Update: DONDA was finally dropped on Sunday following constant delays (which Kanye West put down to DaBaby’s management not clearing the controversial rapper’s verse on “Jail Pt. 2.”)
The fact that the album was finally available across all streaming platforms excited fans worldwide, however, Ye took to Instagram to allege that Universal Music dropped the album without his approval, while he was still waiting for “Jail Pt. 2” to be cleared. Kanye had previously said that he would not be dropping the album until all songs are cleared. Universal Music obviously had different ideas.
Original Post: In a recent Instagram post, Kanye West claimed DONDA is being delayed because DaBaby‘s manager refuses to clear a verse on the song “Jail Pt. 2.”
West debuted the track at his recent listening party in Chicago where he brought the disgraced rapper onstage, despite DaBaby’s repeated acts of violence, homophobia, and support of abusers including Tory Lanez. Now, it appears Kanye’s support of DaBaby is holding up his long-delayed album.
In the first post, West shared a screenshot of a conversation with his manager “Bu” Thiam, in which the former Def Jam A&R VP explained that DaBaby’s manager is not clearing his verse on the song “Jail Pt. 2,” which is holding up the release of DONDA. West replies that he won’t take DaBaby off because “he was the only person who would vote for me in public.”
This is, of course, an incredibly bad hill to die on, even for West, who also brought Marilyn Manson onstage last week.
In the second screenshot, West shared a screenshot of an interaction with DaBaby himself. Here, he reiterates that the album will not be coming out, before insinuating that DaBaby’s manager is “trying to destroy” him.
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