Kanye West News

Chris Lambert, from the Watching the Throne podcast, keeps you up to date about the latest happenings in Kanye West news. Note: These episodes are first recorded in video form for the Watching the Throne YouTube channel.

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KANYE DRAWS A SELF-PORTRAIT | 2021 Edition
It's always cool to see Kanye drawing, since he was originally a drawer/painter and went to an art college. Today in Berlin he drew three self-portraits that are quite simple and reflective of his current style.
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NEW: KANYE releases COME TO LIFE music video | ...
On the one hand, it's exciting to have a new Kanye music video. On the other hand, it's footage assembled from the Chicago listening party, so most of us have seen it before.
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THE MEANING OF DONDA CHANT | The 58 theory is w...
I'd like to set the record straight on the meaning of DONDA CHANT. For some reason this whole "58 times because Donda was 58 years old" and "it mimics her dying heartbeat" just infuriate me because they're so absurd.
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More rumors swirl about Donda Part 2! | Kanye West
We now have even more indications that more Kanye music is coming this Friday. Is it Donda Part 2? Are these bonus songs? Is it an explicit version? Is he doing this to mess with Drake? We address all the speculation.
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What's Kanye doing in Berlin? A Breakdown
Kanye is on vacation! Which is nice to see, because this Donda rollout was... exhausting. So what's he up to in Berlin? We look at some media reports to get the lowdown on his time off.
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RUMOR: ARE WE GETTING DONDA PART 2?! | Andre 30...
Just when you thought it was over...it wasn't. Donda has been out for just a couple days and we're ALREADY hearing rumors of a "Donda Part 2". How much credibility is there to this rumor? Let's talk about it. If you'd like to watch
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Kanye's DONDA falls short of Drake for biggest ...
DONDA was busy breaking lots of records yesterday. But one it fell *just* short of was Drake's record for the biggest debut on Spotify. Luckily, Kanye has some time to make up ground in the coming days.
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Has Kanye fixed the mixing issues on DONDA?
A lot of people are complaining about the poor mixing choices made on DONDA. We know Kanye has updated the mixes of songs in the past... so is that currently the case with DONDA? Travis performs a mini-investigation.
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Kanye's DONDA had the biggest worldwide debut E...
You can't stop Kanye! DONDA might have had the biggest day EVER on Apple Music, as the album was #1 in 130 different countries.
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OH BOY! Kanye is unhappy, claiming Universal re...
When everyone else is celebrating the release of DONDA, Kanye himself is unhappy. He took to Instagram, stating the Universal released the album without his approval and blocked Jail 2 (with DaBaby and Marilyn Manson) from being on it.
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BREAKING: DONDA DROPS AT 8 AM EST ON SUNDAY AUG...
WE DID IT. IT'S FINALLY HERE. BU SAYS DONDA DROPS AT 8 AM EST TODAY.
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BREAKING: DABABY'S MANAGER IS THE REASON DONDA ...
Edit: I missed the context of the second picture! Corrected it in a follow up video!
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DONDA BREAK: What is The Donda Foundation? | Kanye
As we wait for the DONDA album to maybe come out, we turn out attention to one particular sentence on KanyeWest.com: "A PORTION OF ALL PROCEEDS GOES TO THE DONDA FOUNDATION."
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CLARIFICATION! KANYE TEXTS DABABY ABOUT DONDA D...
I messed up in the last video, but the important thing is to make corrections, you know? So here we look again at the text message conversations Kanye posted between himself and Bu...
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DONDA HAS BEEN "DELIVERED" TO STREAMING PLATFOR...
According to Bu and Consequence, Kanye has finally delivered DONDA to digital streaming platforms (DSPs). So what does that mean for a potential release? We look back at the Jesus Is King experience as a guide.
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Theory: What if DONDA...never drops? | Kanye's ...
Years ago with The Life of Pablo, Kanye talked about creating a "living, breathing, changing" album. So what if DONDA is that finally happening? And we'll never actually get a finalized tracklist and release of the record?
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Kanye made more than $3 million from the ATL li...
Billboard posted an article with some interesting numbers. How many views did the Apple livestream get? How much money did Kanye make from the listening parties? From the merch sales?
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Kanye is embracing ambient music for DONDA and ...
Hello. My name is Travis Bean and I love ambient music. I also love Kanye West. And on Ye's new album, DONDA, he seems to be using a lot more ambient music. So now you have to sit there and listen...
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BLACCMASS: KANYE'S NEW STEM PLAYER CONFIRMS DON...
Today, Kanye West's new Stem Player became available on his website. And apparently the album will ship WITH the Stem Player. Which, according to Blaccmass...MEANS DONDA IS FINISHED AND READY TO RELEASE!
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Update | New Kanye mask via Roddy Rich photos |...
Does Kanye have a new mask for the Chicago listening party? Maybe! Roddy Richh posted some photos with Ye and there's a brand new mask. We talk about that and Ye's history with Roddy Richh...
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BREAKING: KANYE LEGALLY CHANGING HIS NAME TO YE...
TMZ reports that Kanye has legally started the process of changing his name to Ye. Not Ye West. Just Ye. This may seem out of the blue, but if you've been following along since 2018, you'll know this is actually a long time coming.
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Is Kanye channeling Charlie Kauffman's SYNECDOC...
So this is either incredibly accurate or just documentation of history. We'll find out on Thursday. But there's at least some reason to believe that Kanye, by building a re-creation of his childhood Chicago house...
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Are Kim and Kanye back together? Probably not. ...
The tabloids are at it again! BuzzFeed news is speculating that Kim and Kanye could be an item again. But there are plenty of signs that that's not the case. Regardless, let's sift through the information we have and see what's up.
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BREAKING | Kanye rebuilding childhood home in S...
People wondered if Kanye's Chicago house would be part of the staging for the Chicago listening party. And it turns out: yes, yes it will be. First photos emerge of what's happening at Soldier Field...
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BREAKING | KANYE POSTS DRAKE’S HOME ADDRESS | Feud
This feud between Kanye and Drake doesn't seem to be going gently into that good night. Instead, Kanye is escalating things by posting a photo of Drake's home address. It's pretty menacing. Let's talk about it.
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