Kanye Westis getting sentimental for his next listening event.
The 44-year-old rapper is preparing for his third listening party for his highly anticipated tenth studio album, slated for Thursday at Soldier Field in Chicago.Dondawasoriginally set to dropin July 2020 before before being pushed a year. The release of the new record has since been bumped week-to-week throughout August, with a drop date currently set for Friday.
Ahead of the event, photos of Soldier Field revealed that West is incorporating a light blue building into the set, which appears to be a replica of his childhood home,TMZreports.
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Despite delays in the album release, fans of the musician know the project is incredibly personal.Dondais named after the Grammy winner’s late motherDonda West, who died at 58 following plastic surgery complications in 2007.
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At thesecond listening eventearlier this month, West presented a new rendition of his upcoming album, which featured the voice of his late mother.
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The image showed a small, bare room that included a mattress and a wardrobe, where some clothes hung. Other belongings sat in a suitcase on the floor, while footwear and hand weights were sprawled along the room’s perimeter.
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Dondaalso marks West’s first album since exKim Kardashian Westfiled for divorcein February after nearly seven years of marriage, which he alludes to in a song titled “Losing My Family.” The project is also his first since the release of his 2019 gospel albumJesus Is King, which earned him a best contemporary Christian album Grammy.
Showing support for her ex amid their ongoing divorce, the 40-year-old reality star attended both of West’s sold-outlistening partieswith their four children — daughtersNorth, 8, andChicago, 3, and sonsSaint, 5½, andPsalm, 2.
source: people.com
