In 2018, Kanye West released his eighth studio album, ye, and a joint album with Kid Cudi titled KIDS SEE GHOSTS. He also executive produced three other albums that released in the summer, all coming from the same Wyoming sessions as his other two releases.
This year, he had two unreleased projects: LOVE EVERYONE and Yandhi.
Releases
The album cover for Kanye's eighth studio album, ye.
The album cover for Kanye and Kid Cudi's collaborative album, KIDS SEE GHOSTS.
Kanye's teaser of his unreleased album, LOVE EVERYONE.
Kanye's teaser of his unreleased album, Yandhi.
Kanye and Donald Trump at the White House.
Kanye and Lil Pump performing "I Love It" at the season 44 premiere of SNL.
Kanye at the inaugural PornHub Awards.
Kanye and Teyana Taylor shooting the music video for "We Got Love".
Albums
- ye (June 1)[1]
- KIDS SEE GHOSTS (w/ Kid Cudi) (June 8)[2]
Features
- Travis Scott - "Watch" (ft. Lil Uzi Vert, Kanye West) (May 4)[3]
- Pusha T - "What Would Meek Do?" (ft. Kanye West) (May 25)[4]
- Nas - "Cops Shot The Kid" (ft. Kanye West) (June 15)[5]
- Nas - "everything" (ft. Kanye West, The-Dream) (June 15)[6]
- Teyana Taylor - "Hurry" (ft. Kanye West) (June 22)[7]
- 6ix9ine - "MAMA" (ft. Nicki Minaj, Kanye West) (November 27)[8]
- 6ix9ine - "KANGA" (ft. Kanye West) (November 27)[9]
- XXXTENTACION - "One Minute" (ft. Kanye West, Travis Barker) (December 7)[10]
Production credits
- Migos - "BBO (Bad Bitches Only)" (ft. 21 Savage) (January 26)[11]
- Christina Aguilera - "Accelerate" (ft. Ty Dolla $ign, 2 Chainz, Kirby Lauryen) (May 3)[12]
- Pusha T - DAYTONA (executively produced by Kanye West) (May 25)[13]
- Nas - NASIR (executively produced by Kanye West) (June 15)[14]
- Christina Aguilera - "Maria" (June 15)[15]
- Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E. (executively produced by Kanye West) (June 22)[16]
Singles
- "Lift Yourself" (April 30)[17]
- "Ye vs. the People (starring TI as the People)" (ft. T.I.) (April 30)[18]
- "XTCY" (August 30)[19]
- "I Love It (& Lil Pump)" (with Lil Pump) (September 7)[20]
- "I Love It (Freaky Girl Edit)" (with Lil Pump) (September 30)[21]
January
- 19: Kanye and Kim Kardashian welcome their third child, Chicago, into the world.[22]
April
- 14: Kanye announces that he is writing a philosophy book, titled Break the Simulation.[23]
- 25: Kanye shows support for Donald Trump on Twitter. John Legend and Chance the Rapper would later share their disapproval of Kanye's political opinion.[24]
- 28: Kanye teases a potentially new album, revealing in a screenshot that the cover would be a mugshot of Dr. Jan Adams and the name of it would be LOVE EVERYONE.[25]
- 30:
- The singles "Lift Yourself" and "Ye vs. the People" (the latter featuring T.I.) are released.[26][27]
- Dr. Jan Adams writes an open letter to Kanye, urging him not to use his mugshot for the album cover. Kanye thanks Jan for the letter and states that he "can't wait to sit with [Jan] and start healing".[28][29]
May
- 1: Kanye goes on a rant on TMZ and infamously states that slavery was a choice, marking the end of the LOVE EVERYONE era.[30]
- 4: Travis Scott releases "Watch" as a single, featuring Kanye and Lil Uzi Vert.[3]
- 25: Pusha T's third studio album, DAYTONA, is released. It is the first release of the Wyoming sessions and is executive produced by Kanye. He is also featured in "What Would Meek Do?".[31]
- 31: The lone listening party for Kanye's new album is held at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Chris Rock reveals that the new album will be titled ye.[32]
June
- 1: Ye's eighth studio album eponymously titled ye is released as part of the Wyoming session releases.[33]
- 8: A collaborative album between Ye and Kid Cudi is released, named KIDS SEE GHOSTS after the group's name. It's the third release of the Wyoming sessions.[34]
- 8: "Yikes" from ye is released as a radio single.[35]
- 15: Nas' twelfth studio album, NASIR, is released as the fourth release of the Wyoming sessions. It is executive produced by Kanye West. He is also featured on two songs in the album.[36]
- 22: Teyana Taylor's second studio album, K.T.S.E., is released as the fifth and final release of the Wyoming sessions. It is executive produced by Kanye West. He is also featured on the song, "Hurry".[37]
- 24: "All Mine" from ye is released as a radio single.[38]
August
- 9: Five years after an infamous feud between the two, Kanye appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!.[39]
- 11: "XTCY" is made available as a free download before official release.[40]
- 24: Kanye files the petition to change his legal name from "Kanye Omari West" to simply "Ye" with no middle or last name.[41]
- 30: "XTCY" is officially released as a single.[42]
September
- 6: Kanye serves as the creative director for the inaugural PornHub Awards and premieres a new song, "I Love It".[43]
- 7: "I Love It", a joint song between Kanye West and Lil Pump, is released as a single.[44]
- 8: Kanye tweets "throne2 coming soon", revealing that he is working on a sequel to his and Jay-Z's collaborative album, Watch The Throne (2011).[45]
- 17: Kanye first teases his then-newest project, Yandhi, which was set to release on September 29.[46]
- 20: On Instagram Live, Kanye rants against Drake, Nick Cannon and Tyson Beckford. As he rants, he briefly pauses to let a train pass by.[47]
- 29: Kanye performed "I Love It", "We Got Love", and "Ghost Town" at the season 44 premiere of Saturday Night Live. After performing the songs, Kanye went on a pro-Trump rant while wearing a MAGA hat.[48]
- 30: A clean version of "I Love It", titled "I Love It ([Freaky Girl] Edit)" was released as a single.[21]
October
- 1:
- Kim Kardashian announced that Yandhi was set to release on November 23.[49]
- Kanye and Teyana Taylor film a music video for "We Got Love" in a grassy area just outside of TMZ's headquarters. The video has not been released or leaked yet.[50]
- 3: Kanye's father, Ray, beat prostate cancer. To celebrate, Kanye and Ray ate bugs.[51]
- 11: Kanye meets the then-U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House while wearing a MAGA hat, sparking lots of controversy.[52]
November
- 13: After performing with Kid Cudi the day prior, Kanye states on Twitter that he will announce a release date for Yandhi when it is finished.[53]
- 27: Kanye is featured on two songs in 6ix9ine's debut studio album, Dummy Boy, those being "MAMA" and "KANGA".[54]
December
- 7: Kanye and Travis Barker are featured on XXXTENTACION's song, "One Minute".[10]
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