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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Jeen-Yuhs debuts as the #1 movie on Netflix | K...
For the past 24 hours, Kanye West has dominated the news cycle. Partly due to his Instagram account, but also because Part 1 of Jeen-Yuhs premiered as the most popular film on Netflix.
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KANYE MENTIONED US ON INSTAGRAM
What a day! Kanye mentioned our YouTube channel/Podcast on Instagram. And I just wanna talk about how happy that makes me.
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BREAKING: Kanye posts new DONDA 2 tracklist! 22...
Well, we speculated Donda 2 would be 22 songs and sure enough it seems like that's the case! For the first time in a minute, Ye has posted a tracklist, which recalls some wonderful times from 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020!
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DONDA 2 ONLY AVAILABLE ON STEM PLAYERS | Kanye ...
Man, Ye dropped some bombshell news by saying DONDA2 will only release via the Stem Player and Stem Player website. What does that mean though? Will people have to spend $200 for the album?
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Kanye West x McDonald's x Super Bowl LVI | What...
Tonight during the Super Bowl broadcast, we're expected to find out about a potential partnership between Kanye West and McDonald's. So what's going on? Let's speculate.
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"CUDI WILL NOT BE ON DONDA" | Kanye calls out K...
...sigh. Today is a sad day. Because today we all found out that Kanye and Kid Cudi are fighting over Cudi's friendship with Pete Davidson. Let's talk about it :/
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Kanye posts more about Kid Cudi situation | Cal...
Since I made the last recording...Kanye has posted more about Kid Cudi and Pete Davidson on Instagram. So let's take a look.
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Kanye West and Julia Fox have broken up
After everything that happened yesterday on Kanye's Instagram page, it's no surprise to report that he and Julia Fox are now broken up—as far as we can tell anyway. Here are the details.
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Kanye appears in McDonald's commercial | Trends...
Yesterday we got a fantastically funny commercial from McDonald's that featured a cameo from Kanye West! On top of that, Ye trended over the Super Bowl and Odell Beckham Jr. gave Kanye's kids his gloves. Also, I apologize for being a dummy.
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CIVIL WAR | Kanye and Kid Cudi have public fall...
It's a very sad day. We saw Kanye go after Kid Cudi and Pete Davidson on his Instagram. And now Kanye has deleted everything and just has a picture of his family. Times are rough. So let's take a step back, try to be empathetic, and understand what's happening.
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DONDA 2 LISTENING PARTY TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW...
THE DONDA 2 LISTENING PARTY IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. REPEAT: NOT A DRILL. LINK BELOW.
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The Donda vinyl could drop on June 13 | Is this...
Happy Valley Vinyl claims that a vinyl version of Donda will drop on June 13. Is this true? Well...you can order it. But is it an official vinyl? Let's talk.
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City of Gods is dropping TONIGHT!!! | Kanye Wes...
Well apparently the wait is over! Fivio Foreign says we're getting City of Gods tonight. And it looks like it'll be a Fivio song featuring Kanye West and Alicia Keys? Let's discuss.
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IS KANYE PLANNING A DONDA TRILOGY?! | Malik Yus...
Forget about Donda 2. How about Donda 2 AND 3. That's right. Longtime Ye collaborator Malik Yusef says that Kanye is potentially planning a Donda trilogy. Which would be...oh my god. I can't even think of a word. Let's talk about it.
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First reaction to City of Gods | Fivio Foreign,...
I'm going to do that thing where I listen to a song for the first time and you get to watch. In particular, I'll be listening to City of Gods by Fivio Foreign, which features Alicia Keys and some guy named Kanye West. Hope you enjoy it!
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Rich the Kid recorded for Donda 2 | Kanye West’...
Guess what! I've got good news. Great news, in fact. Rich the Kid met up with Kanye West for the Donda 2 sessions! Aren't you excited for that? Let's talk about how exciting that is.
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Our first look at the Donda physical release | ...
Donda is finally coming out on CD! And it only took...several months. Anyway. Let's talk about the cover art and the track listing.
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Kanye West "Black Future Month" speech (full au...
Kanye's "Black Future Month" speech might be a defining moment in this next chapter. If he's able to have the impact in media that he's had on music and fashion: it has the potential to change the country as we know it.
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DONDA 2 timeline: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW |...
Shout out WestSubEver for being better journalists than most of the media and gathering an impressive amount of information into a central place. We learn pretty much everything there is to know about Donda 2, including who Kanye has been working with, when, and where.
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Donda 2 listening party: Drake, Travis Scott, B...
Alright, things may not be as cool as the title makes it seem. It seems Kanye had al listening party for Donda 2 yesterday, maybe? But also went to a party where Drake and Yung Lean and Baby Keem and others were.
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Review: JEEN-YUHS: A Kanye Trilogy (Part 2) | N...
The much talked about Kanye West documentary by Coodie & Chike hits Netflix soon, and I was lucky enough to see it early. Here's my review of Part 2 (with a part 1 recap), getting into the making of The College Dropout...
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See JEEN-YUHS in theaters on Feb 10th | Kanye d...
For those of you who can't wait until February 16th to see the Kanye documentary, here's some good news: you don't have to wait. You can go to the theater on February 10th and catch Part 1!
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New PUSHA T: Diet Coke | prod. by Kanye and 88-...
There's finally a new Pusha T song. Diet Coke. Of course. It's a cool song and feels very nostalgic as it's based around a beat 88-Keys made 18 years ago. Featuring production by Kanye and engineering by Mike Dean, it has me hyped for Pusha's full album.
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Kanye: "DRAKE WANNA NARRATE THE DOCUMENTARY" | ...
Kanye has reached out to Drake to narrate the forthcoming Jeen-Yuhs documentary. There's only one problem. The documentary already has a narrator: Coodie. And replacing him would, I think, be kind of devastating to the whole thing. We discuss.
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"City of Gods" | New Kanye song update | Alicia...
"City of Gods" is quickly becoming the hype song for Donda 2 that we'll either all be excited to hear when the album drops or pine for for years when the album never releases. Today, we have some updates...
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