NEWS

Kanye West Holding “Jesus

Is King” Event Tonight (But
There’s No Album Yet)
Kanye and Kim Kardashian West had
teased a September 27 release for the new
album

Kanye West, May 2019 (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)

BY: QUINN MORELAND AND MATTHEW STRAUSS / 10 HRS AGO

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to arrive today, has not yet been released.
Tonight, however, he is hosting an event at
Detroit’s Fox Theatre called “Jesus
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Experience It begins at 8 p.m.
Eastern. It is unclear what the event entails, but a
representative for the venue tells Rolling
Rolling
RollingStone
Stone
Stone
that the event may be a “movie thing.” During the
event, a new batch of Jesus Is King merch
appeared on Kanye West’s website, along with a
Kanye West
pre-order
pre-order
pre-order link for a digitalJesus
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download
album, available “upon release date.” Also during
the event at Fox Theatre, Kim Kardashian West
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shared snippets of Jesus Is King Is King:
on her A
Instagram
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story. Check it out below via XXL
XXL.
XXL Pitchfork has
reached out to Kanye West’s representatives.
Rolling Stone
After “Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience”
ended, Kim announced
announced
announced that the new album will
arrive Sunday (September 29) in an Instagram
pre-order
story. She link
also mentioned that during the event,
Kanye showed “a small clip” of the making of his
IMAX film Jesus Is Lord.” I can’t wait for you guys
to see this @imax film in October,” she added.
XXL
Earlier today, Kanye West held a Sunday Service
today in Detroit at the Aretha Franklin
Amphitheatre. The choir began with “Hallelujah,
announced
Salvation, and Glory” before singing West’s
“Ultralight
Ultralight
Ultralight Beam
Beam.”
Beam They then did gospel
selections like “Oh Lord, How Excellent,” along
with more West songs like, “Father Stretch My
Hands Pt. 1,” and Christian versions of pop hits,
such as Mariah Carey’s “My All” and Jeremih’s
“Paradise.” There was also a passage that sounded
a lot like Drake’s “SICKO MODE” verse, but the
choir instead sang, “Jesus Christ is the light.”

Kim Kardashian West teased Jesus Is King last

Ultralight
month, Beam
sharing a photo on Twitter
Twitter
Twitter that indicated
the album would arrive today. The picture later
became the main image on West’s website
website,
website and
West confirmed
confirmed
confirmed the date at an Atlanta Sunday
Service.

Earlier this week, multiple publications,

including Variety
Variety,
Variety Rolling
Rolling
RollingStone
Stone
Stone and Billboard
Billboard,
Billboard
reported that “sources close to the situation” said
Jesus Is King would not be released today. On
Twitter
September 25, however, Kim Kardashian West
retweeted a tweet from a user called @colinags
that said
said, website
said “2 more days Jesus is King.” Kanye West
confirmed
follows @colinags on Twitter.

This is most certainly not the first time a Kanye

West project has been delayed. Last year, West
Variety
released five Rolling Stone twoBillboard
records—including of his
his
hisown
own—
own
over the span of five weeks; each faced its own
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and
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updates.
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is still no word on Yandi, which has been delayed
delayed
delayed
multiple
multiple
multipletimes
times.
times
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Fox Theatre Detroit

@FoxTheatreDet

JUST IN: Kanye West will bring “Jesus Is King:

A Kanye West Experience” to #TheFox tonight
at 8PM. Guests are encouraged to arrive early.
Doors open at 6:30PM. Tickets are free,
general admission and only available via
Ticketmaster.com.

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Def Jam Recordings

@defjam

Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience

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