There’s an easy clue to the extent of Kanye West’s involvement in the new Netflix documentary series about his life: it’s arriving on schedule and is the length it was promised to be.
Last week West wrote about the three-part, four-and-a-half hour film, titled jeen-yuhs, on Instagram: “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix. Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image.” The fact that part one is still coming on February 16, and not February 16 2027, shows that the reliably unreliable rapper-producer didn’t get his wish. In contrast the appearance of Donda 2, an unnecessary follow-up to last year’s repeatedly delayed, unwieldy, indulgent Donda album, is significantly less likely to appear on its supposed release date of February 22.
