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Kanye West not “doing a fucking NFT”, but is working with Marilyn Manson
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 1 February 2022
If there’s one thing Kanye West hates, it’s people asking him to “do a fucking NFT”. He’s just “not on that wave” and would rather “make music and products in the real world”. So that’s that decided. Although in a note posted to social media he also did add a PS saying “ask me later”. So we can probably expect a full range of Ye NFTs (maybe an NFYe?) in the next few weeks.
Currently at work on new album ‘Donda 2’, the rapper is seemingly frustrated at the number of interruptions he’s getting from people banging on about how he should mint an NFT or two.
“STOP ASKING ME TO DO NFTs”, he shouts in a post on Instagram. “FOR NOW I’M NOT ON THAT WAVE. I MAKE MUSIC AND PRODUCTS IN THE REAL WORLD”.
An attached handwritten note adds: “My focus is on building real products in the real world. Real food. Real clothes. Real shelter. Do not ask me to do a fucking NFT”.
Although, as noted, he does then say “ask me later”, so he’s not ruling it out.
Anyway, there are more important questions to be asking right now. Like, why is West still working with Marilyn Manson?
West collaborated with Manson on ‘Donda’ track ‘Jail 2’ last year, as well as bringing him out at one of the album’s listening events, despite numerous allegations of sexual assault and abuse having been made against the rock star – albeit allegations he denies.
The collaboration was heavily criticised, but now West has seemingly doubled down on his support for Manson, involving him more heavily in the making of the ‘Donda’ sequel.
West producer Digital Nas tells Rolling Stone: “I see Marilyn a lot in the studio. Like, every day I go to the studio, Marilyn is there working on ‘Donda 2’”.
“[West] doesn’t want Marilyn to play rap beats”, Nas continues. “He wants Marilyn to play what he makes, and then Ye will take parts of that and sample parts of that and use parts of that, like he did [on] ‘Yeezus’. He has some producers from ‘Yeezus’ working on ‘Donda 2’ this time around, [as well as] Marilyn, me [and] a bunch of producers from ‘Donda 1’”.
It remains to be seen how much of Manson’s work features on ‘Donda 2’ if and when it arrives on its scheduled release date of 22 Feb.
With the various lawsuits against Manson now working their way through the courts, as well as new Evan Rachel Wood documentary ‘Phoenix Rising’ detailing more of his alleged abuse against her, his continued work with West will only become more controversial. There will also likely be demands on Universal Music to refuse to release the record.
