Kanye West Shuts Down Donda Academy

Kanye West‘s Donda Academy is formally toast … the rap artist simply shuttered the doors to his school … a minimum of in the meantime, as his difficulties install following his antisemitic remarks.

The school’s principal, Jason Angell, fired off an e-mail to the moms and dads of trainees, notifying them that “at the discretion of our founder, Donda Academy will close for the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year effective immediately.”

Kanye himself weighed in on social networks in a since-deleted Instagram post … “Here’s the clout you’re looking for. My school is being shut down.” Hollywood Unlocked was very first to report the closure.

In his e-mail to moms and dads, Angell firmly insisted the school prepares to resume in September 2023, including … “we are confident that our scholars will continue to advance as the creative innovators, influencers and academic leaders of the next generation.”

An unaccredited Christian organization, Donda Academy needed moms and dads to sign non-disclosure arrangements prior to their kids might end up being trainees. There were just about 100 trainees in overall, with half on scholarships from Kanye and buddies of the rap artist.

Parents whose kids didn’t get scholarships needed to spend $15,000 annually for their kids to go to. Students used designer uniforms by Balenciaga and Ye’s own clothes line, Yeezy.