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.

Music
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New Kanye feature on Rich the Kid's "Is It Real...
Rich the Kid revealed he has a Kanye feature on a song called "Is It Real". This is actually the song we heard about Ye recording in popular high-end Malibu sushi restaurant Nobu. Nice to have some closure there.
4 min
102
Kanye removes "Keep It Burning" from Stem Playe...
I woke up all excited to listen to Keep It Burning...and then it was gone. What happened?
5 min
103
SIXTEEN DONDA 2 SONGS ADDED | "Keep it Burning"...
Here we go! Another day, another Donda 2 update on the Stem Player website. This time we get CDQ of 16 songs, which is wild. It's like we have the album. Except we're still missing 6 songs. Including one that was played in Miami: Mr. Miyagi.
4 min
104
Kanye runs Pete Davidson off Instagram
Pete Davidson joined Instagram...and then left pretty quickly. Guess why.
3 min
105
Kanye X Playboi Carti tour incoming?
That Donda 2 listening party wasn't quite what we thought it'd be. But man...Playboi Carti's part was awesome, right? Well, Kanye thought so too. Which is probably why he just asked Carti to go on tour.
5 min
106
"3rd party" was responsible for sound issues at...
William Beats said a "3rd party" was responsible for the sound issues at Kanye's Donda 2 listening party in Miami. So...what does that mean? Let's discuss the possibilities.
10 min
107
DONDA 2 RELEASES FOUR SONGS: Security, Pablo, B...
Here we go. The Donda 2 roll out has begun. And it's wild. Completely different than anything we've ever experienced and kind of paying off on the "living album" promise of The Life of Pablo. I'm excited.
6 min
108
DONDA 2 Stem Player release update from Alex Kl...
Just like with Donda 1, we're waiting on Donda 2. It seems Alex Klein has received stems from Mike Dean. The question is: will these be available now? Or later? And how much more finished are these songs than what we heard Kanye play at the listening party?
2 min
109
Donda 2 x Stem Player info via Alex Klein/Jake ...
Alex Klein of Kano and the Stem Player did an interview with Jake Woolf for GQ about everything regarding Donda 2 and the Stem Player's role in the future of music.
2 min
110
Our first look at Yeezy x Gap x Balenciaga | Ka...
The Yeezy x Gap x Balenciaga collection is dropping soon! And we finally got our first look at the options.
2 min
111
An AWESOME new photo of Kanye's Donda 2 staging...
We're getting close to the Donda 2 show! Which means getting hyped and looking at photos and speculating about what the show will be. Let's discuss the latest photo!
4 min
112
Yeezy x Gap x Balenciaga countdown vanishes | d...
The countdown came and went without any clothes releasing. Classic Yeezy season. We look at when the Yeezy Gap Balenciaga drop may actually drop.
2 min
113
DONDA 2 concert stage is looking awesome | Kany...
The burnt out husk of Kanye's childhood home makes for a very dramatic focal point for tomorrow's DONDA 2 performance experience. We'll see how Ye capitalizes on what is a haunting yet beautiful visual.
2 min
114
DONDA 2 LIVESTREAM on Amazon Twitch and Prime V...
It seems like Amazon may once again be hosting the livestream of a Kanye concert. First it was the Larry Hoover show with Drake, now it's, potentially, the Donda 2 Performance Experience. Fingers crossed.
2 min
115
We’re in Miami! Kanye interview update | Donda ...
Kanye told us to come to Miami. So we did. But will that result in our actually getting to interview him? Shake a Magic 8 ball and we’ll see lol
8 min
116
Kanye shouts out Plain Pat | a deep dive
We take a bit of time to discuss Plain Pat after today's shout out from Ye. Pat has contributed to many Ye projects, so I think it's good to let some fans who may not know much about Pat learn a bit more about him.
7 min
117
With Stem Player, Kanye may forever change the ...
It seems Ye earned $2 million dollars in 2 days thanks to Stem Player sales. Pretty insane. We take a look at his most recent press release and some new photos of the next generation of Stem Player. As well as me talking way too much.
12 min
118
More DONDA 2 IMAX screenings added! | Kanye West
Everyone's still trying to figure out how to watch the DONDA 2 concert that's in less than 24 hours. Well, IMAX has added some more screenings. So if you want to catch the show with other Ye fans, check and see if your state got added to the list.
2 min
119
Jack Harlow confirmed for Donda 2? | Kanye West
Noreaga posted a picture that has himself, Ye, The Game, Rhymefest, and Jack Harlow! Which seems to prove the theory that Jack was just in Miami, recording for Donda 2. Even though he immediately turned around and went to Cleveland for the NBA All-Star game.
2 min
120
Kanye updates: Apple beef, Jack Harlow, Us, Cit...
We go over all of Kanye's instagram posts from February 18! There's a lot of them and they range the gamut from just plain fun to involving us to promoting Donda 2.
23 min
121
Kanye has a Transformer at LoanDepot Park? 2/22...
Okay, so Ye doesn't have a Transformer at the stadium, but there is a semi truck, and we do have our first footage of the stage design that's happening for the Donda 2 concert.
5 min
122
Jack Harlow on DONDA 2? | Kanye West
A day after Ye praised Jack Harlow as being a top 5 (current) rapper, we see Jack post a photo of a mic and tag it in Miami. I'm no Sherlock, but even I can put together the clues of this puzzle.
3 min
123
DONDA 2 concert IMAX tickets available now! | S...
The good news: 15 cities have IMAX screenings of the Donda 2 concert/performance/listening party. The bad news: 15 cities have IMAX screenings. That's not a lot.
6 min
124
Mike Dean is "mixing like a mf" for Donda 2 | K...
A series of Mike Dean posts over the past several days tells us that he's working long and hard on Donda 2 in order to meet the Feb. 22 release date. So...does this mean it's actually happening? Will we hear the album in five days?
3 min
125
Kanye follows Pete Davidson on Instagram | Call...
Did you hear? Pete Davison joined Instagram. Which, of course, meant Kanye West would follow him. Let's take a look at that and what Kanye has been saying about Pete and Kim Kardashian for the past few days.
11 min