In the latest installment of Kanye and Pete’s Instagram feud, Kanye credits himself for changing the ‘SNL’s actor name to ‘Skete.’
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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.
Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image.”The film’s directors confirmed that he would not be given “final edit and approval” on the forthcoming documentary. “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. This is Kanye’s personality, so you just embrace it and then it’s going to take us, take us wherever it takes us….
This is the person that we’re dealing with. We all know what we’re dealing with.” In other news, West is currently working on ‘DONDA 2’, the sequel album to 2021’s ‘DONDA’, which he previously said would be
.In the latest installment of Kanye and Pete’s Instagram feud, Kanye credits himself for changing the ‘SNL’s actor name to ‘Skete.’
Kanye West and Jamie Foxx recording ‘Slow Jamz’ has been released as part of the second ‘act’ of the documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy – you can watch a clip below.The second part of the Coodie & Chike-directed trio of films is now streaming on Netflix after the first part premiered on the streaming service on February 16.One scene in ‘Act 2’ of jeen-yuhs sees West talking Foxx through his vocal part on the track ‘Slow Jamz’, which was released in 2004 on both West’s debut album ‘The College Dropout’ and Twista’s ‘Kamikaze’ LP.A clip of the in-the-studio scene, which has been released on Netflix’s social media accounts today (February 23) to promote the latest instalment of jeen-yuhs, also sees Foxx recording his vocal parts for ‘Slow Jamz’ – you can watch the moment below.jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Act 2 is now streaming and features footage of Kanye and Jamie Foxx recording Slow Jamz pic.twitter.com/fuQFkYLDjn— Netflix (@netflix) February 23, 2022Speaking to Business Insider earlier this month, jeen-yuhs co-director Chike Ozah spoke about why they denied West’s request to be involved in the editing process.“For us, as filmmakers, the name of our company is Creative Control, so, there are just certain rules in documentary filmmaking for it to be authentic,” he said.“And for it to resonate, people need to see certain things. So sometimes it’s just not best for the filmmaking for the subject, who the film is largely about, to have control over the direction the story goes in.“But, that being said, obviously, the input of Kanye’s team has always been welcome and we’re out to make the best documentary possible.
Kanye West is holding a live performance at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.The rapper, now legally known as Ye, announced the performance earlier this month with an image on social media that showed a house on stilts, engulfed in flames. The structure resembled the rapper’s childhood home, a recreation of which heavily featured during his third and final listening party for the original ‘Donda’ last year at Chicago’s Soldier Field stadium.Per a press release, the ‘Donda Experience’ event will feature a combination of music, art and fashion, with performances and “additional special guests”.
Fivio Foreign has shared a new video for his track, ‘City Of Gods’, which features guest vocals from Kanye West and Alicia Keys. Watch it below.The black and white video is dedicated to Fivio Foreign’s late friend Tahjay “T Dott” Dobson.The track is set to feature on on Fivio’s debut album ‘B.I.B.L.E’, which is set to arrive on March 25, and will be executive produced by West.An ode to Fivio’s hometown of New York City, Keys interpolates The Chainsmokers’ 2015 track of the same name on its chorus.Both West and Keys feature in the minimalistic new video, which you can watch here.West’s sequel album to 2021’s ‘Donda’ is set to be released on February 22.
Kanye West is posting more messages to his social media, but this time, he’s taking a moment of pause to reflect on his well being. In an Instagram post shared Wednesday that’s now deleted, the rapper shared a screen grab of text that read, “God…please watch over me and keep my mind sane. I could use it right now,” the text stated. “To anyone who feels alone, im with you and I love you.”
Netflix Wednesday. The hip-hop star breaks down his mental-health struggles since the 2007 death of his beloved mother Donda West in “Act III: Awakening” — the third episode of the three-part documentary, which will begin streaming on March 2.
Kanye West has regularly connected his personal life to his music and other work throughout his career. While he’s performed tons of songs that reference friendships, his kids, and past romantic partners, one person who’s been a constant from day one is his mom Donda West. He’s been referencing his mama from his first album, well into his most recent record Donda in 2021. With the expected release of Donda 2, it’s clear Ye will keep paying tribute to his mom, who died in 2007 for years to come. Find out everything you need to know about Donda here.
