Kanye West is talking out after revealing each VULTURES 1 and VULTURES 2 could also be faraway from streaming platforms resulting from a dispute with Atlantic Information.
On Thursday (August 8), West shared a message on his Instagram Story that includes a textual content message thread by which he was knowledgeable former Atlantic Information Chairman/CEO Julie Greenwald was fired from her submit. Along with breaking the information to Ye, the textual content revealed that the incoming government at Atlantic is allegedly demanding 40 % of all income from each albums or else they are going to be pulled from streaming platforms.
“Co-head of Atlantic Julie Greenwald simply known as me,” the textual content reads. “She simply obtained fired. She mentioned the brand new head shouldn’t be going to offer us a grace interval to deal with Atlantic’s compensation.
“She recommended I let [distributors] Too Misplaced and Create know that 40 % of all income from V1 and V2 must be paid to Atlantic She’s saying that if we don’t deal with instantly Atlantic will difficulty take downs for each albums Pls advise.”
In response to the information, Kanye wrote on his Instagram Story, “That is what ‘they’ do to impartial artists. “That is my favourite half,” earlier than questioning who Atlantic’s new chairman/CEO is.
Apparently, the scenario with Atlantic Information isn’t the one potential barrier standing in the best way of the success of West and Ty’s newest collaborative effort. The Chicago rapper’s longtime adversary Taylor Swift launched 4 new variations of her album, The Tortured Poet’s Division, on July 8 — seemingly in response to West and Ty Dolla $ign dropping 4 new variations of VULTURES 2.
Fan theories have emerged that Swift was trying to dam West from securing a chart-topping debut for the undertaking, contemplating she delivered the releases to streaming one hour earlier than the top of the gross sales monitoring week. In line with HITS Every day Double, West and Ty’s effort is ready to debut with round 83,000 first-week gross sales, whereas Swift’s LP is anticipated to submit round 142,000 models.
Whereas Greenwald and West’s connection to one another is considerably imprecise exterior of their apparent ties from a file label standpoint, one might recall that she testified throughout an October 2021 courtroom listening to in a case stemming from NBA YoungBoy’s indictment in March that 12 months.
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