In October 2021, Kanye West launched Donda Sports Academy and it quickly became an elite high school prep basketball team that was playing in top tournaments and showcases around the country. Five-star prospects Rob Dillingham and Zion Cruz were the first high-major prospects to join the team and soon others followed. West — also known as Ye — showed up periodically throughout the season and would sit courtside watching his young squad.
Fast forward one year and West's venture into the basketball space, in high school and the pros, is nonexistent. The fall of Donda Sports Academy happened fast after West recently made numerous antisemitic comments publicly in early October and donned a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt during Paris Fashion Week.