In 2019, Kanye West debuted the Sunday Service Choir and began coordinating Sunday Service events. He scrapped Yandhi and released his ninth album Jesus Is King on October 25 after several delays. He also began working with Dr. Dre on their now-unreleased collaborative album, Jesus Is King II.
Releases[]

The cover for Kanye's ninth studio album, Jesus Is King.

Kanye at Coachella.
Albums[]
- Jesus Is King (October 25)[1]
Singles[]
- "Follow God" (November 8)[2]
- "Closed On Sunday" (November 28)[3]
Features[]
- YNW Melly - "Mixed Personalities" (ft. Kanye West) (January 18)[4]
- Tyler, The Creator - "PUPPET" (ft. Kanye West) (May 17)[5]
- Estelle - "American Boy (Brooks Remix)" (ft. Kanye West) (June 14)[6]
- Pusha T - "Sociopath" (ft. Kash Doll, Kanye West) (August 26)[7]
- Francis and the Lights - "Take Me to the Light" (ft. Bon Iver, Kanye West, Chance the Rapper) (August 30)[8]
Production credits[]
- Nas - "You Mean The World To Me" (July 19)[9]
- Pusha T - "Coming Home" (ft. Lauryn Hill) (August 28)[10]
- Post Malone - "Internet" (September 6)[11]
- Teyana Taylor - "We Got Love" (ft. Lauryn Hill) (December 6)[12]
- Sunday Service Choir - Jesus Is Born (executively produced by Kanye West) (December 25)[13]
Music videos[]
- "Follow God" (November 8)[14]
- "Closed on Sunday" (November 28)[15]
Films[]
- Jesus Is King (October 25)[16]
January[]
- 6: The Sunday Service Choir debuts with their first ever Sunday Service.
February[]
- 15: The day after meeting Kenny G after hiring him for a performance, Kenny's contribution to "Use This Gospel" is recorded.[17]
April[]
- 14: Ye performs at Coachella 2019 with the Sunday Service Choir on the first weekend.
- 21: Ye performs at Coachella 2019 with the Sunday Service Choir and previews "Water" on Easter.[18] The song was recorded just a week prior.
- ?: Ye said that his performances at Coachella "radically saved" him, prompting him to enlist Adam Tyson as a personal pastor for weekly Bible studies.[19] Due to his revelation, he scrapped Yandhi and began working on a much more religious album.
May[]
- ?: Ye invited Pusha T and No Malice (together known as Clipse) to Wyoming, the same place where Ye worked on the 2018 albums including ye and KIDS SEE GHOSTS.[20] The duo recorded their contributions to "Use This Gospel" which marked their first track together in five years.
- ?: Ye was almost convinced not to rap again, but his pastor Adam Tyson convinced him that he could "rap for God."[21]
July[]
- ?: Producer Pi'erre Bourne worked on the album with Ye while in Japan.[22]
August[]
- 29: Kim Kardashian shares the first tracklist and release date for Jesus Is King, set at September 27.[23]
September[]
- 6: Ye purchases a ranch in Wyoming for $14 million.[24] Sometime after doing so, he and Pusha T finished working on the album together.[20]
- 25: Reports indicate that Ye met with Def Jam executives to tell them that the album would not be released in time for the September 27 release date.[25][26]
- 26: Ye has a listening party for the album in Detroit, Michigan, the same day that Kim says the album will release on September 29, as the album was awaiting mixing.[27] Within those two days, Ye re-recorded "Selah" and was still waiting for a new Nicki Minaj verse for Yandhi song "New Body."[20]
- 30: The September 29 release date was also not met. TMZ reports that the album's complete "but Ye keeps tweaking it."[28]
October[]
- 11: Reports indicate Swizz Beatz was brought to Wyoming to finish the album with Ye.[29][20]
- 21: Ye announces the third and final release date, October 25.[20]
- 25: Kanye West's ninth album Jesus Is King is released with an accompanying film. The album was not released on streaming services at midnight in order to finish mixing on "Everything We Need," "Follow God," and "Water."[30]
November[]
- 8: The music video for "Follow God" drops and the song is released as a single.
- 18: On Twitter, Kanye announces a new collaboration album with Dr. Dre, titled Jesus Is King II.[31]
- 28: The music video for "Closed on Sunday" drops and the song is released as a single.
References[]
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_King
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follow_God
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_on_Sunday
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_Personalities
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_(album)
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/track/1owQcOxm2rbvenVNRMdSTh?si=e422567a36e84d71
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/track/4xR7m33ECxSjY1nXyWmAx0?si=85745fddeb3744f0
- ↑ https://genius.com/Francis-and-the-lights-take-me-to-the-light-lyrics
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/track/4OTh0IWxSN1lLwhg8VPJim?si=25749074073541c0
- ↑ https://genius.com/Pusha-t-coming-home-lyrics
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/track/0KAzP1Rbp0Vz5pw8i1KDDI?si=9c80aece653f4987&nd=1&dlsi=e3a9685c29e64ccb
- ↑ https://open.spotify.com/album/3NwhTKHbDm6I5sOVT4L94z
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_Born
- ↑ https://youtu.be/ivCY3Ec4iaU
- ↑ https://youtu.be/MKM90u7pf3U
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_King_(film)
- ↑ https://www.gq.com/story/kenny-g-interview-jesus-is-king
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/21/entertainment/kanye-west-new-song-water/index.html
- ↑ https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/09/kanye-west-pastor-wrote-jesus-is-king-says-kanye-was-radically-saved-2019
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Is_King#May%E2%80%93October_2019:_Wyoming,_Calabasas_and_Jesus_Is_King
- ↑ https://www.thefader.com/2019/10/21/kanye-west-quit-rap-devils-music
- ↑ https://www.complex.com/music/pierre-bourne-interview-feds-video-premiere
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/new-kanye-west-album-jesus-is-king-878415/
- ↑ https://www.complex.com/music/2019/09/kanye-west-purchases-14-million-dollar-ranch-wyoming
- ↑ https://variety.com/2019/music/news/kanye-west-new-album-not-coming-friday-kim-kardashian-disagrees-jesus-is-king-1203348966/
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-delay-8531383/
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/inside-kanye-west-jesus-is-king-album-detroit-sunday-release-8531647/
- ↑ https://www.tmz.com/2019/09/30/kanye-west-all-smiles-album-delay-no-release-jesus-is-king/
- ↑ https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/kanye-west-swizz-beats-wyoming/
- ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/kanye-west-jesus-king-release-date-time-delayed-twitter-1467676
- ↑ https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.53506/title.kanye-west-grabs-dr-dre-for-jesus-is-king-sequel