Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Don't ever say I don't take one for the team. I watched the new Kanye West documentary 'In Whose Name' and we need to talk about it.

Music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy reviews the documentary—billed as an unauthorized release from the rapper's videographer Nico Ballesteros—and despite thousands of hours of footage, complete access and celebrity cameos including: Lady Gaga, Elon Musk, Pharrell, Rihanna, Swizz Beats and Kim Kardashian, the movie is random footage stitched together that leaves the audience doing all the narrative work.

Did you watch Ye's new documentary?

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