Kanye West says new album Donda was released WITHOUT his approval by record label Universal

Kanye West claimed his record label released his 10th studio album without his approval in a shocking post shared to Instagram on Sunday.

The 44-year-old rapper took to social media hours after the midnight release of Donda, which had already been delayed by more than one year.

‘Universal put my album out without my approval and they blocked Jail 2 from being on the album,’ he shared in grey block lettering.

And while Kanye didn’t appear to be too fond of the work being available, Kim Kardashian shared a few of her favorite songs.

The 40-year-old reality star showed her support for her estranged husband with clips of a few songs she was listening to, albeit on very low volumes.

Taking to social media, one person gushed: ‘Just finished listening to DONDA. That was quite possibly the most beautiful, breath-taking and angelic album I have ever experienced.

‘Thank You Kanye. Life will be great. My ears have been blessed. This is one of the greatest pieces of art of all time.’

Another added: ‘DONDA dropped I have officially left my body,’ while a third penned: ‘DONDA is album of the decade so far.’

A fourth person tweeted: ‘You heard it hear first folks, donda is fine!’ [sic] as a fifth noted: ‘Okay Donda is actually pretty fire.’

Donda’s album artwork is a simple black square and the record racks up an impressive 108 minutes.

Artists including The Weeknd, Jay-Z, Young Thug, Travis Scott, and Kid Cudi feature on the album.

The record – named after Kanye’s late mother Donda West, who died in 2007 at the age of 58 – follows three high-profile listening parties held through July in both Chicago and Atlanta.

Ye’s tenth studio album was first rumored to be released in July 2020 and named Donda: With Child, but he continually pushed the work back, and at one point tweeted he wasn’t releasing any new music ’till I’m done with my contract with Sony and Universal.’