2020 saw Kanye West run for President of the United States and do a bunch of work related to his tenth album, which didn't release until the following summer as Donda.
Releases[]
Singles[]
- "Wash Us In The Blood" (ft. Travis Scott) (June 30)
- "Nah Nah Nah" (October 16)[Note 1]
- "Nah Nah Nah (Remix)" (ft. DaBaby & 2 Chainz) (November 13)[Note 1]
Features[]
- Ty Dolla $ign - "Ego Death" (ft. Kanye West, FKA Twigs, Skrillex) (July 1)[1]
- Francis and the Lights - "You Still Take Me To The Light" (ft. Kanye West, Caroline Shaw, Chance the Rapper, Bon Iver) (September 18)
- Ty Dolla $ign - "Track 6" (October 23)[2]
- 2 Chainz - "Feel A Way" (ft. Kanye West, Brent Faiyaz) (November 13)
- SAINt JHN - "Pray 4 Me" (ft. Kanye West) (November 20)
- SAINt JHN - "Smack DVD" (ft. Kanye West) (November 20)
- Playboi Carti - "Go2DaMoon" (December 25)
Music videos[]
- "Wash Us In The Blood" (June 30)[3]
Production credits[]
- Big Sean - Detroit 2 (executively produced by Kanye West) (September 4)[4][5]
- Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red (executively produced by Kanye West) (December 25)[6][7]
January[]
- 26: Ye's friend pro basketball player Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash with eight others, including his daughter Gianna. Ye would tweet in response to the tragedy on the same day,[8] and later write "24" in tribute to Kobe.[9]
February[]
- 2: The first(?) Sunday Service Choir performance of the year is held at Bayfront Ampitheatre Miami at 11am, date announced on January 28.[10]
- 12: Sunday Service held at Credit Union 1 Arena, Chicago, at 2pm.[11]
March[]
- 2: Ye announced the start of YEEZY Season 8.[12]
June[]
- 26: Kid Cudi and Ye post on Twitter a teaser for a Kids See Ghosts animated show, "coming soon."[13]
- 30: Ye releases "Wash Us In The Blood" featuring Travis Scott, intended to be the lead single for his God's Country album, which was later changed to Donda.[14] The music video, directed by Arthur Jafa, was released the same day.[15]
July[]
- 1: Ty Dolla $ign's single "Ego Death" is released, featuring a guest verse by Ye.[1]
- 4: Though he hadn't officially filed for Presidency, Ye announces his candidacy on Twitter.[16]
- 19: Ye has a campaign rally in South Carolina. During the event, he is shown crying over the topic of abortion.[17]
- 21: Ye announces that Donda would drop on July 25, sharing an iTunes album consisting of 12 songs.[18] The album did not drop on the promised date.
- 21: Ye tweets another tracklist and states that the album is called DONDA: WITH CHILD and would come with a movie on the same July 25 release date.[19]
- 22: Another tracklist for the July 25 DONDA: WITH CHILD release.[20]
- 25: DONDA: WITH CHILD does not release but he posts an apology for his remarks during the South Carolina rally toward his then-wife Kim Kardashian.[21]
- 25: Ye also tweets the album work for DONDA: WITH CHILD.[22]
August[]
- 7: Ye posts a silly clip, writing "FRI-YE-YE."[23]
- 12: Ye tweets the iconic DaBaby adlib[24] "Lesssgoooooooooooo."[1][25] DaBaby would later be featured in the remix for "Nah Nah Nah," released in November, then "Jail pt 2," released the next year.
- 17: Ye tweets about "Jesus Tok," a concept he had, a cleaner version of TikTok.[26][27]
- 21: Ye claims to have made ballot access in ten states even though he faced some legal issues with such beforehand.[28]
September[]
- 2: Ye is declared the "highest paid male celebrity in the world" by some news sources.[29][30]
- 4: Big Sean releases his fifth studio album, Detroit 2. The album is executively produced by Kanye.[4]
- 9: Ye shows off his "100 foot screen" television on Twitter.[31]
- 14: Ye begins his tirade/rant about record label contracts with a single tweet shot at the labels.[32]
- 15: Ye announces the Yeezy Christian Academy.[33]
- 16: Ye's charges against labels is re-invigorated in his longest Twitter chain of the year. He states that he wants his children to own his masters[34], compares himself to historical figure Nat Turner[35], claims he's signed to ten contracts with Universal Music Group[36], and shares images of his contract(s) across many tweets.[37][38]
- 16: Ye shares the now-famous clip of him urinating on one of his Grammys in a toilet.[39]
- 18:
- Ye thanks Eminem for rapping on a Dr. Dre-produced remix of "Use This Gospel" from the unreleased collaborative album, Jesus Is King II. The song would later release on DJ Khaled's album, GOD DID (2022).[40]
- Francis and the Lights releases "You Still Take Me To The Light" as a single. The song features vocals from Kanye.[41]
- 26: Ye shares a snippet of "Believe What I Say" on Twitter. It's released as part of Donda nearly a full year later.[42]
October[]
- 13: Ye shares "Nah Nah Nah" on Twitter, stating that "THE WHOLE TEAM IS SO ENERGIZED THAT I HAD TO RELEASE THEME MUSIC" (for his presidential campaign.)[43]
- 14: Ye wins multiple categories at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards: Top Christian Artist (himself), Top Gospel Artist (himself, won), Top Christian Album (Jesus Is King, won), Top Gospel Album (Jesus Is King, won), Top Christian Song ("Follow God"), Top Gospel Song ("Follow God", won; "Closed on Sunday," "On God," and "Selah" also nominated.)[44][45]
- 16: "Nah Nah Nah" is officially released on streaming platforms.[46]
- ?: Ye appears on Joe Rogan's podcast.[47]
- 19: Ye tweets a snippet of DaBaby's verse for "Nah Nah Nah" that is later released as a remix the following month.[48]
- 23: Ty Dolla $ign releases his third studio album, Featuring Ty Dolla $ign. The song, "Track 6", features vocals from Kanye.[2]
November[]
- 4: Ye concedes in the 2020 Presidential race on Election Day, tweeting "KANYE 2024" with a colored electoral map in the background. This is his last tweet of 2020.[49]
- 13:
- "Nah Nah Nah (Remix)" is officially released on streaming platforms.[50]
- 2 Chainz releases his sixth studio album, So Help Me God!. The song, "Feel A Way", features a guest verse from Kanye.[51]
- 20: SAINt JHN releases his third studio album, While The World Was Burning. The songs, "Pray 4 Me" and "Smack DVD", feature vocals from Kanye. "Smack DVD" would release as a single on November 27.[52]
December[]
- 25:
- Kanye's Sunday Service Choir releases an EP titled Emmanuel. All 5 tracks are produced by Kanye.[53]
- Playboi Carti releases his second studio album, Whole Lotta Red. The album is executively produced by Kanye, who also features in the song, "Go2DaMoon".[54]
References[]
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/tydollasign/status/1278360802945204224?s=20
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://genius.com/Ty-dolla-sign-track-6-lyrics
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0U2QUGKbSE
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.vice.com/en/article/xg83vz/hit-boy-producer-big-sean-detroit-2-interview#:~:text=Along%20with%20Kanye%20West%20and,day%20before%20Detroit%202%20dropped.
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_2
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Lotta_Red
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