Netflix Buys Kanye West’s Docuseries Set To Be Released Later This Year
Netflix Buys Kanye West’s Docuseries Set To Be Released Later This Year. A multi-part documentary exploring the life of Kanye West has reportedly been sold to Netflix for $30 million (approximatley R400 000 000). This multi-part docuseries has been 20 years in the making from filmmakers Coodie & Chike is expected to be released this year, Billboard reports. Coodie & Chike have collaborated with the rapper on music videos for “Jesus Walks (Version 3)” and “Through the Wire.”
The series will feature never-before-seen footage of the “Bound 2” rapper, 43, including over two decades worth of filmed content. According to Billboard, the series will be released later this year and will focus on the Chicago native’s life and career.
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer, fashion designer, and politician. He has been influential in the 21st-century development of mainstream hip hop and popular music in general. The docuseries will also feature never-before-seen footage of West and will explore the artist-turned-entrepreneur’s life and work, including his failed presidential campaign last year and the death of his mother, Donda West.
Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained notoriety as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing singles for several mainstream artists. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to critical and commercial success, and founded the record label GOOD Music.
He experimented with a variety of musical genres on subsequent acclaimed studio albums, including Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), and 808s & Heartbreak (2008). Drawing inspiration from maximalism and minimalism, respectively, West’s fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) and sixth album Yeezus (2013) were also critical successes. He went on to release The Life of Pablo (2016), Ye (2018), and Jesus Is King (2019). West’s discography also includes the full-length collaborations Watch the Throne (2011) and Kids See Ghosts (2018) with Jay-Z and Kid Cudi, respectively.
