Donda, whom the Yeezy designer often remembered through his music, passed away at the age of 58 in 2007 from a heart attack following complications from plastic surgery.
- November 12, 2021
AceShowbiz - Kanye West has offered a special tribute to Donda West. When honoring his late mom one day after her 14th death anniversary, the "Famous" hitmaker took to social media to share a heartfelt throwback picture of the two.
Making use of Instagram on Thursday, November 11, the Yeezy designer let out a picture of his mom cradling him while he was still a baby. The old snap saw his mother flashing a huge smile as the now-44-year-old artist stared at her lovingly.
Donda passed away at the age of 58 in 2007. She died from a heart attack following complications from plastic surgery. Ye has since been candid about how losing his mother has affected him.
"If I had never moved to L.A. she'd be alive," the estranged husband of Kim Kardashian said when speaking to Q Magazine in 2015. "I don't want to go far into it because it will bring me to tears."
Ye has honored her mother several times through his music. In July 2020, he released a song called "DONDA". "In loving memory of my incredible mother on her birthday," he wrote on Twitter at that time as he uploaded a coinciding music video featuring footage from his childhood.
In the opening of the track, Ye's mother can be heard reciting the lyrics to rapper KRS-One's hit "Sound Of Da Police", as a gospel-style track plays in the background. As she continued reading, several clips played, including footage of a printing press with superimposed video of a concerned looking African-American woman, clips of a young African-American boy pedaling up a hill on his bicycle and footage of an African-American mom walking with her children.
In addition to the song, Ye paid tribute to Donda by naming his 10th studio album after her. With his latest studio effort, which was released on August 29, he managed to score his tenth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart.
