Kanye West ‘rewriting long-delayed album to be about split from Kim Kardashian’
KANYE West is ‘re-writing his long-delayed album to be about his split’ from wife Kim Kardashian, The Sun Online can reveal.
The Stronger rapper was due to drop his tenth studio album, Donda, on July 24 as a follow-up to his 2019 offering, Jesus Is King – but it’s yet to be released.
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Despite the record’s ongoing delay, the producer dropped a surprise record on Christmas Day, Jesus Is Born, performed by his Sunday Service Choir.
Since releasing his Sunday Service’s EP, it was revealed last week that his marriage to Kim is “over” and the reality TV star, 40, speaking to divorce lawyers.
In light of the reports, music insiders tell us that Kanye is rewriting his album again and it’ll include references to his split from Kim.
The source said: “Kanye’s new album will be about the breakup and breakdown of his relationship with Kim.
“He has already been writing it for months.
“She’s asked him not to disparage the family but Kanye is planning to ‘put his side out there about all of this’ in his art,” they added.
“There will be no public statement from him but his next album will have lyrics about what he’s been through in the last year.”
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to fans that Kanye would document their relationship’s latest saga having previously referenced Kim in a number of his songs.
In November, Kim revealed she was the inspiration behind his song Lost In The World, which his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Sharing the story on Instagram, she penned: “Happy 10 year anniversary to Kanye’s ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ album.
“For those that don’t know the story behind ‘Lost In The World’…
“Kanye couldn’t come up with some of the lyrics but then realized he had them in a poem he had written me that was my birthday card he gave me for my 30th birthday.
“He took the poem he wrote me and made it the song. I keep everything! Swipe to see the card”.
Kanye previously discussed their romance on his 2012 track My Perfect B***h, which was written four months into the pair dating.
Kanye also wrote Way Too Cold about the makeup mogul, detailing how he fell in love with Kim while she was still married to Kris Humphries.
He said on the song: “And I admit I fell in love with Kim / Around the same time she fell in love with him / Well that’s cool baby girl, do your thing / Lucky I ain’t had Jay drop him from the team.”
Not only has Kanye rapped about Kim on his songs, but also his sisters-in-law on his track XTCY.
The song was about an ecstasy trip where he fantasized about hooking up with all of his wife’s sisters; Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie.
In 2018, Kanye claimed Kim “screamed down the phone” after his comments about slavery went viral.
During a listening party for his album Ye, JustJared reported at the time that he rapped on one of his tracks: “Wife calling screaming saying we’re about to lose it all I had to calm her down ‘cos she couldn’t breathe.
“I told her she could leave me now but she wouldn’t leave’ / This is what they mean for better or for worse huh?”
Meanwhile, multiple sources first confirmed to Page Six that Kim is “done” with the controversial hitmaker and split “is imminent.”
Kim is believed to have hired a lawyer – known as the “disso queen” – who has has previously worked with in the past.
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The star’s lawyer once represented Kim in her 2013 divorce from NBA star Kris Humphries.
Kim and Kanye’s marriage hit plenty of obstacles in 2020, kicking off with the entertainer’s infamous presidential rally in South Carolina – where he claimed they considered aborting their daughter North.
Through their martial issues, the duo found themselves “living separately” as Kanye hung back in Wyoming, while Kim stayed in Los Angeles and celebrated the holidays with her famous family.