Donda 2

Donda 2 is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Kanye West. It has also been described as a demo, having been released in an unfinished state with four songs on Kano Computing's Stem Player on February 23, 2022, with additional songs later being added on February 24, which were updated in the following months. The album features guest vocals from the late XXXTentacion, Don Toliver, Baby Keem, Migos, Travis Scott, Future, Sean Leon, Vory, Fivio Foreign, Alicia Keys, Soulja Boy, The Game, and Playboi Carti. On April 29, 2025, West independently uploaded the demo album on music streaming services via his YZY brand under the name Donda, which was named after his mother and included a slightly different tracklist and updated production. Future served as the executive producer of Donda 2 in 2022, with Digital Nas serving as executive producer for the 2025 edition.

West began recording and producing Donda 2 in early January 2022. Although West recorded hundreds of songs during the production of Donda (2021), none of Donda 2's songs came from the Donda sessions. Donda 2 is a hip-hop album with R&B and trap elements. Lyrically, it explores West's anger and sadness stemming from his divorce from Kim Kardashian, and he directs insults towards Kardashian's then-boyfriend Pete Davidson. Multiple music critics described its sound as unfinished and resembling demos, and many of West's lyrics are unintelligible.

Donda 2's release was preceded by the singles "Eazy" and "City of Gods", released in January and February 2022 respectively—both of which peaked within the top 50 of the US Billboard Hot 100. West held "Kanye West: Donda Experience Performance", an accompanying listening party at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida on February 22, 2022, selling out 47 IMAX theaters across the United States; the event was plagued by numerous technical failures. Donda 2 received mixed reviews from critics, who criticized its subject matter, song structures, lack of an identifiable concept, and West's vocals and lyricism, though the production received some praise.

Due to its Stem Player exclusivity, Donda 2 was heavily pirated. Billboard deemed it ineligible for its albums charts due to precedented "bundling" rules; the album failed to reach any known record charts worldwide. West was expected to update and finish the Stem Player release within a matter of months, but it received no major updates after February 2022. After West made a series of antisemitic statements in late 2022, Kano dissociated from him and discontinued the Stem Player. Numerous songs in a further state of completeness surfaced online through leaks, while others were reworked and released by other artists. In March 2025, West announced he was returning to Donda 2 after releasing Bully (2025). Digital Nas livestreamed his progress reworking Donda 2 throughout April 2025, and West released the updated album on streaming services on under his third alternate account "DONDA" on April 29th. On June 6th, he rereleased Donda 2 on his official account titled "Kanye West", alongside his two alternate accounts, "DONDA" and "Ye".