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US rapper and music icon Kanye West said he will only make gospel music going forward — no more secular music, according to a Chicago music promoter who spoke to Fox Business Network on Monday.
Andrew Barber, owner of music media company Fake Shore Drive told the Fox News owned media channel Kanye West made the comment Saturday at a listening party in Chicago for his new album “Jesus is King: A Kanye West Experience.”
“Kanye also announced that he is no longer making secular music,” said Andrew Barber. “Only Gospel from here on out.”
West said he is “done being an entertainer,” Barber told FOX Business.
West has been delaying the much-anticipated album, and his wife Kim Kardashian West teased the track list on Friday via social media.
Have faith… pic.twitter.com/2HF4HiPQoq
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) September 27, 2019
Anyone attending the Chicago listening party was required to leave their cell phones in locked pouches, so no video has yet surfaced of West’s remarks, according to Fox News.
As this website reported earlier, Kardashian West told “The View” that the new album was instrumental in her husband becoming a Christian.
“Kanye started this to really heal himself and it was a really personal thing, and it was just friends and family,” she said earlier this month. “He has had an amazing evolution of being born again and being saved by Christ.”
Just heard Kanye’s new album Jesus Is King and saw the accompanying film. My favorite track is the last song and it features the Clipse. Both Push & No Malice. Kenny G is also on it. “New Body” has been cut from the album.
— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) September 29, 2019
Here is the art pic.twitter.com/u87FLTDhZO
Also Saturday night, West made a surprise appearance at a Chance the Rapper concert at Chicago’s United Center.
