KANYE West failed to drop his Vultures 2 album with Ty Dolla $ign on Friday as planned.
The rapper, 46, was called a “liar” by furious fans for not releasing the LP at midnight as planned.
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In January, Kanye revealed that Vultures would be three volumes and announced the respective release dates as February 9, March 8, and April 5.
Vultures 1, which featured appearances from Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Chris Brown, and Lil Durk, came out a day late on February 10.
The album topped the Billboard 200 chart with 148,000 equivalent album sales.
As for the second installment of the Vultures project, there has been no sign of it on any streaming platforms.
Kanye – who is married to Bianca Censori – seemed to address the delay when asked by Instagram fan account Ye Fanatics about the second album.
“Hi Ye. Will Vultures 2 be available today?” Ye Fanatics asked in his direct messages in the early hours of Friday morning.
“We in the lab,” the Donda rapper replied simply.
Fans shared their frustration about the delay on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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“Kanye fans really thought he was dropping vultures 2 tonight after he delayed the last project 3+ times y’all are STUPID,” one wrote.
“Kanye needa hurry up and drop vultures 2 & 3 cuz this is insane,” another added.
“HE LIED AGAIN I AM DONE,” a third raged.
“Kanye wasn’t ever going to release Vultures 2 tonight and if you think he was you’re delusional,” someone else commented.
Despite the album not being out on time, live listening events are still scheduled for next week.
Ye and Ty will perform in Phoenix on March 10 and in San Francisco on March 12.
They will also be headlining Rolling Loud California on March 14.
YE’S STRUGGLE
The latest postponement comes after The U.S. Sun exclusively revealed that Kanye was told he can’t perform at venues across Europe, Asia, and Australia due to his controversial image.
The U.S. Sun understands he recently went on a charm offensive in Europe in a bid to find arenas that would help him showcase his latest album, Vultures 1.
But after approaching promoters in Madrid, Berlin, Cologne and Munich, the answer was a resounding no.
He also tested the waters in Asia, Australia and the Middle East, and faced a similar response.
A music insider claimed “it will be very, very hard” for the controversial rapper despite maintaining a solid fanbase.
“His reputation and the controversies in the last few years are the main reason for this,” the source explained to The U.S. Sun.
“Now almost no companies that manage arenas or stadiums want to allow him to do shows on their venues.”
CONTROVERSIAL BEHAVIOR
In December, Kanye was slammed for going on a wild rant about Hitler and Jesus at a party in Las Vegas
Days before, he came under fire for wearing a KKK-style black hood onstage at a Vultures listening party in Miami.
Kanye faced global outrage and lost countless fashion deals in 2022 after making several antisemitic remarks.
He made comments on X, formerly Twitter, that he was declaring “Defcon 3” on Jewish people and was dropped by everyone from Balenciaga to Adidas.
The Yeezy designer also enraged fans by wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at a fashion show.
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