Kanye West is trying to win Kim Kardashian back once again. The rapper now known as Ye, 44, who insisted that the pair will get back together in an Instagram outburst, has made a grand Valentine's Day gesture by sending a truck full of red roses to Kim's house.
Kanye West has asked his fans not to "do anything physical" to comedian Pete Davidson in his latest Instagram post.The 44 year old star has been embroiled in an ongoing feud with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian over the last several weeks as they attempt to navigate access to their four children North, eight, Saint, six, Chicago, four, and Psalm two, amid relationships in the public eye. Since then, Kanye and girlfriend Julia Fox have announced their break-up after dating for just a couple of months.
Julia Fox has broken her silence after she and Kanye West recently called it quits following a short term whirlwind romance. The former flames had chins wagging after putting on a loved-up display at Paris Fashion Week, but just weeks later their relationship has ended. Fans speculated that Julia, 32, and Kanye, 44, had ended things after the Uncut Gems actress deleted all signs of the rapper from her Instagram.
Kanye West made a cameo in a McDonalds advert that aired during last night’s (February 13) Super Bowl – check it out below.The 30-second advert, titled ‘Can I Get Uhhhhhhhhhhhh’, sees customers struggling to think of what to order at the fast food restaurant.At one point towards the end, Kanye then pulls up to the drive thru in a military-style tank, before opening up a gull wing door and, like everyone else, struggling to decide what to order.Check out the advert below.Aside from the new advert, it’s been a busy weekend for West. On Saturday (February 12), he broke the news that Kid Cudi would not be appearing on his forthcoming ‘DONDA 2’ album, citing his Kids See Ghosts collaborator’s friendship with Pete Davidson (who is currently dating West’s estranged wife, Kim Kardashian).
Kanye West, 41, didn’t skip out on his Sunday Service even with the Super Bowl going and he brought his four kids North West, Saint West, Chicago West and Psalm West along with him after he had accused Kim Kardashian of keeping them from him. The “Gold Digger” were escorted to their father’s weekly service. They dressed in their dad’s all-black dress code but each added some personality to their outfits.
Kanye West is clearly lovin’ it! The 44-year-old rapper made a quick and surprising cameo during a commercial for McDonalds Super Bowl LVI ad on Sunday February 13. The rapper was seen pulling up to the drive-thru in a futuristic-looking car, trying to decide what he should get before the big game’s kick-off.
Kanye West made a surprise appearance at the premiere of jeen-yuhs, the new Netflix documentary about him, last night (February 11).The film, the first part of which will arrive on the streaming service on Wednesday (February 16), was directed by Coodie and Chike and made over 20 years.The premiere was held at Citizen News in Hollywood yesterday and was attended by numerous celebrities including Migos’ Offset, Usher, Roddy Ricch, and Taraji P. Henson.According to Variety, West arrived 15 minutes after the screening had started and was given a chair in the front corner of the room.
Chaney Jones, 24, had people doing a double take when she showed up to a screening of Kanye West‘s new Netflix documentary, Jeen-Yuhs, looking just like his estranged wife Kim Kardashian on Friday night. The influencer wore a tight gray jumpsuit and sparkling dark gray heeled boots to the star-studded event, which took place in Hollywood, CA, and also had her long locks down while adding big sunglasses to her epic look. To top things off, she added dark blue gloves to her outfit and carried a black purse as she mingled with the rapper and other celebs.
Kanye «Ye» West's marriage and now split from Kim Kardashian has dominated much of the last decade of his life, the 40-year-old reality star and their family together do not feature predominantly in Kanye's new Netflix documentary trilogy, . ET's Lauren Zima spoke with the film's directors, Clarence «Coodie» Simmons and Chike Ozah about why the makeup mogul was mostly omitted from the footage surrounding the 44-year-old rapper's life. «I say if you wanna know more about the Kardashians, you can watch them on whatever network that is, but I feel like this family through my lens, through my perspective of being with Kanye, of all of us helping to get him where he is through fam or through, you know, it was a village of people that got him there, and I wasn't around with Kim Kardashian and the family,» Coodie, who has known Kanye for decades, explained to ET. Coodie was friends with Kanye at a young age and began recording footage with the «Praise God» emcee back in 1998. The first two installments of the trilogy take place ahead of the release of Kanye's hit 2004 album,, while the third follows him in his later years.
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.
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.
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.