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Kanye West & Ty Dolla Sign’s “VULTURES 1” Removed From Spotify To The Dismay Of Fans

July 11, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have absolutely been through the wringer this year given the chaotic rollout of VULTURES 1 and the absence of its promised sequel project. However, it turns out that there’s still another chapter in the bizarre VULTURES saga, as the album is no longer available on Spotify. You can still listen to some singles like “CARNIVAL” and “TALKING,” but the LP as a whole disappeared for unexplained reasons at press time. We don’t know if this has to do with its distribution deal, sample clearance issues, or Ye and Ty’s plans to only stream their material via the YZY app.

This was already the planned release method for VULTURES 2, so we don’t know if this VULTURES 1 removal means that Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s next collaboration is in jeopardy. Still, it’s possible that the album will just reappear on Spotify in due time, as had already happened when the album dropped in the first place. As for other streaming services, it seems like Apple Music still has it up, so that suggests this is more of a distribution issue with Spotify in particular. Still, that’s just speculative, and there’s a big chance that we will never find out for sure.

VULTURES 1 Is No Longer On Spotify

Kanye & Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘VULTURES 1’ has been taken down from Spotify…. pic.twitter.com/t7bF2btDXu

— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) July 11, 2024

Also, this is curious because Kanye West seemingly announced that VULTURES 1 would be his last album, since he claimed to retire from music recently. Nevertheless, as with all things Ye, this didn’t really last long, as Rich The Kid announced that he would have a new feature on his new album Life’s A Gamble. Maybe this is just a promo stunt or another plea for attention, but it’s easy to presume that the Chicago artist just doesn’t have the same relationship to music that he used to. It was only a matter of time, and we’ll see how true his words are.

Meanwhile, perhaps this VULTURES 1 removal will have an impact on the duo’s planned Korea listening event for VULTURES. Whether or not Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign shelve their collaborative series, that wouldn’t close the door on new Ye music for the rest of time to begin with. So maybe we’ll see the album back on Spotify tomorrow morning… or users on the platform will never bump “BURN” again. It’s all a mystery in Ye’s world right now, and maybe a break is more reasonable than outright abandonment.

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Julia Fox Makes Kanye West Fans Do A Double Take After Coming Out As A Lesbian

July 9, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Julia Fox has come out as a lesbian, and amid a whole slew of supportive and heartening messages of love, there were a few fans looking back at past relationships with a very different lens. But first, the important part: she responded in a TikTok to a user who had the following message. “I love when I see a lesbian with their boyfriend. It’s like ‘Aww, you hate that man. You literally hate him.’” “Hey, that was me. I was that lesbian. So sorry, boys. Won’t happen again,” the actress remarked. While she married Peter Artemiev from 2018 to 2020, she had previously spoken about wanting to “explore” her true sexuality.

“Like, maybe my ex-boyfriends weren’t wrong when they were calling me a lesbian and complaining that I never wanted to have sex with them,” Julia Fox said in a 2022 Ziwe interview. This recalled the short-lived fling she had with Kanye West in many fans’ eyes, especially her recent claim in a New York Times interview that she and Ye never had sex. As such, many wondered what his reaction to this news must be, and whether or not it was something that Fox already confided in him or other partners or members of her inner personal circle.

Julia Fox Comes Out

“You know, it was actually a blessing that he came into my life,” Julia Fox said of Kanye West during this NYT conversation. “He kind of shook up my team in a way where a lot of the creative control was then given back to me. I’d get into fights with my creative team about it and be really upset about it, but then ultimately always concede and just do what they wanted me to do because it was easier than arguing.

“When he left, it was like, ‘Well, I’m gonna do what I wanna do,’” Julia Fox continued. “I kind of felt like, ‘Oh my god, the world is my oyster.’ I’m my own muse.” She also recently celebrated two and a half years of celibacy, so we’re wishing her the best on her journey and hope she feels more fulfilled, self-confident, self-loved, and within her personal truth than ever.

