‘Jeen-Yus’ Directors Talk Kanye West and Creative Control

variety.com:

Addie Morfoot ContributorBy Addie MorfootCoodie Simmons and Chike Ozah spent 22 years chronicling the life and career of rapper Kanye West.

In October 2019, Coodie, a former stand-up comedian turned music video and documentary director, and his longtime creative partner and co-director, Ozah, successfully pitched the project to Time Studios.

Over the last three years they have worked on taking 330 hours of footage and editing it down to three feature-length documentaries, titled “Jeen-Yuhs.” The project, which Netflix acquired last fall, premieres at Sundance Jan.

23. On Jan. 21, West posted on Instagram his argument for final cut approval of the documentary. Simmons and Ozah told Variety that that rapper had relinquished those rights. “I’m going to say this kindly for the last time.