Ye’s Vultures 1 Struggling to Find a Nest
Hardly anyone wants to be associated with Ye except Ty Dolla $ign. Apple Music had briefly removed their collaborative album, Vultures 1, due to distributor issues. According to Rolling Stone, the album’s first distributor, FUGA, declined to release the album after an initial contract discussion last year; however, Ye continued to work with a FUGA client unbeknownst to them and distributed it through their “automated processes.” Now, it’s back on streaming platforms through Label Engine, which distributed the first two singles on the album. Outside of distribution issues, several artists have spoken out against Ye for sampling their music without their consent. Ozzy Osbourne refused to let him sample “Iron Man” and called him an “antisemite,” and Ye allegedly sampled the song anyway at a listening party; the sample is no longer on the final album. Donna Summer’s estate also claimed Ye used either AI or another singer to use “I Feel Love” after being denied permission to use the original song. The song has been removed from Spotify since Valentine’s Day.
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