Kanye West Samples Kim Kardashian’s ‘SNL’ Monologue on ‘Donda 2’ Amid Pete Davidson Feud

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A careful selection. Kanye West chose to sample parts of Kim Kardashian‘s Saturday Night Live monologue on his new album, Donda 2, but the rapper cut the parts that weren’t so complimentary.When the 41-year-old served as host of an October 2021 episode, she said, “I married the best rapper of all time.” She also referred to West, 44, as “the richest black man in America” and “a talented, legit genius who gave me four incredible kids.”The artist left out the shade Kardashian jokingly threw at him in her SNL monologue: “So when I divorced him, you have to know it came down to just one thing: his personality.

I know it sounds mean, but people keep telling me that comedy comes from truth. And if there’s one thing that I always strive to be, it’s genuine.”The sample appeared on a track called “Sci Fi,” according to NME, which debuted at a listening “experience” at LoanDepot Park stadium in Miami on Tuesday, February 22, for Donda 2.

After debuting the new album at the event, the LP is only available on Stem Player, a device West debuted in August 2021 which retails for $214.50.Kardashian and West were married for nearly seven years before the KKW Beauty founder filed for divorce in February 2021.

The exes share children North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2.Though insiders told Us Weekly after the October 2021 episode that the Yeezy designer was informed that jokes would be made at his expense on the NBC sketch comedy, he later revealed he was livid about it.“SNL making my wife say ‘I divorced him’ on TV because they just wanted to get that bar off, and I never have seen the papers.