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Well, is this something? Is it nothing? Is it Kanye related? Is it Playboi Carti related? Are we seeing the first staging for Coachella or Rolling Loud or some other Kanye event? So many questions, very few answers. But with everything that happens, I just hope for a Donda 2 update. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I don't know about you, but I found this video very interesting. GLC is one of Kanye's oldest friends (and co-member of the Go Getters) and he really came out swinging to defend Ye from a lot of the recent condemnation. YezJulz, who was close to Ye in 2018, piggybacked to add her two cents and shared a story of Kanye helping a homeless man from Chicago. Whatever people think of Kanye in the current Pete and Kim drama, it helps to have some perspective from people who know him. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Good old James was at a Digital Nas event in Atlanta today and caught what sounded like new versions of both We Did It Kid and Happy. WDIK now has verses from Kanye and Fivio, which is awesome to hear, as they add to Baby Keem and Migos. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, the Grammy's have decided to terminate Kanye West's performance. While word hadn't officially come out that West would perform, rumors had been swirling for a couple months. Today, they're confirmed, but only because Kanye will no longer be performing. And The Game is pissed about it, fed up with what he sees as organizational racism that's part of the long-standing racism that' permeates much of American culture. It's sad but necessary discussion, once again spurred by something involving Kanye. We discuss that, Trevor Noah, and more. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theophilus gave us all a bit of an overview of his experience working on Donda 2 from the "Donda Hotel". Hear some first hand stories that include insight into Ye's morning schedule. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Someone yoinked Denis Forkas's art for one of the key images in the Hurricane music video. We compare the video to the painting, look at Denis's other work, and discuss Kanye's use of reference and allusion in other videos (like Famous) and how that differs from this situation. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kanye went after Trevor Noah on Instagram. And before long, the Daily Show host responded. Let's take a look. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Instagram decided to suspend Kanye for 24 hours after posts he made about Pete, Dave Sirus, Trevor Noah, and DL Hughley. Wild. We look at some of the posts that got him in trouble, reflect on the necessity of the Oxford comma, and some of the reactions from The Game, French Montana, and Fivio Foreign. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yassin "Narcy" Alsalman will teach Canada's first class focused on Kanye West, this fall, at Concordia University, in Montreal. We have a message from the professor, telling us about the class—the why and the what. It sounds exciting and definitely something we're going to keep track of. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In another world, we'd have a Yeezy x Barbie line of clothing. It turns out Nicki really wanted to work with Ye on some kind of fashion line, but, unfortunately, Ye wasn't going for it. Which begs the question: when will we see more Yeezy partnerships? Given how big the name is and how collaborative Ye is in music, it seems like just a matter of time before something starts happening in terms of fashion partnerships, beyond just corporate link ups (like Gap and Balenciaga). If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Lee is officially part of team Ye, as he's accepted a position as head of Media and Partnerships. This ushers in a fresh new era for Ye. We'll see what comes of it, because this is definitely a time when media is a major focus for him. Congrats to Lee and DKC. If you'd like to watch this in video form, then check out our YouTube channel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices