Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign’s ‘Vultures 2’ reportedly coming next week

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Kanye West has announced that ‘Vultures 2’ – his highly anticipated second collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign – will be out next week.Back in February February, Ye and Dolla $ign released the long-awaited debut collaborative project ‘Vultures 1’ – which featured verses from the former’s daughter North West, YG, Playboi Carti, Freddie Gibbs, and more.

The LP was the first instalment in the ‘Vultures’ trilogy, with the two sequels originally set to be released March 8 and April 5, respectively.This week, West sat down with social media icon Justin Laboy for the first-ever episode of The Download – a new podcast exclusively on the Yeezy website.

Nearing the end of their conversation, Laboy asked Ye when will ‘Vultures 2’ be released – to which he replied: “It’s coming out May 3.”Laboy then pressed if the release date was “for sure” and “stamped”, to which West replied “Yeah.”VULTURES 2 MAY 3RD, CONFIRMED BY YE pic.twitter.com/KaZQOTYZQM— Donda Times (@dondatimes) April 22, 2024Last month, Ye told a fan that the rest of the ‘Vultures’ album trilogy may not be on digital streaming sites, likening those platforms to pirating.West’s move might be influenced by the controversial release of ‘Vultures 1’.

The album was released after multiple delays and was briefly pulled from Apple Music and iTunes after not being approved by its distributor.Both Ozzy Osbourne and the estate of Donna Summer accused West of sampling their music without permission, causing Osbourne to threaten legal action against him and Summer’s estate to file a lawsuit.Despite ‘Vultures 1’’s tumultuous release, the album topped the Billboard 200 albums chart in its first two weeks and its single ‘Carnival’ peaked at Number Two on the Billboard Hot.