{"id":64921,"date":"2025-05-01T06:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64921\/"},"modified":"2025-05-01T06:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:03:12","slug":"kanye-wests-donda-2-removed-from-streaming-just-hours-after-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64921\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West&#8217;s &#8216;Donda 2&#8217; removed from streaming just hours after release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kanye-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kanye West<\/a>\u2018s \u2018Donda 2\u2019 appears to have been removed from streaming just hours after its release.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><b>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-features\/kanye-west-donda-2-event-miami-report-it-felt-like-a-cult-convention-3167855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the scene at Kanye West\u2019s \u2018Donda 2\u2019 event in Miami: \u201cIt felt like a cult convention\u201d<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The album \u2013 West\u2019s 11th, and a direct follow-up to 2021\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/en_au\/reviews\/album\/kanye-west-donda-review-3032586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Donda\u2019<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-adds-12-more-donda-2-songs-to-stem-player-3169272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously available exclusively via the rapper\u2019s Stem Player platform<\/a>, unique to the $200 (\u00a3150) device made by the rapper\u2019s Yeezy Tech enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Following a recent livestream appearance in which he said he was hoping to bring the record to more widely-used platforms, the album was made public under the moniker DONDA earlier today (April 30).<\/p>\n<p>Within hours of its belated arrival to the likes of Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube Music, the album was taken down after the \u2018Carnival\u2019 rapper was threatened with legal action.<\/p>\n<p>West has since posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kanyewest\/status\/1917550441442791566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X\/Twitter<\/a> that DeAndre \u201cFree\u201d Maiden \u2013 who manages Jahmal \u201cBoogz Da Beast\u201d Gwin and Brian \u201cAllDay\u201d Miller, who produced eight of the songs on the 18-track record \u2013 had got in touch to request the album be taken down over his failure to pay them for their work.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ht\" dir=\"ltr\">KANYE WEST <\/p>\n<p>DONDA 2 (ALBUM) \ud83d\udcbf <\/p>\n<p>OUT NOW \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNLgk3NM2a\">pic.twitter.com\/zNLgk3NM2a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Trenches and City Updates (@TrenchesAndCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrenchesAndCity\/status\/1917475972338667961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>West\u2019s post showed a screenshot displaying a message from Maiden, which read: \u201cWe did not &amp; do not consent to the usage of our work for Donda 2 or ANY Ye project! He\u2019s owed us $ for almost 3 years now, has refused to pay, yet keeps stealing our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After detailing the songs his artists worked on, which between them include \u2018We Did It\u2019, \u2018530\u2019, \u2018Lord Lift\u2019, \u2018City of God\u2019, \u2018Broken Road\u2019, \u2018Get Lost\u2019, \u2018Too Easy\u2019, \u2018First Time\u2019 and \u2018Maiden\u2019, he added: \u201cThe Lawyers are getting this taken down within the hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the caption of the post, West wrote: \u201cFree Maiden tried to charge me 3 million dollars for these beats from people I showed how to make beats to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow he going to take down Donda 2,\u201d adding: \u201cManagers,\u201d alongside a shrugging emoji, later posting: \u201cReally wanna work with Brian and Boogz again. Really wanna work this out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of the tracks on \u2018Donda 2\u2019 that\u2019ve been made available on Spotify and other streaming services remain largely unchanged from their 2022 versions, though some now have different names.<\/p>\n<p>The track \u2018530\u2019, which appeared on his \u2018Vultures 2\u2019 album with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ty-dolla-sign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ty Dolla $ign<\/a>, also appears on \u2018Donda 2\u2019, albeit in a truncated version. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/future\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Future<\/a>\u00a0makes features on \u2018Happy\u2019 and \u2018Mr. Miyagi\u2019, while\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jack-harlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Harlow<\/a>\u00a0guests on \u2018Louie Bag\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The album\u2019s release and subsequent removal on streaming platforms comes after the rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-joins-streaming-service-twitch-and-gets-banned-after-seven-minutes-3858477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently joined Twitch, only to be banned after seven minutes<\/a>\u00a0after he allegedly threw a Nazi salute while proclaiming: \u201cHeil Hitler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, he courted more controversy by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-wears-kkk-outfit-with-swastika-necklace-as-he-says-he-didnt-want-to-have-kids-with-kim-kardashian-in-new-interview-3850610\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wearing a KKK outfit and a swastika necklace<\/a>\u00a0while claiming that he did not want to have children with Kim Kardashian.