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Kanye West on Upcoming Doc ‘In Whose Name?’: ‘It Was Like Being Dead & Looking Back on My Life’

The doc took about six years to make and hopes for a 2025 release date.

Ye(formally knows as Kanye West) has another documentary in the works, but this time it’ll be directed by a newcomer with “a billion-dollar budget” and “armed with an iPhone” instead of a couple old friends from Chicago. Directed by 18-year-old Nico Ballesteros, and produced by Goodfellas and Utopia, the doc will be introduced at the upcoming American Film Market in Las Vegas with a promo reel this week with a hopeful release date some time in 2025. Via press release, the synopsis reads as follows: “With a billion-dollar budget and a commitment to truth, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, invites 18-year-old Nicolas Ballesteros armed with an iPhone on a six-year journey revealing unfiltered aspects of celebrity life which confront the provocative opinions, grand visions and bold contrarianism that defined him as the world’s most controversial artist.

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