Kanye West And Ty Dolla $ign Not Putting Vultures 2 Album On Streaming Services

Kanye West And Ty Dolla $ignappear to be leaning towards no longer putting their upcoming Vultures 2 album on streaming services. Ye announced they were instead considering selling it directly on his Yeezy.com website for $20 a copy. In their reasoning, the duo noted how DSPs often financially exploit artists, but it's unclear if it'll actually work. The conversation kicked off on Sunday (March 10), with Ye saying in a DM conversation with the Kanye West fansite YeFanatics that he may not put his Vultures 1 sequel on DSPs such as Spotify or Apple Music. "We sell albums on Yeezy.com. I got 20 million instagram followers,” Ye wrote. “When 5% of my followers buy an album [t]hat’s 1 million albums sold[.] That’s 300k more than the biggest album last year. West then went on to ask his YeFanatics supporters whether they'd buy a million copies of the album if he merely made physical copies available. “When we do that we won’t have the streaming companies in control of the artist anymore,” Ye added. Dolla $ign also argued this point after a fan sent the rapper a direct message. Ty said merely selling physical copies of the project would just lead to "piracy." "That's what these streaming services want u to believe so they can stay on top," Ty replied, arguing that he and Ye are merely making a "fraction" of a profit off Vultures 1. "It's time to figure out the unlock on how to bring the music straight to our audience and cut the middle man out," Ty added. "Artists are getting raped and that has to stop. 

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