What’s the Stem Player?

The Stem Player is Kanye West’s $200 streaming music device, enabling users to manipulate any song using touch-sensitive light sliders embedded in its shell. The 44-year-old rapper, who has legally changed his name to Ye, posted a teaser to the second part of his album Donda, which was to be released on Feb. 22, 2022. Ye announced the album would “only” be released on his “own” platform, Stem Player._x000D_

What happened on Feb. 22, 2022?

_x000D_When the date came, the rapper posted a direct link on social media, which gave fans access to a live stream of his Miami “Donda 2 listening and Donda 1 performance” event – which many complained that they couldn’t hear or see. To this date, the Donda 2 album remains unreleased on any platform.