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Julia Fox Makes Kanye West Fans Do A Double Take After Coming Out As A Lesbian

July 9, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Julia Fox Comes Out

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Ty Dolla Sign Announces “VULTURES” Listening Event In Korea

July 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

VULTURES 1 was supposed to be the first installment in a trilogy, and Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign (for whatever reason) have failed to follow up on this series. But don’t fret, fans: a new announcement indicates that the hype cycle is back, and that new music could arrive pretty soon. Moreover, Ty recently announced on social media that he and Ye will host a VULTURES listening event in Korea (presumably South… right?) on Friday, August 23 of this year. This follows the Los Angeles artist’s previous claims that VULTURES 2 will have a “new sound,” further fueling fan excitement.

“We got all the songs,” the “Dream Girl” singer said of his next collaborative album with Kanye West in a Billboard interview. “Basically, it’s just like, ‘How can we get it there? How can we go bigger than the first album?’ Certain people will probably expect you to just do the same exact sound. But that sound’s already out.” “The album is almost done and could be released any day now,” he reportedly expressed per NFR Podcast. Of course, fans are also taking all this with a massive grain of salt, as there have been far too many disappointments and missed teased release dates (again, perhaps out of their control) in the past.

Ty Dolla Sign & Kanye West Are Taking VULTURES To Korea… For Now

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Elsewhere, Ty Dolla Sign also spoke of his relationship with Ye, particularly in regard to this rollout and his many, many controversies. “Ye is the best artist of this generation, besides me, and I don’t give a f**k about what people were talking about,” Ty shared. “I know my n***a. He’s one of the best people I’ve ever met. Just with my analysis of how it goes with him, he goes all the way to the top. And something may happen and he’ll say [something people find offensive] -– and then people [get] right back, you know. Because this s**t is undeniable.”

Speaking of which, Kanye West is facing multiple lawsuits right now for assault, sexual harassment, and labor exploitation, among other things. As such, this might not be the best time to pick VULTURES back up again. But then again, when would be a good time for Ye to pop out considering all he did and expressed? Like Ty Dolla Sign said, fans will still line back up to see what the latest update is.

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Kanye West & Bianca Censori Relax At A Science Museum On Fourth Of July Amid Lawsuits

July 6, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kanye West and Bianca Censori must be pretty stressed out these days, what with multiple lawsuits currently against Ye that name-drop her and an unfulfilled album trilogy. But they were ready to just relax amid the maelstrom and have some educational and intellectually curious fun at a science museum. Moreover, the couple visited San Francisco’s Exploratorium on Thursday (Fourth of July), hitting up mirror exhibits, taking all the knowledge in, and strolling through the premises like us regular folk. Reportedly, according to TMZ, most people left them to their privacy, and the Chicago rapper donned an an almost all-white ensemble that made him look like an astronaut as his wife wore a blue strapless top, leggings, and heels.

Furthermore, this visit seemed like a pretty fun one, and hopefully Kanye West and Bianca Censori enjoyed it before getting right back to accountability issues. However, the lawsuits aren’t the only thing that drummed up some controversy as of late, as a recent Moscow visit turned a lot of heads. In fact, this even led the nation of Ukraine to deem Ye as an enemy of their people, considering the conflict that Russia engaged them with over the past several years. Somehow, it’s not the wildest crossover into politics we’ve seen from him.

Kanye West & Bianca Censori At Paris Fashion Week

Kanye West Bianca Censori Museum Fourth Of July Lawsuits Hip Hop News — PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 19: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) (L-R) Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the Prototypes Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 19, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images)

In addition, fans are recently looking at old Kanye West comments about Nicki Minaj during a lecture that comprised of heaps of praise. “One of the most memorable things about My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was Nicki Minaj,” he recalled. “And the fact that she kicked my a** on my song. On one of the best albums… the best album.” Considering the state of their collaborative bond now, fans long for simpler days.

