Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ removed from streaming just hours after release

The album was made public under the moniker DONDA earlier today (April 30), but the controversial rapper was swiftly hit with legal threats The post Kanye West’s ‘Donda 2’ removed from streaming just hours after release appeared first on NME.

Apr 30, 2025 - 23:10

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Kanye West‘s ‘Donda 2’ appears to have been removed from streaming just hours after its release.

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The album – West’s 11th, and a direct follow-up to 2021’s ‘Donda’ – was previously available exclusively via the rapper’s Stem Player platform, unique to the $200 (£150) device made by the rapper’s Yeezy Tech enterprise.

Following a recent livestream appearance in which he said he was hoping to bring the record to more widely-used platforms, the album was made public under the moniker DONDA earlier today (April 30).

Within hours of its belated arrival to the likes of Spotify, Tidal, and YouTube Music, the album was taken down after the ‘Carnival’ rapper was threatened with legal action.

West has since posted on X/Twitter that DeAndre “Free” Maiden – who manages Jahmal “Boogz Da Beast” Gwin and Brian “AllDay” Miller, who produced eight of the songs on the 18-track record – had got in touch to request the album be taken down over his failure to pay them for their work.