--- title: Kanye West Video Game description: Kanye West is making a video game based on Only One his collaboration with Paul McCartney which is a tribute to his late mother Donda West canonical: https://time.com/3718645/kanye-west-video-game/ author: Olivia B. 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Over the weekend, West discussed a video game he is creating based on his recent single “Only One,” a collaboration with Paul McCartney that pays tribute to his mother Donda, who died of complications from surgery in 2007. “It’s my mother going through the gates of heaven,” he said in a [Feb. 20 interview](http://youtu.be/wZVKKJbEsdc?t=55m54s) with Power 105.1’s morning show _The Breakfast Club_. “We’ve been working on it for like six months.” [In a statement](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kanye-west-releases-only-one-first-single-from-forthcoming-solo-album--first-reveal-of-several-musical-collaborations-with-paul-mccartney-to-come-300014984.html) about the single, West said, “My mom was singing to me, and through me to my daughter.” ## Transcript >> On his latest album, Kanye West decrees " I am a God ." We're wondering, is it modern- day hubris or does the soon- to- be- Mister- Kardashian live up to the hype? Here are the top five things Kanye does better than you-- according to Kanye. Number five, Kanye's clothes are better than yours. He's worked with fashionistas at APC, Zara and told the BBC, -" Brought the leather jogging pants six years ago to Fendi ." And they said, " No !" -" How many motherfuckers you don't see with a leather jogging pant ?" >> Four, Kanye West's shoes are cooler than yours. He made these one- of- a- kind puffy kicks for fiancée Kim Kardashian, which reportedly set the rapper back $ 20 grand. West has also claimed he's the only reason Air Jordans are still popular today. Number three, Kanye is going to be a better soccer coach than you. He explained to Ryan Seacrest, " I'm going to be a soccer coach and redesign their uniforms. >> I'll redesign the minivan ." So, a dozen preteen girls in leather jogging pants, driving around in the car from Otis? Really, Kanye's better at most jobs than most people. At number two, he is better at shooting his fiancée's hit E! Reality show. In an interview with radio station HOT 97, the self- proclaimed genius commented, -" I particularly don't like the way producers shoots some of the shots. I'm very meticulous to that, right ?" >> All righty. And number one, love. Kanye is better at >> love. He mastered the art of the proposal, gigantic stadium, even more gigantic ring! Well- timed instagrams-- we all saw it. He told Ellen, -" I know had to like, turn up more because I think people expect even more ." >> Please Kanye, we'd expect nothing less. 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