"THE KING OF SOUL"[1] (also known as "JARED") is an unreleased song by Kanye West found in the DJ Akademiks posted tracklist for CUCK (2025).[2] The song is likely about both Jared Kushner, the Senior Advisor to the President during Donald Trump's first term, who Ye is on bad terms with[3] and spokesperson turned-sex offender Jared Fogle.[4]
Production[]
"THE KING OF SOUL" samples a snippet of an unreleased song Justin Bieber posted to his Instagram story,[1] Camille Yarbrough's 1975 song, "Aint It a Lonely Feeling", and Nancy Dupree's 1969 song, "James Brown".
Background[]
On April 2nd, 2025, streamer DJ Akademiks posted a tracklist for WW3, which showed "JARED" as the ninth track.[2] A VC-recorded snippet of the song would leak on April 8th, 2025.[5] It would be played again on a Twitch stream April 24th, 2025.[1]
The song was leaked alongside the rest of CUCK in a $999 charity group buy for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on May 18, 2025.[6]
Lyrics[]
https://genius.com/Kanye-west-the-king-of-soul-lyrics
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ye breaks down how he sampled Justin Bieber's instagram freestyle into a song". @freetrash. April 24, 2024. Retrieved June 19, 2025 – via TikTok.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Kanye West Is Supposedly Dropping A New "WW3" Album Today". HotNewHipHop. April 3, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ↑ "Why has Kanye West turned on his old friend Jared Kushner?". The Independent. October 11, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Kanye/comments/1kqs52b/who_is_jared_and_why_was_he_eating_kids/
- ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/cdba48f8c152925a782f1e00ed10454f
- ↑ Moore, Sam (May 19, 2025). "Kanye West's 'Cuck' Album Leaked By Hackers". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 24, 2025.