Update 02/18/2022 4:50pm:
Kanye took to Instagram to celebrate selling thousands of his $200 Stem Player after announcing that Donda 2 won't be available to stream, and will be exclusively on his player, which was met with backlash online.
He wrote, "We sold 6,217 units sense 2200-HOURS 2 17 22 which grossed $1,358,597.69. That's faster than I’ve ever sold any T shirt. God has a plan. New frontier. Everyone that is supporting our revolution is changing the game for all artist. We no longer have to bow to people who don’t even truly care about music. I feel like I’m back at SOB’s performing Jesus Walks."
This comes after Kanye doubled down on wanting Donda 2 to only be available on his Stem Player. He wrote, "Jay Z made Tidal and fake media attacked him. Well in the words of my big brother. Come and get me. I’m willing to die standing cause I ain’t living on my knees no more. God please cover me. I run this company 100% I don’t have to ask for permission. This is our 2nd generation stem player We have more things we working on. I feel like how I felt in the first episode of the documentary."
Original 02/18/2022 10:21am:
Fans were angered after it was announced that Kanye's highly anticipated Donda 2 album would only be available on his Stem Player, which runs a cool $200.
Kanye announced on Instagram, "Donda 2 will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube. Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It's time to take control and build our own. Go to stemplayer.com now to order."
Kanye responded to the backlash in another post, which read, "We did it Don't matter what happens 2mrw This happened tonight For the first time in a long time I feel alive we did it kid we did lord lift me up things change let’s keep it burning …"
