{"id":609191,"date":"2026-09-23T12:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609191\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T12:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T12:04:13","slug":"kanye-wests-mom-donda-west-honored-with-street-renaming-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/609191\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West’s Mom Donda West Honored With Street Renaming in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLong live Donda West. Ye (formerly Kanye West<\/a>) was back home in Chicago on Tuesday (Sept. 22) to attend a ceremony for an honorary street renaming for his late mother, Donda West, who passed away in 2007.<\/p>\n

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\n\tEast 78th Street in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, near where West was raised, was renamed to Dr. Donda West Way. Ye didn\u2019t speak at the ceremony, but did the official unveiling<\/a> of the honorary street sign. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDr. Donda West was not only a scholar \u2014 she was a builder of people, a cultivator of talent, and a champion for Black creativity and intellectual excellence,\u201d said 7th Ward Alderman Greg Mitchell<\/a>, who served as the master of ceremonies on the South Side. \u201cFor nearly three decades at Chicago State University, Dr. West shaped minds and opened doors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPlenty of Yeezy\u2019s close friends and longtime collaborators were in attendance, including designer Don C, Rhymefest, GLC and Really Doe. <\/p>\n

\n\tDr. West was the chair of the English Department and a professor at Chicago State University, where she founded the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing.<\/p>\n

\n\tDonda West and Ye had a tight-knit mother-son bond, while his mother helped guide and supported Yeezy on his way to rap stardom. She also inspired Ye\u2019s catalog fan favorites like \u201cHey Mama\u201d and \u201cOnly One.\u201d His Billboard 200 chart leader from 2021, Donda, is named after his mom.<\/p>\n

\n\tDonda West passed away at 58 years old in November 2007. West had coronary artery disease and died due to a combination of the pre-existing illness and post-operative complications a day after having cosmetic surgery.<\/p>\n

\n\tYe released his Bully album in March, which debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200.<\/a> He\u2019s been touring across the globe with spot dates throughout 2026. He\u2019ll return to the stage on Oct. 24 in Indonesia before heading to Houston on Halloween. <\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the ceremony honoring Donda West below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long live Donda West. Ye (formerly Kanye West) was back home in Chicago on Tuesday (Sept. 22) to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609192,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,2526,157,3296,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-609191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-hiphop","tag-music","tag-music-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}