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.
Kanye and Kim and North's TikTok account | Expl...
Kanye doesn't want North on TikTok. But Kim Kardashian does. And now they're publicly arguing about it. This was huge news in the celebrity world, today. We take more than a second to look at everything that went on, contextualize it...
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HUGE BATCH of Donda 2 song titles revealed? | K...
Welp, it's a ritual at this point the Ye album making process. We see pages with songs on them. Whiteboards with songs on them. We get hyped. And then stuff happens lol. But it's time for another burst of copium as we have a HUGE batch of potential DONDA 2 song titles.
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"Send me Kim's number" | Kanye West
For 72 hours, parenting tensions between Kanye and Kim have spilled onto Instagram. We covered day 1. But here we go over days 2 and 3, and what seems to be at least a short-term resolution between the former couple.
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THE FUTURE BRUNCH | Kanye and Jason Lee revolut...
Jason Lee is quickly becoming an important person in the extended Kanye West Universe. What started with a simple interview has blossomed into the stirrings of a media revolution. We have some unique info about today's The Future Brunch.
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Meet Kanye in Chicago on February 5th | Donda D...
Ye posted on IG that he's going to be in Chicago on Feb 5th for the Donda Doves game. So if you want a chance to see Ye, even potentially meet Ye, and you're in the area: here you go. Ye's also promoting 2 Chainz new album "Dope Don't Sell Itself" that just dropped.
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Donda Deluxe CD available February 11th | Kanye...
The Kanye West shop website now lists Donda Deluxe for purchase for $16. So if you want a physical version of the album, albeit with a worse sequencing than the non-deluxe, this is your chance.
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Kanye, Julia Fox, and Berkin Bags: everything y...
Kanye bought Julia Fox and her friends a bunch of Birkin Bags. So we explore what a Birkin Bag is, how much they cost, and why this is an exciting gift.
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NEW DONDA 2 SNIPPET info: New York City ft Fivi...
DJ Stacks and a few others shared video of a listening party in NYC last night, where apparently Ye played them 6 new joints from Donda 2. Including this song with Fivio Foriegn. This was said to be for Donda 2, but who knows.
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DONDA 2 update Feb 2: Travis Scott, Mike Dean, ...
A bit of a low key day. We know Mike Dean is working through, and that Travis Scott is around, doing something. French Montana has also teased a collab with Ye. And Ye himself flew out to NYC to celebrate Julia Fox's birthday.
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Kanye won't have final say on Jeen-Yuhs documen...
Coodie & Chike say that Kanye—despite his Instagram post—won't have the final say on their Jeen-Yuhs documentary. So where does that leave us?
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DONDA UPDATE: Feb 1st | Off the Grid sequel inc...
We have our daily look at Theophilus London's posts and boy is there a lot to cover. It seems Ye shot a video for Black Future Month that included a lot of people. We'll see when that comes out.
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Kanye's new mission: Black Future Month
Kanye is rebranding February from Black History Month to Black Future Month, and has a number of celebs backing this new branding: Dave Chappelle, Naomi Campbell, Alicia Keys, Mike Dean, Future, Julia Fox, Hype Williams and more!
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GAME CHANGER: Kanye and Antonio Brown formally ...
This will be really interesting to follow. Kanye's getting into sports in a big way, with athlete representation and management. Will Kanye be getting athletes brand deals with Louis Vuitton and Balenciaga and Rolling Loud...
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"Confirmed" DONDA 2 songs? DROWN, LET GO, and W...
Well, this is something or absolutely nothing. But UMG has DMCA'd Donda's Place for posting clips of potential Donda 2 songs. We look at Drown, Let Go, and Windpipe.
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Marilyn Manson is working on Donda 2 with Kanye
Here we go again. Digital Nas tells us that Marilyn Manson is hanging out with Kanye once again, this time providing music to be sampled on Donda 2. Let's talk about the implications of that—both musically and morally.
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Donda 2 tracklist: FIRST LOOK! "Long Time" is t...
Every album season there's a photo of Kanye's dry erase board with the tracklist. We have our first for Donda 2. Despite most of the songs being covered up, it seems like it will be a lengthier project.
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Kanye really, really hates NFTs
Ye is back on Instagram...and he's MAD. He apparently hates NFTs and won't be utilizing cryptocurrency anytime soon. So...what exactly is an NFT? And why does Kanye hate them so much? Let's talk all about it?
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DONDA 2 updates: Don Toliver feature confirmed?...
Don Toliver is in LA and seen recording for Donda 2! Moon 2 on the way? We also see some of Kanye's bedroom as well as an example of his design approach morphing the studio space.
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DONDA 2 updates: Kanye bar about Jay-Z | Vory f...
We have some updates about Donda 2! Theophilus London shared either a message from Kanye or lyrics to a song. Vory has arrived in Los Angeles to work on the album. Digital Nas is working on the album.
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DONDA 2 snippet posted | "DROWN" | Kanye West
We're already at the point of snippets starting to hit social media. So we take a first look at the lyrics to Drown, which seems to introduce a whole new style for Ye (to be expected).
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DONDA 2 progress: 1 song ready? | Behind the sc...
Theophilus London is sharing a ton of stuff on instagram. So we take a look at some of the making of Donda 2. We see Mike Dean, Cristal Viramontes, Future, and Kanye himself!
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Kanye gives Donda 2 update | 2/22/2022 is reall...
Tariq Cherif posted a video on Kanye's behalf, telling us that Ye no longer has a phone and is focused on taking his kids to school and finishing his new album. Donda 2 on 2/22/22 is really happening?
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Kanye tour in Australia in MARCH?! | Donda 2
Sydney Morning Herald has reported that Kanye is going to perform in Australia in March!
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DONDA 2 news: Travis Scott production, "monk" s...
Digital Nas did a Rolling Stone interview and was awesomely candid about his experiences with Kanye and work on DONDA 2. So we go through the interview and shine some light on what's said.
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INCOMING! DONDA2 2/22/22 | New Kanye album
Ye took to Instagram to post that Donda 2 will drop 2/22/22. Not only that, it's produced by Future! Will this album actually come out? We'll see. And what's a Pluto Return have to do with anything?