{"id":1009259,"date":"2021-10-22T11:20:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=1009259"},"modified":"2021-10-22T11:21:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T16:21:02","slug":"kanye-west-launches-a-new-school-in-donda-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/kanye-west-launches-a-new-school-in-donda-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Launches A New School In Donda Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/tag\/kanye-west\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kanye West<\/a> has delved into many different paths and now is launching his own prep school in Donda Academy. Located in Simi Valley, CA, the school is built on the principle of &#8220;Finding the intersection between faith and the innovation of the future&#8221; and will enroll around 60 students tuition-free. And most interesting is the powerhouse basketball program they&#8217;re trying to build with Kanye recruiting prospects via Instagram DM according to a few of the prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landing 5-star recruits such as Jahki Howard, Zion Cruz, and Robert Dillingham in which Kanye personally recruited some of the prospects, Donda Academy looks to rival the nearby Sierra Canyon Blazers as they&#8217;re looking to build a dynasty of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should also go without saying that Donda Academy will be outfitted by <a href=\"\/adidas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">adidas<\/a> and the basketball team already got their respective pairs of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/adidas-yzy-bsktbl-knit-3d-slate-blue\/\"><strong>YZY BSKTBL KNIT 3D in Slate Blue<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DONDA ACADEMY ? practicing in YZY BSKTBL KNIT 3D SLATE BLUE?<br>Thoughts ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BiC2uHu7o\">pic.twitter.com\/8BiC2uHu7o<\/a><\/p>&mdash; YEEZY MAFIA (@theyeezymafia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theyeezymafia\/status\/1447574586086674432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 11, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Donda Academy is already looking towards playing a national schedule with a game scheduled with the Minnesota Prep Academy on November 6th at the Target Center and will look to play Sierra Canyon in February at the Staples Center which will feature a star-studded lineup with Amari Bailey and Bronny James suiting up for the Blazers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will we see Donda Academy <a href=\"\/tag\/yeezy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yeezy<\/a> PEs? School apparel? Only time will tell but looks like the college dropout is still in school. 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