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Kanye West Failed To Drop “Vultures 2” And Fans Are Not Happy

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Another day, another failed Kanye West rollout. The Chicago rapper was the model of perfectionism in the 2000s, but he’s since become the poster child for failing to meet deadlines. West will drop whenever he feels like it, and if he doesn’t, he doesn’t let fans know. He originally claimed Vultures 2 was going to drop on March 8, but the date came and went with no new music. Radio silence followed, then West said it was going to drop on May 3. Well, May 3 has also come and gone, and fans have yet to hear what the sequel to Ye’s last album sounds like.

This shouldn’t be a surprise. The hours leading up to the supposed Vultures 2 release was characterized by fans setting themselves up for a letdown. Nobody should get their hopes up over a West release date anymore. That being said, the conformation that Vultures 2 has been delayed is disheartening. Fans flocked to X (formerly Twitter) to make their disappointment known.

Kanye West Missed His Second Release Date

INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 14: (L-R) Rappers Ty Dolla $ign & Kanye West perform onstage during the “Vultures 1” playback concert during Rolling Loud 2024 the at Hollywood Park Grounds on March 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)

“I spend the entire night waiting for Vultures 2 debut only to realize Kanye west was pranking us,” one frustrated user wrote. Some took the opposite approach, and criticized those who thought the rapper would really deliver. “If you believed Kanye West was dropping music tonight,” another tweeted. “Then that’s your fault.”

Kanye West did technically drop new music tonight, but it was on another album. The rapper had the lone feature on the 4batz album u made me a st4r. The guest verse he provides on the remix to “act iii: on god? (she said)” is getting positive feedback from fans. Not enough to stave off the disappointment of no Vultures 2, but enough to keep fans satiated until he actually decides to drop. At this rate, we will be lucky to get Vultures 3 by the end of the year.

X Users Are Unanimously Let Down

The disappointment ran deep on Thursday night/Friday morning. X users resorted to gifs and memes when words failed them. One of the most popular is an actual clip of West saying “gotcha” during an interview, which about sums up what happened. Strangely enough, West has never released a sequel album, despite teasing several of them dating back to Watch the Throne 2 (remember that!?). Maybe there’s a correlation, maybe not. Either way, take solace in these reactions.

Kanye West Failed To Drop “Vultures 2” And Fans Are Not Happy

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Kanye West Missed His Second Release Date

X Users Are Unanimously Let Down

Kanye West Failed To Drop “Vultures 2” And Fans Are Not Happy

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Kanye West Missed His Second Release Date

X Users Are Unanimously Let Down

Kanye West Failed To Drop “Vultures 2” And Fans Are Not Happy

Posted on May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Kanye West Missed His Second Release Date

X Users Are Unanimously Let Down

Joe Budden Tells Kanye West To Stop “Attention-Seeking” In Drake & Kendrick Lamar’s Beef

Posted on May 1, 2024May 1, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Joe Budden has been closely following the battle between Hip-Hop’s “big three” and says Kanye West needs to stay out of it.

On the latest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, he shared his take on Kanye West dissing Drake on his “Like That” remix. According to Budden, Ye missed his chance and needs to stop interfering.

“Kanye, sit your f###### ass down somewhere,” Budden boomed. “Mind your f###### business. This is not about you. This is some attention-seeking s### that you’re doing.

He claimed that “Kanye has been trying to insert himself in this since the beginning,” after ignoring Drake when he should have dissed him.

“You had your shot. That n#### was gunning for you,” he continued. “Y’all all ran except for Pusha.”

Furthermore, Joe Budden said the only person in Kanye West’s camp he wants to hear diss Drake is Pusha T.

“It’s not smooth when it’s not your beef,” he added. “You are making this all about you when you had a shot already. Move! You are taking attention away from our main event.”

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Elsewhere on the podcast, Budden also reacted to West’s appearance on Justin LaBoy’s The Download podcast.

While he’s not a fan of Ye dissing Drizzy on wax, he is here for him spilling the tea.

“Kanye is the one though that’s been close enough,” he explained. “Been in the same rooms, been in the same buildings. He could tell us what’s going on up there and he crazy enough to do it.”

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Chris Brown Tells Funny Story That Some Fans Think Is About Kanye West

Posted on April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Chris Brown is quite the hilarious and engaging storyteller, as he recently proved on his R&B Money podcast appearance. For a segment about offering a funny anecdote without naming any names, he spoke on an artist who went clubbing with him one night with a lot of women to see another artist perform. Eventually, the former unnamed celebrity took the stage and went on a 45-minute rant, which Breezy says completely killed his vibe and turned the venue into “the waiting room in hell.” There was even an clap-back from the artist about Amber Rose and fingers in their… you know. As such, a lot of people think that the R&B star was talking about his “BEG FORGIVENESS” collaborator, Kanye West.

