TV series
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
Overview
The lives of an emerging superstar and a filmmaker intertwine in this intense, intimate docuseries charting Kanye West's career, filmed over two decades.
Details
- First air date
- 2022-02-16
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 3 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- Creative Control, TIME Studios, Leah Natasha Productions
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ye as Self (archive footage)
- Coodie Simmons as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Damon Dash as Self (archive footage)
- John Monopoly as Self (archive footage)
- Rhymefest as Self (archive footage)
- Yasiin Bey as Self (archive footage)
- J. Ivy as Self (archive footage)
- Tarrey Torae as Self (archive footage)
- JAŸ-Z as Self (archive footage)
- Ibn Jasper as Self (archive footage)
- Pharrell Williams as Self (archive footage)
- Ludacris as Self (archive footage)
Creators and crew
- Rebecca Teitel - Executive Producer
- Free Maiden - Executive Producer
- Connor Schell - Executive Producer
- Kevin Thomson - Executive Producer
- Mike Beck - Executive Producer
- Angus Wall - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: act i: VISION
After dazzling hip-hop players in Chicago, brilliant yet hungry producer Kanye West movies to NYC but struggles to get signed and claim the mic as an MC.
Episode 2: act ii: PURPOSE
Kanye hustles to establish his voice at the label. When a car crash and broken jaw threaten it all, the unstoppable artist turns pain into platinum.
Episode 3: act iii: AWAKENING
After multiple "College Dropout" Grammy wins, the documentary looks complete. But life, death and fame get in the way till two paths cross once more.
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