West premiered the album at a livestreamed event in Atlanta. The songs he played featured JAY-Z, Pop Smoke, Pusha T, Travis Scott, Lil Baby, and more.ye West is moving the release of his long-awaited new album Donda to August 6, a representative for West tells Pitchfork. Media personality Justin Laboy and West collaborator Malik Yusef posted about the August release date last week; TMZ also previously reported an August 6 release date. Donda had been slated to come out on Friday, July 23, via G.O.O.D. Music and Def Jam Recordings.
Kanye West premiered Donda during a listening event at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on July 22. The event streamed on Apple Music, too, and, according to TMZ, it broke the Apple Music Global Livestream record, with 3.3 million viewers tuning in to watch.
The album that West played in Atlanta featured his reunion with JAY-Z, plus contributions from Pop Smoke, Travis Scott, Pusha T, Baby Keem, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and others. It also included “No Child Left Behind,” which appeared in a new Beats ad starring Sha’Carri Richardson. The Donda event also reportedly prompted the City of Atlanta to proclaim July 22 Kanye West Day.
Donda will follow Kanye West’s 2019 solo album Jesus Is King. On Christmas Day that year, West’s Sunday Service Choir released Jesus Is Born, an album of gospel music that West executive produced. His previous solo record Ye arrived in 2018 and was followed by Kids See Ghosts, a collaboration with Kid Cudi. That same year, West famously executive produced records by Teyana Taylor (K.T.S.E.), Nas (Nasir), and Pusha T (Daytona).
