Kanye West Announces New Album Donda 2, Executive Produced By Future
Kanye West has announced Donda 2 via his Instagram. According to the post, the new album will be executive produced by Future and get released on February 22.
West and Future recently performed together at Rolling Loud California. The rappers collaborated in 2014 on the honest song “I Won.”
Donda 2 had been mooted by Steven Victor—the former chief operating officer of West’s G.O.O.D. Music and also the former executive vice president and Head of A&R at Def Jam Recordings. Victor told Complex, “Ye has started working on his new masterpiece Donda 2.” He added in a subsequent interview with Complex, “Listen, [Donda 2 is] coming sooner than you think. The procession is starting and it’s not stopping.”
Donda 2 will be the sequel to West’s last album, released in August. Of late, West, has been busy: He co-headlined the Amazon-sponsored Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert with Drake, put out a song with the Game, and was announced as a Coachella headliner. Plus, the first part of the Jeen-Yuhs documentary about his life premiered, and he’s been a mainstay in the tabloids due to his new relationship with actress Julia Fox.
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