A distributor is removing Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Vultures 1’ from streaming services

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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s new collaborative album ‘Vultures 1’ may soon be removed from streaming services after not being approved by its distributor.The album was released to streaming last Saturday (February 10) and serves as the first part of a three-volume project.However, according to Billboard, the distributor that appears to have delivered the record to the platforms did so without the company being aware of it.The company in question, FUGA, said: “Late last year, FUGA was presented with the opportunity to release Vultures 1.

Exercising our judgment in the ordinary course of business, we declined to do so.”“On Friday, February 9, 2024, a long-standing FUGA client delivered the album Vultures 1 through the platform’s automated processes, violating our service agreement.

Therefore, FUGA is actively working with its DSP partners and the client to remove Vultures 1 from our systems.”Billboard also reports that several other distributors refused to work with West after his string of allegedly anti-Semitic comments over the past few years.The album has already run into copyright issues before this.

Earlier in the week, the track ‘Good (Don’t Die)’ was removed from Spotify following a complaint over an unauthorised Donna Summer sample by the late singer’s estate.Shortly after the record was released, Summer’s estate claimed that West had “asked permission” to use Summer’s 1977 classic ‘I Feel Love’ on the track, but said “he was denied”.The message went on to allege that the artist had “changed the words, had someone re-sing it or used AI” to get the sample on ‘Vultures 1’.