Kanye West to reveal ‘Donda’ album at large Atlanta celebration

Jonathan Landrum Jr., The Involved Press


Published Thursday, July 22, 2021 6:12AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Kanye West is aware of how to make a splash even with a listening event.

West is envisioned to unveil his 10th studio album, “Donda” through a listening event Thursday evening at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. His album was named immediately after his mom, Donda West, who died at the age of 58 adhering to plastic operation difficulties in 2007.

The marketed-out occasion will be livestreamed on Apple Tunes.

West, 44, is primarily acknowledged as remaining related with Chicago, but he was born in Atlanta – a Ga city where there are no constraints from massive gatherings. The rapper-producer gifted 5,000 tickets to faculty, employees and college students from some Atlanta HBCUs together with Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, Spelman, Morris Brown and the Interdenominational Theological Middle.

The 22-time Grammy winner unveiled in a industrial, that includes U.S. keep track of star Sha’Carri Richardson, during the NBA Finals on Tuesday that his highly-expected album will be launched Friday. The professional, scored and directed by West, showcased “No Youngster Left At the rear of,” a song from his forthcoming album.

West’s new undertaking is a follow up to his 2019 gospel-themed album “Jesus is King,” which received a Grammy for most effective modern Christian album.

Previous calendar year, West introduced on Twitter – with colourful protect art and a keep track of listing – that he would release his most current album. At the time, his tweets indicated that his undertaking would release on the similar working day as his rival Taylor Swift’s project “Folklore,” but his album finished up becoming postponed.

The two audio stars have been in an ongoing beef since West famously interrupted Swift’s speech during the 2009 MTV Video Audio Awards when she won for most effective female online video. It appeared both equally place their variances aside just after she launched him when he gained the video vanguard award at the 2015 VMAs, but a leaked video clip clip concerning the two about his controversial music “Famous” induced far more drama.

It’s not the to start with time Kanye has hosted a listening event for an upcoming album. In 2016, he debuted his album “The Lifestyle of Pablo” all through a substantial party and style show at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis. Numerous major names who attended the show provided soon-to-be ex-wife Kim Kardashian West, 50 Cent, Lil Kim, Caitlyn Jenner, A$AP Rocky and 2 Chainz.