Controversial Rapper, Kanye West’s Christian private school is still in operation and has been rebranded with a focus on basketball, choir, and dance, with reports saying the rapper has hired top choreographers.
The 46-year-old rap and fashion star founded the unaccredited Los Angeles school, in 2021, with tuition priced at $15,000 a year.
Despite two lawsuits filed by former staffers over the alleged bizarre practices at Donda Academy and its original ranch campus being left abandoned, it is still running, a new report by Sun says.
Kanye has now rebranded the school as Donda Ray Academy, paying tribute to his mum who was named Donda and his dad named Ray.
The school has also been moved to a warehouse space in Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley.
Numerous videos and photos show Kanye’s aesthetic for Donda Ray Academy, with the kids dressed all in black outfits and learning basketball choreography and vocal training.
According to the U.S.Sun, Kanye “was determined not to give up on the kids” despite the school starting with lots of criticism and backlash towards its policies and mode of operation.
A lawyer for Kanye, Gregory Suhr, denied allegations made by ex-teachers, saying depictions of the school as a dystopian institution designed to satisfy Kanye’s idiosyncrasies were false.
The star had been accused of not providing chairs, serving the children only sushi, and the school not having windows because Kanye “doesn’t like glass”.