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    Diving into the mysterious private Christian school founded by Kanye West in 2022 - The Donda Academy - and the recent controversies surrounding not only the school, but it's founder too. Kanye West has been in the news consistently over the last decade for his provocative and controversial rhetoric. What exactly about his music, opinions and social media tirades is offensive? Pretty much all of it.
    *Error - Kanye West was banned from Instagram 2022 for 48 hours and then banned from Twitter

    Sources - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/kanye-west-ye-2022-twitter-controversy-b1045264.html https://news.sky.com/story/kanye-west-antisemitism-controversy-what-rapper-said-and-how-people-have-reacted-12729732
    https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/27/kanye-west-donda-academy-school-closes https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-opens-new-private-school-donda-academy-3311906 https://www.thecut.com/2023/04/what-is-kanye-west-donda-academy.htmlhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11983887/Netflix-directors-Kanye-West-jeen-yuhs-project-sued-woman-says-exploited.html

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