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The event was preceded by a “Countdown to Donda” livestream from his temporary cell-like living space in the bowels of the stadium in the hours leading up to the show, with cameos from The Lox, Fivio Foreign, Chance the Rapper, Steve Lacy and Vic Mensa. Taking the stage in a black spiked Balenciaga jacket with military boots and a bulletproof vest with his mother’s name on it, West stomped across the floor as he played tracks from what sounded like an updated version of the album without formally addressing the crowd or live rapping any vocals. West, who lit himself on fire during the show that started almost an hour late, also invited estranged wife Kim Kardashian West to the spectacle. The reality star-entrepreneur strutted out in the wedding dress she wore at their 2014 wedding so that West could lift her veil in what appeared to be a dramatic recreation of their nuptials.

Manson and DaBaby, both dressed in all-black like ‘Ye, did not speak during their appearances, but merely stood behind West on the stoop of the recreated home. In addition to DaBaby, Kanye also invited Marilyn Manson (born Brian Hugh Warner) to the show in the midst of the disgraced shock rocker’s current legal issues, which include lawsuits from four women featuring accusations of rape and sexual, physical and emotional assault Manson has denied the charges.

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The embattled MC (born Jonathan Lyndale Kirk) is currently under intense scrutiny in the wake of his divisive set at July’s Rolling Loud Miami, where he made a series of hateful homophobic and misogynistic comments about HIV/AIDS that cost him a number of festival gigs and drew widespread condemnation. West rebuilt a replica of his childhood home on the floor of the NFL stadium for Thursday night’s show, during which he kicked things off by swapping out the Jay-Z verse on the song “Jail” with new bars supplied by DaBaby, who also made an appearance at the event. 50 Cent? Revisiting The Epic 2007 Chart BattleĬheck out a breakdown of the three Donda events so far:

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