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Chicago rapper Kanye West is coming home. The hip-hop veteran went online to announce a third DONDA listening party taking place in his hometown. Kanye West

August 18, 2021 Kanye Wests Third Donda Listening Party The Grammy-winning rapper might just prove third times the charm New buzz and speculation originally suggested another Donda album listening event was slated to go down in his Chi-town hometown something Mr. West has confirmed now. The event would relocate from Atlanta, GeorgiasMercedes-Benz Stadium. Details are still scarce, but Chi-Towns Fake Shore Drive music blog was correct in hinting that the event will be happening locally. Donda listening party in Chicago Kanye Wests Streams Are Exploding Right Now Although the Donda album is still nowhere in sight, its not stopping his own popularityon the streaming giants. The hip-hop stars presence on everything from Apple Music to Spotify has exploded with people taking in his tunes. Since buzz started aroundDonda possibly dropping around late-July 2021, Kanyes streams have racked up. All tallied up, Yes combined numbers are nearly a quarter of a billion streams in just a few weeks. All in all, in the 22-day period from July 19 (when he initially announced the first Donda live event) to Aug. 9, West has racked up 240.2 million streams, an average of 10.9 million a day which is up 37% from the 22-day period prior (June 27 July 18), when he posted a combined 175.7 million streams, an average of 8 million a day. Kanye might not even need to ever release Donda to continue enjoying the benefits from all the buzz surrounding it. ( ) Kanye Wests Go-To Mike Dean Clears Up Drama Aside from the streams, Kanye is focused on Donda. His go-to producer and longtime friend Mike Dean isnt falling back from adding his signature touch to the much-neededDonda album. The hitmaker recently came forward to shut down speculation about quitting the production on Yes LP. Dean hit up his Twitterto keep things 100. Instead of leaving things to rumors, Dean promised he is sticking to the album rollout. I havent quit anything. The album continues. Lol. People read too much into tweets. Lol Hours prior, Dean appeared to suggesthe might have fallen back on working on Donda. Dont ask me about utopia or any other albums drop date. Ask the artists. Im not the decision makers here ! ! Read more