Kanye West is "finishing" his Donda album on Apple Music livestream
Ahead of Kanye West's second Donda listening event in Atlanta tonight (5 August), Apple Music is hosting a livestream that shows him "finishing" the album at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
After hosting a listening party for Donda at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium last month, Kanye West moved in to the stadium to finish the album.
Donda was originally due for release on 23 July, but he pushed it back to tomorrow (6 August), and this morning (5 August), Apple Music launched a livestream from ye's living quarters in the stadium in the build-up to tonight's event.
.@kanyewest prepares and presents his 10th album #Donda, live from Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta during an exclusive livestream event.
— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) August 5, 2021
Watch it now, only on Apple Music:https://t.co/w5603YUviT pic.twitter.com/HR4tRd0YZC
The livestream started in the early hours of this morning, and according to Rolling Stone, it's been muted intentionally, and has included appearances from Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Mike Dean, Fivio Foreign and Lil Yachty.
At the time of writing this article, West is currently asleep.
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During last month's listening party, Kanye West played more than a dozen tracks, and debuted a surprise Jay-Z collaboration that was apparently recorded at 4pm (local time) on the same day as the listening party. Other collaborations included Pusha T, Travis Scott, the late Pop Smoke, Baby Keem, Lil Baby and more.
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