40 Nights – Song by The Game, Kanye West, and Mike & Keys

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares Published on August 22, 2026

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"40 Nights" by The Game and Kanye West is their latest collaboration following cuts like "Eazy," "Wouldn't Get Far," and "Mula."

The Game just dropped his new album The Documentary III, with a lot of solid features. One of the most notable is Kanye West, who appears on the track "40 Nights" with Mike & Keys. It's Ye's most significant feature on the tracklist, and he uses it to talk about the backlash against him. As for the Compton MC, beyond some cringe bars about Jewish people, he engages with the song with a similarly confrontational and vulnerable position. Still, both artists are here to flex their dominance rather than seek a pity party. The dramatic sample and how it leads the track out adds some extra grandeur.

Release Date: August 21, 2026

Genre: Hip-Hop

Album: The Documentary III

Quotable Lyrics from 40 Nights

On the album cover, I don't like me on it,
Should've did the photoshoot with a shiesty on it,
Making documentaries and my life be on it,
Take the hat off my head and the price be on it

About The Author

Gabriel Bras Nevares

Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.