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The content originally appeared on: Urban Islandz Kanye West angered by sound problems but still manages to inject Kim Kardashian into his Donda 2 live event. Even though the rapper was a few hours off his initial release date, Kanye West kept his promise of dropping his album in February, a far cry from the delays that the first installment of Donda put fans through. Ye also kept his promise to drop the project on his new stem player, ultimately […]

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