Members Only #279 - Behind the Scenes With Kanye West Documentarian Nico Ballesteros

The Fifth Column’s resident Kanye aficionado Kmele Foster sits down with Nico Ballesteros, director of In Whose Name?, a 100% verité documentary that follows Kanye West over the course of six tumultuous years. Just 18 years-old when the project began, and shooting on an iPhone, Ballesteros spent 15 hours a day recording every aspect of Kanye’s life from the explosive to the mundane, stringing together scenes from a singular life that includes cameos from Drake, Kim Kardashian, Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, Marilyn Manson, Elon Musk, Pharell, Kris Jenner, David Letterman, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Joel Osteen, and Anna Wintour.

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•Going all in on the Sunday Service

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