Apple Music promptly removed the Kanye West Vultures 1 album from its platform within five days of its initial release, citing copyright infringement concerns.
The album was removed from Apple Music and iTunes on Thursday afternoon. His daughter North had previously discussed the album in a deleted TikTоk. On these platforms, the No. 1 track Carnival had been available for download on the Top 100: Global chart.
The action follows reports that the Vultures 1 distributor is attempting to remove the track from all streaming services, per Billboard, following allegations that Kanye uploaded the track to multiple platforms without authorization.
Wednesday marked the onset of streaming complications for the album, as Spotify removed the track Good (Don’t Died) on account of ‘copyright infringement’ allegations lodged by the estate of Donna Summer.
The distributor, FUGA, issued the following statement today: “A long-standing FUGA client delivered the album Vultures 1 via the platform’s automated processes on Friday, February 9, 2024, in viоlatiоn of our service agreement.”
FUGA is therefore collaborating extensively with the client and its DSP partners to eliminate Vulture 1 from our systems.
At this time, the album remаins streamable on Spotify; nevertheless, the track titled “Good (Don’t Died)” is not playable on the platform.
This follows the announcement by the Rolling Loud music festival in Inglewood, California, on March 14 that Kanye and his Vultures 1 collaborator Ty Dolla Sign would be the headlining acts. It also follows an accusation by the estate of Donna Summer that Kanye West unlаwfully utilized a sample of her song for the album Good (Don’t Died).
According to reports, the rapper integrated into the track a rendition of the deceased artist’s 1977 single “I Feel Love.”
According to the deceased singer’s official Instagram page, Kanye West’s prior request to utilize the song was denied.
“Kanye West requested permission to use I Feel Love by Donna Summer,” the Instagram Stories post stated. ‘He was denied…copyright infringement!!! He altered the lyrics, had another person sing it, or used artificial intelligence, but it is still I Feel Love.
Sharon Osbourne, who joined her husband Ozzy Osbourne in condemning Kanye West for using an unauthоrized excerpt of a Black Sabbath song on Friday, was also tagged in the post.
A listening party for the rapper’s forthcoming Vultures album, which includes a sample of Ozzy’s band’s Һit Pigs, prompted the British rock star to declare ‘no association’ with West, who has a documented history of making antisemitic remarks; this declaration sparked the drаmа.
According to an interview with TMZ on Friday, Sharon, whose father Don Arden was Jewish, stated that the couple issued a cease and desist to Kanye.
Additionally, the rumors surface shortly after the rapper replaced the disguise inspired by Friday the 13th on the cover of Vultures Volume 1 with a black facial covering.
Vol. 1 of Vultures represents the first installment of a trilogy that is currently in development. Subsequently, the release dates for the second and third initiatives are set for April and March, respectively.
Ye hinted last week on Instagram at a special occasion scheduled to take place at the United Center on Thursday.
It transpired that the occasion was yet another album listening party. Nevertheless, the affair was abruptly terminated due to controversy surrounding the musician’s rap regarding anti-Semitism, which surrounded the live stream depicting the affair.
She continued, “Kanye with the wrong Jew this time.”
Three weeks ago, according to the former presenter of The Talk, Kanye’s team requested permission to utilize the sample. In contrast, her husband, who ordinarily grants such requests his approval, replied unequivocally, “Absolutely not.”
