Kanye Previews 'Yandhi' in NYC

Kanye West's 'Yandhi' arrives Saturday night, a full four months after the release of 'Ye.'

Kanye West, while wearing that goddamn MAGA hat again, is out previewing new music presumably taken from his upcoming album (and possible Yeezus semi-sequel), Yandhi.

Thursday, TeamKanyeDaily shared a brief clip from Fader's Andy Cohn showing West teasing a track in which he tells his children they "don't really need a last name." Per a report of the Fader office visit, the new album features 6ix9ine (this 6ix9ine), the late XXXTentacion, and multiple appearances by Ty Dolla Sign. A Rihanna feature is pending.

NEW YE. via @andycohn pic.twitter.com/WhyE8V3fcx

— TKDMEDIA (@mediatkd1) September 27, 2018

During the visit, West also said he would have preferred Louis C.K. to host this weekend's Saturday Night Live, shared gravely inaccurate stats on slavery in the 1800s, revealed a planned meeting with Rahm Emanuel, and more. Fader initially reported Kanye took a moment to describe Alex Jones of Info Wars and Donald Trump as "matrix-breakers"; that portion of the article has been deleted.

Speaking on that aforementioned accursed MAGA hat, West claimed Thursday that he had put "positive energy" into the symbol by redesigning it.

“But it’s my hat, I redesigned it. I changed the brim, I mean I changed the shape right here and I put positive energy into the hat.” @kanyewest at the @thefader offices this morning.

đŸŽ„ @Jasonmpeterson pic.twitter.com/uhYZHb7L5U

— TeamKanyeDaily (@TeamKanyeDaily) September 27, 2018

As images of West in that godforsaken cap started circulating, many criticized the repeat move, including Wale:

Some of y’all don’t stand for nothin .. wild af out here.. but anyway I’m wit Kaep. Keep that bamma ass red hat far away from me

— Wale (@Wale) September 27, 2018

“When it comes to being true, at least true to me. One thing I found , oh know you’ll never let me down”. 😱

— Wale (@Wale) September 27, 2018

Earlier Thursday, West predicted that Yandhi—which follows his previous 2018 releases Ye and the Kid Cudi collab Kids See Ghosts—will debut behind Lil Wayne's finally-actually-going-to-happen Tha Carter V. "We know it will come in number 2 to my brother Lil Wayne and that's lovely," West said on Twitter. "The universe needs Ye and Wayne music at the same time."

Kanye also shared an IG of the same preview he offered up a few weeks back.

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