![]() ![]() West and the sulking posse mostly hung out on the front porch. And then West arrived with an entourage that included Manson and DaBaby (the former facing sexual assault allegations and the latter cancelled appearances after making homophobic comments at Rolling Loud Festival in Miami). ![]() While those featured West alone inside a sports stadium listening to his own music surrounded by thousands of fans, in Chicago people arrived to the sight of a full-sized replica of the rapper’s childhood home, reproduced on a hill of dirt and topped with a neon cross.įog wafted around the house for nearly four hours, during which nearly 60,000 people were allowed through the doors. The Chicago event was far more complex than the first two ‘experiences’ he staged in Atlanta. Indeed, the third listening party for ‘Donda’, the much-delayed, forthcoming 10th album from West, was a manic grab bag of towering theatrical symbols and melodrama that overshadowed the new music by several miles. READ MORE: On the scene at Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ playback in Atlanta: “It feels cathartic”įollowing that? Try a mock wedding featuring a potential Kim Kardashian lookalike, or maybe the real thing.The album was supposed to be released to the public Friday night but has yet to materialize.Ī rep for West did not reply for comment.He called it “The Donda Experience” but the experience Kanye West staged Thursday in Chicago was a pantomimed funeral procession complete with dozens of black vehicles, hundreds of marching mourners in black jumpsuits, and Marilyn Manson. Thursday’s extravaganza - attended by VIPs like West’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian (and their four kids), Shaquille O’Neal, CeeLo Green, and Big Boi - was to celebrate the release of his 10th studio album “Donda,” named after his beloved mother Donda West, who died in 2007. The event was free, but the $55 charged for the paltry brunch drew howls from attendees and demands to have their money refunded. ![]() In 2019 he was roundly criticized for the food offerings at a “Brunchella” reception before a service he gave in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It’s not the first time West has been in hot water over food prices at his events. “Lol it make sense why “donated” them tickets now… he knew he was gonna make that money back,” another Twitter user slyly noted. “Kanye sure know how to make you feel poor,” joked one, while another wrote that the hot dog “better be made with Waygu, Hand picked truffles and gold flakes.”Įarlier this week the “Closed on Sunday” rapper, 44, donated 5,000 tickets to several Atlanta-area HBCU’s including Morehouse College and Spelman College. Some users defended the rapper, saying that the prices were for the suites at the stadium and therefore reflected multiple items others just made fun of it. ![]() Other fare offered: sweet and salty kettle corn for $35, chicken tenders for $50, and an assorted snack basket for $65. Or at least to an empty wallet, if you were peckish at Kanye West’s “Donda” listening party on Thursday night at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.Ī photo of the purported menu for the event went viral Friday for its eye-watering prices, like all-beef kosher hotdogs for $40 and $45 for cookies and brownies. Kanye West serves sushi on nude women’s bodies at 46th birthday party ![]()
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