Meanwhile, Kanye West’s former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos reportedly took further steps to blast the new lawsuit against them from former employees. He claimed that Bianca Censori denied sending adult content to an app development team member who was a minor, as the lawsuit alleges. We have no idea whether or not this case will make the whole court circuit or if these parties will be able to reach an agreement. Either way, we’re sure it’s far from the last wild Ye story that will emerge this year, so quaint moments like a museum visit are a welcome break, photos of which you can see with the “Via” link down below.

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Kanye West Has Arrived In Moscow According To Russian Media

June 30, 2024 by newhiphopnews

According to various Russian media outlets, Kanye West arrived in Moscow this week for collaborator and designer Gosha Rubchinskiy’s birthday. While this is all still a little bit unclear, new photos and videos show him apparently arriving at a Four Seasons hotel along with some other footage of his arrival. Whether Ye has other plans in Russia or not is a mystery, but we know that there’s plenty of hot topics to debate and discuss with this visit. Many called him out for appointing Rubchinskiy as Yeezy’s head of design last year due to the Russian designer’s alleged history of soliciting explicit pictures from minors.

Furthermore, this news arrives amid a new lawsuit against Kanye West and his former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos. They stand accused of exploiting an app development team’s labor through unfulfilled payments and excessively long shifts into the night, racial discrimination and other forms of prejudice, and showing pornographic content to them despite some of the team being minors. It’s all a pretty nasty array of accusations to which neither party has responded publicly at press time. We’ll see whether or not these international visits are to merely distract from legal scrutiny or indicate that Ye will want to stay elsewhere.

Kanye West Reportedly Arrives In Russia

Kanye West is in Moscow: this morning he was spotted at the Four Seasons Hotel https://t.co/xC1IRRwejl pic.twitter.com/Sq28wXiZQN

— Russian Market (@runews) June 30, 2024

In addition, Kanye West also faces a sexual harassment lawsuit from a former Yeezy employee who made some very serious claims. Not only that, but there were even some alleged text message exchanges supposedly presented as evidence in the lawsuit’s filing. He plans to combat this in court with a countersuit, making his own claims against the former employee. Whether it’s within music, the legal system, or cultural sensitivity, there’s a whole lot of controversy to go around.

Nevertheless, fans think that Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s VULTURES 2 could still arrive one day, and that would at least dampen some of the public impact of these lawsuits. Maybe he will continue to work on the album in Moscow or he was just feeling like saying hi to his friend on his special day. Regardless, there’s too much to properly digest on the Ye train right now, a sadly common fact. We’ll see what comes of all this and whether there are any links between these different narratives.

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Kanye West & Bianca Censori Accused Of Forced Labor & Sending Employees Porn In New Lawsuit

June 30, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kanye West is facing yet another lawsuit and this one went against him and his former chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos in U.S. District Court, according to new legal documents reportedly obtained by TMZ. Moreover, it accuses them of subjecting their employees to “forced labor and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment,” specifically those that formed part of the YZYVSN development team. For those unaware, that’s an app that Ye wanted to use to distribute VULTURES 1 and future installments instead of using streaming services like Spotify, and he also planned a porn venture that apparently is now scrapped. Regardless, he and Yiannopoulos allegedly abused their power over this development team in a very exploitative manner.

Furthermore, Kanye West and his former chief of staff hired an international developer group of various Black tech wizzes, a few of which were as young as 14 years old. The lawsuit accuses Ye and his colleague of falsely promising payment for these employees, forcing excessively long shifts through the night with no pay, and engaging in racist jabs and demeaning rhetoric. For example, they allegedly called some employees “new slaves,” a reference to the Chicago artist’s 2013 Yeezus track and a horrible way to treat your co-workers. According to court documents, this development team mostly worked remotely via platforms like Zoom and Slack.