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/opinion\/donda-2-kanye-west-ego-half-baked-dashed-off-sounding-songs-3171387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Donda 2\u2019: Kanye West\u2019s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It followed a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-says-he-is-never-apologising-for-my-jewish-comments-and-claims-to-have-dominion-over-bianca-censori-fuck-all-that-woke-shit-3835994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">string of highly controversial posts Ye has been making on X\/Twitter recently,<\/a>\u00a0which have seen him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-says-he-is-never-apologising-for-my-jewish-comments-and-claims-to-have-dominion-over-bianca-censori-fuck-all-that-woke-shit-3835994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take back his apology to the Jewish community for his past anti-Semitic remarks<\/a>\u00a0and go on to declare himself \u201ca Nazi\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In February, he came under fire for selling\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-releases-new-song-beauty-and-the-beast-before-stripping-yeezy-site-to-only-sell-swastika-t-shirt-3836729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a white T-shirt with a large swastika emblem on the chest<\/a>, listed as \u201cHH-01\u201d on his website \u2013 possibly a reference to the \u201cHeil Hitler\u201d chant.<\/p>\n<p>The site was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/shopify-shut-down-kanye-wests-yeezy-website-for-selling-swastika-t-shirt-matthew-koma-responds-with-fuck-ye-merch-3837155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later taken down by Shopify<\/a>, though the online retailer later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/shopify-says-kanye-wests-site-was-removed-over-fraud-potential-not-swastika-t-shirt-3837621\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated that the artist\u2019s website was taken down due to the potential for fraud \u2013 not because it was selling a swastika t-shirt<\/a>. Shopify did condemn the item, calling it \u201cvile, disgusting and inexcusable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>West then took to X (formerly Twitter) to say he\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-says-he-had-swastika-t-shirt-idea-for-over-eight-years-3838835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">had the idea for the t-shirt for \u201cover eight years\u201d<\/a>. It came alongside a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-says-he-is-never-apologising-for-my-jewish-comments-and-claims-to-have-dominion-over-bianca-censori-fuck-all-that-woke-shit-3835994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">string of highly controversial posts\u00a0<\/a>which\u00a0saw him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-says-he-is-never-apologising-for-my-jewish-comments-and-claims-to-have-dominion-over-bianca-censori-fuck-all-that-woke-shit-3835994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rescind his apology to the Jewish community for his past anti-Semitic remarks<\/a>, and go on to declare himself \u201ca Nazi\u201d and write: \u201cI love Hitler\u201d, as well as praise billionaire and X owner Musk\u00a0as \u201cthe most lit person that [has] ever been on Twitter\u201d, following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/elon-musk-sparks-backlash-with-nazi-like-gesture-at-trump-inauguration-3830625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the latter\u2019s accusations of Nazism at Donald Trump\u2019s presidential inauguration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the controversial rapper then seemed to backtrack on his earlier comments,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-has-come-to-the-realisation-that-hes-not-a-nazi-after-reflection-3839623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking to X to share that \u201cafter further reflection\u201d, he\u2019s \u201ccome to the realisation that I\u2019m not a Nazi\u201d<\/a>. However, it was followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-is-producing-more-swastika-apparel-after-claiming-hes-not-a-nazi-3840479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only a few days later by yet more swastika apparel appearing on his X page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, West\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-says-he-took-part-in-incestuous-acts-with-cousin-as-child-3857006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed that he took part in incestuous acts with his male cousin as a child<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other tweets, he seems to have insinuated that it is the traumatic incidents from his childhood that are behind his controversial behaviour \u2013 which has included the aforementioned declarations of support for Nazi ideology,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/venice-police-are-reportedly-investigating-kanye-west-and-bianca-censoris-boat-exposure-incident-3493546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incidents of a sexual nature in public<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-deletes-offensive-tweet-about-beyonce-and-jay-zs-children-3847519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">insulting Jay-Z and Beyonce\u2019s children<\/a>\u00a0and much more.<\/p>\n<p>As well as sharing the update about his cousin, West has shared a photo of himself and Bianca Censori together \u2013 suggesting that the two of them are back together. News of their split came earlier this month, when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/kanye-west-seemingly-reveals-split-from-bianca-censori-in-upcoming-song-3851654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West said in a new song that she had left him<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kanye West\u2018s \u2018Donda 2\u2019 appears to have been removed from streaming just hours after its release. 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