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'I'M SICK'

Kanye West slammed for replacing Jay-Z with DaBaby in new song during third Donda listening event

KANYE West was slammed by fans for replacing Jay-Z with DaBaby in a new song featured on Donda.

Fans got to hear the latest version of 's song, titled Jail, during the third Donda listening party on Thursday.

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Kanye was slammed for replacing Jay-Z with DaBaby during the third DONDA listening party
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Kanye was slammed for replacing Jay-Z with DaBaby during the third DONDA listening partyCredit: Apple Music
A new version of the song Jail includes a verse from DaBaby
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A new version of the song Jail includes a verse from DaBabyCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Jay Z's verse from the song has been cut
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Jay Z's verse from the song has been cutCredit: Rex

The 44-year-old to perform songs from the highly anticipated upcoming album.

After two of his kids made appearances on stage, Kanye was joined by the controversial and DaBaby.

While many fans couldn't hold back their excitement for the show to end, many became upset when they learned 's verse in the song is now performed by , 29.

'GET DABABY OUT OF HERE'

Taking to Twitter, one person wrote: "Get dababy OUT of here."

Another added: "He replaced Jay z for dababy I’m sick."

Alongside a gif of cringing, a third chimed in: "Not dababy on the first track…"

The backlash continued as another upset fan wrote: "WHY DID HE ADD F**KING DABABY THE SONG WAS GOOD WITHOUT HIM ON HERE."

An additional viewer wrote: "Jay z replaced by dababy??! kanye fumbling rn."

"get dababy OUT of here," another Twitter user pleaded.

Twitter users clearly believed the controversial rapper shouldn't have replaced Jay-Z, 51, on the song, as one person insisted: "Somebody arrest this man for replacing jay z with dababy."

DABABY'S CONTROVERSY

While some fans may have genuinely preferred Jay Z's verse better, others were upset that DaBaby was included on the song in light of his recent .

During his previous performance at a music festival in Miami, ,   said: “If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll make you die in two, three weeks, then put your cellphone light up.

"Ladies, if your p***y smell like water, put a cellphone light them up. Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d**k in the parking lot put your cellphone light up. Keep it real."

The rapper has since been dragged for spreading misinformation about HIV and AIDS, alongside stigmatizing the illness.

WHEN WILL DONDA DROP?

 for his upcoming album Donda is a at the Soldier Field in his native .

Thursday's event comes after the rapper's second listening event in Atlanta on August 5, 2021.

Kanye's upcoming album is named after his late mother, who died in 2007, Donda.

It was slated to drop July 23, 2021, but has still not yet arrived.

The album has so far been postponed numerous times, though was most recently slated to drop on August 27, 2021.

The rapper is notorious for releasing music on his own schedule and for repeatedly missing planned dates.

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One previously announced album, Yandhi, was delayed multiple times in 2018 and ultimately was never released at all.

Donda marks Kanye's first full-length album of new material since 2019's Jesus Is King, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Kanye's third listening event was held on Thursday in Chicago
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Kanye's third listening event was held on Thursday in ChicagoCredit: Apple Music
The event got off to a controversial start with appearances by DaBaby and Marilyn Manson
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The event got off to a controversial start with appearances by DaBaby and Marilyn MansonCredit: Apple Music
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