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# Full text of new Kanye West statement: ‘Ye Passes $100M Deal with Apple To Release Donda 2 On Stem Player’
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/kanye-west-issues-new-statement-ye-passes-100m-deal-with-apple-to-release-donda-2-on-stem-player/
- Published: 2022-02-21T21:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-02-21T21:24:46.000Z
- Description: Kanye West issued a new official statement Friday night regarding his self-release of the Donda 2 album only on his $200 Stem Player device and a live “Donda 2 Performance. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/02/kanye-west-issues-new-statement-ye-passes-100m-deal-with-apple-to-rel
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Marketing, DIY musicians, donda, Donda 2, hip hop, Kanye West, music, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, reap, Ye, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

Kanye West issued a new official statement Friday night regarding his self-release of the Donda 2 album only on his $200 Stem Player device and a live “Donda 2 Performance Experience”.

West reiterated that he had passed on a $100 million Apple deal to release the album independently. Donda 2 will not be available on music streaming services. \[You can find more details [here](https://www.hypebot.com/kanye-west-to-release-donda-2-only-on-his-200-stem-player/).\]

Using an all caps all bold format, the new release reads:

**YE PASSES $100 MILLION DEAL WITH APPLE TO RELEASE DONDA 2 ON STEM PLAYER**

**\_**

**YE TAKES FULL OWNERSHIP OF HIS MUSIC WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF DONDA 2 RELEASING EXCLUSIVELY ON HIS NEWEST STREAMING DEVICE, STEM PLAYER ON 2.22.22**

**IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE RELEASE OF THE DONDA 2, YE IS COMBINING MUSIC, ART, AND FASHION THROUGH HIS DONDA 2 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE AND YEEZY GAP COLLABORATION ENGINEERED BY BALENCIAGA**

**STEM PLAYER IS YE’S NEWEST AUDIO STREAMING DEVICE THAT HAS NETTED MORE THAN $2 MILLION IN REVENUE SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH**

**STEM PLAYER ALLOWS USERS TO CUSTOMIZE ANY SONG AND FEATURES VOCAL CONTROLS, BEAT SAMPLES, REAL-TIME LOOP AND SPEED CONTROL, THE ABILITY TO SAVE, PLAYBACK, AND DOWNLOAD MIXES AND MUCH MORE**

**THE DONDA 2 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE WILL TAKE PLACE IN MIAMI, FL AT THE LOANDEPOT PARK WITH PERFORMANCES BY ADDITIONAL SPECIAL GUESTS ON**

**2.22.2022**

**TO PURCHASE DONDA 2 ALBUM:**

[**WWW.KANYEWEST.COM**](http://www.kanyewest.com/?ref=hypebot.com)

[**WWW.STEMPLAYER.COM**](http://www.stemplayer.com/?ref=hypebot.com)

**TO PURCHASE DONDA 2 PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE:**

[**WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM/KANYE-WEST-DONDA-EXPERIENCE-PERFORMANCE-MIAMI-FLORIDA-02-22-2022/EVENT/0D005C3C514578C1**](http://www.ticketmaster.com/kanye-west-donda-experience-performance-miami-florida-02-22-2022/event/0D005C3C514578C1?ref=hypebot.com)

### MORE: [Kanye West to release Donda 2 only on his $200 stem player](https://www.hypebot.com/kanye-west-to-release-donda-2-only-on-his-200-stem-player/)

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*