Ye Honors Donda — Chicago Street Named

Chicago dedicated 78th & South Shore Drive as Dr. Donda West Way on Sep 22, 2026. Ye attended the honorary street ceremony in South Shore with Rhymefest, GLC, Don C, Really Doe, Ald. Greg Mitchell, and Prof. Garrard McClendon. Ceremony CONFIRMED by CBS Chicago, FOX 32, and Complex.

Chicago honorarily renamed the intersection of 78th Street and South Shore Drive in South Shore as Dr. Donda West Way on Tuesday, Sep 22, 2026. The ceremony is CONFIRMED by CBS Chicago, FOX 32 Chicago, and Complex.

Ye attended and did not address media. Also present: Rhymefest (Che Smith), GLC, Don C, Really Doe; Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th Ward); and Prof. Garrard McClendon of Chicago State University, who nominated Dr. West. Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon also spoke, per CBS.

Dr. Donda West served more than two decades at Chicago State — chair of the English Department and founder of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing. She died in 2007 at age 58; a medical examiner later cited multiple post-operative factors following surgery as a contributing factor (Complex). Do not re-litigate cause as contested on-card.

Sources: CBS Chicago (Adam Harrington, updated Sep 22, 2026 12:23 PM CDT); Complex (Trace William Cowen, Sep 22, 2026); FOX 32 Chicago live coverage.