A furious Kanye West took to social media Friday to say he’s been banned from the editing room as the production team finalizes jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, the new Netflix documentary on the hip-hop star’s life.
West, who now goes by the name Ye, issued a statement on Instagram demanding someone let him into the editing room “immediately.”
“I’m going to say this kindly for the last time,” he wrote. “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix. Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.”
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The three-part documentary is directed by Coodie and Chike. The filmmaking duo previously collaborated with West on music videos including “Through the Wire” and “Jesus Walks.”
The filmmakers responded to West’s complaints during an interview with Indiewire in the publication’s virtual 2022 Sundance Studio (the festival kicked off on Jan. 20).
“We have to be true to the story. We can’t sugarcoat nothing. Everybody is going to have their own opinion,” Coodie said.
“I would hope he appreciates everything, because we’re just showing real life. We’re not making anything up, we didn’t write it,” Coodie added. “Anything that he did that he might cringe on, is what was done.”
Netflix released the trailer for the doc on Jan. 10. It features never-before-seen footage gathered since 2002, including West humming the notes of “Through the Wire” while his jaw was wired shut after a car accident. The footage also shows the hip-hop artist with his late-mother Donda West.
The first part of the trilogy will debut at Sundance and then hit theaters nationwide for one day only on Thursday, Feb. 10. Act I will arrive on Netflix Feb. 16. The second and third acts begin streaming on Feb. 23 and March 2.
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