Nebuchadnezzar is Kanye’s first-ever opera. It’s about Nebuchadnezzar, the longest-reigning monarch of the Neo-Babylonian Empire and a ruler to whom Kanye says he relates.

Babylon was the last power in the region that could rival the rising empire. Conquering armies pushed quickly south, and by 539, Nabonidus' kingdom had fallen, a generation after Nebuchadnezzar's ...

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Sheck Wes lands the lead role in Kanye West's opera Nebuchadnezzar. ... Nebuchadnezzar was a revered Babylonian king of ancient Mesopotamia and ruled the Neo-Babylonian Empire from 605 BC to 562 BC.