Kanye West, 44, is expanding his horizons beyond music and fashion with an educational institute. The Illinois native is reportedly opening the Donda Academy just outside of Los Angeles named for his late mother Donda West who passed away in 2007.
Notably, Donda was a professor at the Chicago State University’s English department, and taught at the post-secondary level for 31 years.
Kanye’s name is not mentioned anywhere on the website, which boasts a mission statement, admissions page and contact email. HollywoodLife has reached out to the institution for confirmation that Kanye is involved.
It was also reported that the facility will be located between Simi Valley and the Moorpark area at a shuttered private school, per local Los Angeles
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