“Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player,” he announced
Kanye West, known for being controversial has just brought up another surprise.
The singer, also known as Ye took a huge bet on himself and turned down a $100m offer to release Donda 2 on Apple Music.
Kanye West said that Donda 2 would only be available through his proprietary $200 Stem Player device, and wouldn’t feature on any streaming platforms.
The rapper stated that “no one can pay me to be disrespected“:
As regards the said disrespect, no one can exactly say what had happened, however, Kanye was quoted at some point to have said;
“THAT’S JUST A SMOKESCREEN, AND IT’S FOR US TO TAKE THIS. WE ON LABELS WE DON’T OWN, PLAY FOR BASKETBALL TEAMS WE DON’T OWN. THE TIME IS NOW. I GOT OFFERED $100 MILLION BY LARRY JACKSON TO PUT DONDA ON APPLE, BUT I AIN’T NEVER GOT A MEETING WITH TIM COOK. SO IT AIN’T ABOUT THE MONEY, IT’S ABOUT OUR POWER AND OUT RESPECT COLLECTIVELY. SO I BE SAYING STUFF THAT PEOPLE TRY TO REMIND ME IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH THAT PEOPLE GOT KILLED FOR. BUT THIS IS BLACK FUTURE MONTH,”.
“Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player,” he announced on February 17. “Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from the oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own. Go to stemplayer.com now to order.”