Kanye West & Bianca Censori At Paris Fashion Week

Kanye West Lawsuit App Labor Bianca Censori Porn Employees Hip Hop News — PARIS, FRANCE – JUNE 19: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY – For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) (L-R) Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the Prototypes Menswear Spring/Summer 2025 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on June 19, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Lyvans Boolaky/Getty Images)

Then, in April of 2024 (about a month into the possible YZYVSN launch), Milo Yiannopoulos allegedly promised to pay the team $120K. This would be after they completed the app’s development and under the condition of both no complaints and full agreement concerning work conditions. Kanye West allegedly demanded NDAs from all of them and threatened to fire and not pay them if they didn’t sign, which complicated things. Minor developers had to sign “volunteer” agreements, according to court docs. In addition, white managers overseeing the operation would allegedly disparage employees with racist remarks and other attacks on their identity, such as Yiannopoulos sending a Black team member a Black emoji and calling a younger employee a school shooter.

Meanwhile, another bombshell claim concerns the inception of “Yeezy Porn” in late April of 2024, which Yiannopoulos actually resigned over. Kanye West’s wife Bianca Censori allegedly sent someone in the app development team a file-sharing link with hardcore adult content, which the minors were allegedly not shielded from viewing. However, it’s important to note that Censori is not a defendant in this case. On May 1, the team allegedly showed one of the finished apps to Ye, although it’s unclear which one, and the lack of payment is what led to this lawsuit. The team seeks damages for unpaid wages, overtime pay, and emotional distress. At press time, no public response has emerged.

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Kanye West Blasts Kim Kardashian In New Verse For Replacing Him With A “Manny”

June 21, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Rich The Kid, Kanye West, and Ty Dolla $ign’s “Gimme A Second 2” is hyping up Rich’s new album. But it’s also contributing to the ever-present tension between Ye and his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. Moreover, in his verse, he blasts Kim for hiring a “manny” to provide a stronger and more present male influence. “My oldest said, ‘Daddy not going to Heaven,’” the Chicago artist raps on the cut. “Treat me like a deadbeat, said I wasn’t present / They was tryna treat a king like a peasant / They bought my son a new dad like it’s no headache / Don’t give a f**k about s**t, I’m irreverent.”

“I do think that my household, and even in our family, it’s very female-dominated,” Kim Kardashian said of this decision during the current season of The Kardashians. She continued: “I recently hired a manny, I really wanted a male around that was going to be picking them up and taking them to sports. I was scared out of my mind to tell their dad that.” Clearly, that fear manifested into a Kanye West verse, although things reportedly didn’t seem so bad at the onset.

Rich The Kid, Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign’s “Gimme A Second 2”: Listen

“When he was dropping off the kids, Kanye introduced himself. Played two-on-two with Saint and him, has been so nice to him,” Kim Kardashian revealed. “Saying, ‘Hey, if you’re going to help raise my son – because he handed him the ball really easily – don’t do that, make him go get it himself. These are some of the rules that I would want.’” It’s a curious, albeit precedented, change of heart and double-edged sword that prompts connection and jealousy.

Meanwhile, Kanye West is busy with his wife Bianca Censori… and with a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. It’s a pretty turbulent time in the Yeezy universe right now, but then again, what else is new? It will be interesting to see whether this change in family dynamic will cause more rifts or chill things out. Our best wishes have the latter in mind.

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Kanye West “Performs” At Japanese Pro Wrestling Event

June 17, 2024 by newhiphopnews

When you hear “performance,” you would assume that it’s an artist doing whatever they did in their music in a live setting, but Kanye West might be the biggest artist alive who’s actively challenging that definition. Moreover, a clip recently surfaced of him “performing” at a Japanese pro wrestling event, although he was just in the ring miming “CARNIVAL” to the crowd. Still, we can’t criticize too much; after all, seeing Ye (even with his currently misguided and tarnished public-facing persona) is seeing Ye. Some other reports on the matter suggest that Alexander Wang organized this event over the weekend with Joshi promotion TJPW and that Ty Dolla $ign was in attendance, as well.

