty,” adding that he is “bitter and unhappy.”People also questioned the reasons why she couldn’t have fun on TikTok.

Kim Kardashian is hitting back.

Kanye West threw both direct and subtle shade at Kim Kardashian in an Instagram post on Feb. 4. The rapper has made it clear that he does not want the pair’s daughter, North West, 8, on TikTok, and he reiterated that point in his latest message. “Since this is my first divorce I need to know what I should do about my daughter being put on TikTok against my will?” he wrote.

Kanye West will not be given “final edit and approval” on the forthcoming documentary Jeen-Yuhs, according to the film’s directors.The rapper and producer’s music career is the subject of the upcoming three-part movie, which is set for release on Netflix on February 16.West, who is now legally known as Ye, made a statement about the film on Instagram on January 21 in which he “kindly” said: “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix.“Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image.”A post shared by ye (@kanyewest)Speaking in a new interview with Rolling Stone, Jeen-Yuhs’ directors Coodie and Chike have now said that they will not be granting West his request to “open the edit room”.“Me and Chike have a company called Creative Control, because you don’t want to lose your creative control,” Coodie said.“If Kanye wasn’t as polarising of a character as he was, we wouldn’t have an interesting doc,” Chike added. “This just comes with the territory.

Saturday Night Live when Kardashian hosted in October 2021 upset him because he was in the audience. In the West is referencing, Kardashian played Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin, and Davidson played Aladdin. This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“How you gonna bring me to SNL and then kiss the dude you dating right in front of me?” Kanye West said on the podcast, per which was released Monday, January 24. However, there is no evidence that Kardashian and Davidson were dating at the time.

Kanye West is said to believe his estranged wife Kim Kardashian is in a “fake relationship” with comedian Pete Davidson.The billionaire rapper, who reportedly slammed his ex for allowing North to wear lipstick on TikTok, has reportedly told his friends that Kim, 41, is “making up storylines for her life”. Kanye, 44, who is now in a relationship with Uncut Gems actress Julia Fox, is also reported to have shared his frustration over Kim’s romantic life, and claimed he’s “sick” of her supposedly making things up.The singer shares children North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm, two, with the former Keeping Up With the Kardashians reality TV star.

Kanye West has hit out at estranged wife Kim Kardashian for allowing their eldest daughter, North, to wear lipstick when filming TikTok videos. North, eight, has gotten herself into bother with her parents a couple of times as a result of Tiktok – including when she gave a live tour of her home without Kim’s permission. A recent development in North’s antics is that she was spotted wearing lipstick in one of her clips, which rapper dad Kanye, 44, isn’t happy about and has criticised Kim, 41, for allowing her to wear it.

Kanye «Ye» West is making a fashion statement during his latest outing with Julia Fox. The 44-year-old rapper and the 31-year-old actress arrived together at the Schiaparelli fashion show in Paris, France, during Paris Fashion Week on Monday, turning heads in matching leather looks.West completely covered his face with a black mask, wearing a leather jacket, pants and the Red Wing black boots he's been favoring during his recent appearances.

Kanye’s demands for the final cut on Jeen-yuhs makes its Sundance premiere all the more fascinating.