Kanye West’s ‘Vultures’ Albums May Get Pulled By Atlantic Records
Kanye West has claimed that his and Ty Dolla $ign‘s Vultures albums are being held hostage by Atlantic Records and may be taken down from streaming services.
On Thursday (August 8), Kanye shared screenshots of a text message from his manager John Monopoly, who appeared to suggest that Atlantic wanted renumeration from the projects as Ty is signed to their label.
In the message, Monopolo wrote to Ye: “Co-head of Atlantic Julie Greenwald just called me. She just got fired. She said the new head is not going to give us a grace period to handle Atlantic’s compensation.
“She urged that I let Too Lost 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 concern take downs for each albums. Pls advise.”
“This is what ‘they’ do to independent artists,” Kanye wrote over the screenshot on his Instagram Stories, though he didn’t share his reply to Monopoly’s message.
The Chicago rap legend then publicly requested who the brand new head of Atlantic is. It was introduced earlier this week that Elliot Grainge, the son of Universal Music Group boss Lucian and founding father of 10K Projects, can be taking on on the report firm.
Kanye shares that ‘VULTURES 1 & 2’ is liable to being taken down…
“THIS IS WHAT ‘THEY’ DO TO INDEPENDENT ARTISTS” pic.twitter.com/sQ5IJ1ARjA
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) August 8, 2024
Although Vultures 1 and Vultures 2 have been each launched independently via Kanye’s YZY imprint, Ty Dolla $ign is signed to Atlantic as a solo artist, that means they’ve rights to his work.
As Audiomack co-founder Brian Zisook pointed out on X, “A record agreement gives the label permission to exploit their music — exclusively –during the full term. Atlantic hasn’t seen a dime from the albums… so of course they want to be paid.”
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The change in management at Atlantic seems to have prompted the label to demand what they’re owed for Ty’s participation within the albums.
The state of affairs is considerably much like 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne‘s 2016 joint album ColleGrove, which was technically only released as a Tity Boi solo album through Def Jam due to Weezy’s points with Cash Money on the time.
Weezyy beforehand had points releasing collaborative initiatives with the likes of T-Pain, Lloyd and Juelz Santana because of label disputes.
The venture with T-Pain, T-Wayne, was later launched practically a decade after it was recorded following Wayne’s departure from Cash Money.