Furthermore, this was a bizarre thing for folks to witness online with no context, but it seems like folks had a great time nonetheless. Of course, Kanye West has a lot to deal with whenever he returns to the United States, although he’s probably handling that wherever he goes. A former Yeezy employee recently sued him for alleged sexual harassment, and other allegations emerged about his supposed misconduct. It included a lot of salacious claims accusing Ye of making non-consensual sexual advances and sending inappropriate texts and images.

Kanye West Graces Japan With A Pro Wrestling Event Appearance

Ye performed Vultures last night at a Pro Wrestling Event in Japan pic.twitter.com/pOieGyvJxU

— YEEZY MAFIA (@theyeezymafia) June 17, 2024

As far as the music side of things, Kanye West is in some hot water right now for much more light, but almost equally disseminated reasons. If you didn’t catch it online over the past few days, Rich The Kid previewed what’s presumably a verse from Ye for the “Gimme A Second” remix off of Rich’s upcoming album, Life’s A Gamble. There was a particularly bad “sexist” bar somewhere in there that was a hot topic on sites like Twitter for a second. But just like with most of the Chicago artist’s many antics, folks quickly moved onto something else.

Meanwhile, we still have very little idea of how the aforementioned sexual harassment lawsuit will develop. Kanye West plans to countersue the former Yeezy employee and denied any and all wrongdoing via his legal team. As such, maybe this could turn into a nasty court battle or they will reach a private settlement. Either way, it’s a blemish on an already chaotic 2024 with as many highs as lows in many fans’ eyes.

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Kanye West Leaves Fans Dumbfounded With “Sexist” Line On Rich The Kid’s Upcoming Album

June 16, 2024 by newhiphopnews

Kanye West’s lyricism has been a pretty hot topic of debate all throughout his career, but especially in recent years in many fans’ eyes… or ears, we should say. Moreover, there’s now a new conversation around his bars that isn’t like the old days of his raunchy and self-aware narcissism on albums like The College Dropout. Rather, many online believe that Ye punches under his weight these days, and the latest case study in that is a previewed feature verse on a remix of Rich The Kid’s “Gimme A Second” off his upcoming new album Life’s A Gamble, dropping on Friday, June 28. “I need to see if the sex good, I’m a sexist,” he raps at one point.

Of course, a lot of fans thought this line was just plain funny, but a whole lot more thought that this was just corny or straight-up weak. Hopefully Life’s A Gamble has some other lyrical highlights, but to be fair, we don’t actually know if this Kanye West collab will show up on the tracklist. As such, maybe it won’t be that big of a deal, especially as we’re unclear whether more VULTURES installments will ever come out. We know that he was in the studio with Young Moose recently, but he and Ty Dolla $ign aren’t as heavily on the VULTURES train these days, it seems. Maybe that changes soon…

Kanye West’s “Sexist” Bar: See Replies & Quote-Tweets For Reactions

“I need to see if the s*x good, I’m a s*xist”

— Kanye West on ‘Gimme A Second’ by Rich The Kid pic.twitter.com/kqVcR8PgpH

— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) June 16, 2024

Beyond Kanye West’s lyricism, Rich The Kid also added another detail to his new album announcement: the launch of a new cryptocurrency. It seems like he’s really in a heavy rollout mode right now, one that he hasn’t been in on this scale in a while. Life’s A Gamble is looking less like a gamble with each new bit of info we get, albeit with the reverse connotation when it comes to the Yeezy mogul. It’s not much of a gamble to say that, if this verse drops, folks won’t look at it with any less skepticism.

Rich The Kid’s Album & Partnership Announcement

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Meanwhile, Kanye West is dealing with way more important and harrowing stuff right now that he could face accountability for if true. A sexual harassment lawsuit from a former employee brought a lot of claims forward. Not only that, but artist Niykee Heaton also accused him and Diddy of assault. We’ll see what happens in this realm, and whether or not it has a tangible impact on any potential future releases.

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