Furthermore, the clip below shows some footage of the club night that Chris Brown is allegedly referring to, specifically the Amber Rose part of the rant. However, perhaps we’ll never really know for sure whether Kanye West was really the subject of his story, although it seems way too coincidental to interpret it any other way. Regardless, either the Virginia native just has really bad luck with going to the club with Rose’s exes or he forgot that there was readily available footage of this online. It’s also ironic because Ye praised Chris during his latest interview on Justin LaBoy’s The Download podcast.

Chris Brown Allegedly Tells Funny Kanye West Story, Fans Theorize

“Chris is a god,” Kanye West said of Chris Brown, arguing that great artists like him are marred by “middle men” and find it harder to find massive success. Still, this is all a bit bizarre considering that the two artists have been at odds with each other in the past, such as the debacle about removing Brown from Donda post-release. It seems like right now, it’s all water under the bridge, considering their VULTURES 1 collaboration. But who knows if Ye catches wind of this interview clip and feels some type of way about it?

Meanwhile, the “Run It” multi-hyphenate is supposedly still involved in his Quavo beef, as fans accused him of buying a huge chunk of his latest show’s tickets so that very few people would show up. He hasn’t spoken on it at press time, though, so it’s just a fan theory. But if Chris Brown ever does, we’re sure that it would be quite the amusing story from his perspective. Maybe he’ll have to do so without mentioning the former Migo’s name, just like this alleged Kanye West tale.

Chris Brown Refuses To Name Rapper in Cringeworthy Story But Clues Suggest Kanye West

Posted on April 30, 2024April 30, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Chris Brown recently shared a cringe-worthy story about an unnamed rapper that has fans pointing at Kanye West.

During a recent episode of R&B Money Podcast Brown recalled a “funny and/or f##### up” tale about a vibe-killing artist during a segment called “I Ain’t Saying No Names.”

Brown told a story about inviting a “huge artist” to the club without identifying the star. The pair were out on “turn-up night” when an artist with the number one song in the country would be performing.

“We get in the club, I make sure we got the whole section full of women. The person there, he looking around. The song come on, the other artist is onstage, starts singing the song, the whole building erupt. I’m talking about it erupts. Everybody. Girls in our section, they going crazy,” Brown explained. “I look over to this person…not a smirk, not a head nod. Nothing.”

Brown said the next time he turned around, the mystery artist was nowhere to be found

“I look up, the n#### is on the DJ booth right next to the artist that’s doing the song, and he just like this,” Brown said, nodding his head before explaining he presumed the artist wanted to perform.

“I’m like, ‘OK, he got the itch.’ Some artists can’t take it, you know, they self centered though, they got main character syndrome,” he added.

However, to his horror, his guest transformed the club into “the waiting room in hell” and all the partygoers into psychopaths.

“The n#### goes on a 45-minute rant,” he revealed. “I’m talking about saying all of everything about nothing. It’s so disappointing.”

Brown hid in a room downstairs, objecting to “the topic” of the rant before returning about 30 minutes later.

“The last thing I hear, ‘Such and such ain’t stick their finger in my booty. I don’t even play that way,’” said Brown, explaining that he chastised a mutual friend for being a yes man before leaving. “And I left the club. I ain’t answer no phone calls. I’m going home.”

Chris Brown recounts the time Kanye k!lled a club’s vibe by going on a 45 minute rant 😅 pic.twitter.com/M2SBK8MPZw

— Peter Dredd (@PeterDredd) April 30, 2024

Despite refusing to reveal the artist, Chris Brown left enough clues for fans to piece together with many sharing footage of a Kanye West rant that fit the description.

In 2016, Kanye West attended Yo Gotti’s The Art of Hustle album release party where the CMG boss also celebrated the lead single “Down in the DM” topping the charts.

West took the mic to deny allegations from his ex-girlfriend Amber Rose. “She never stick no fingers in my ass,” Kanye screamed, as seen in a fan-shot Instagram. “I don’t play like that.”

J Cole Links Up With “Female Kanye” Akbar V Amidst Kanye West Feud

Posted on April 29, 2024April 30, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

J Cole has had a rough couple months. He went from being one of the most highly-rated emcees in the game, one of the self-proclaimed “Big Three,” to becoming a punchline for many. Cole’s decision to take back his Kendrick Lamar diss led to other rappers dismissing him, including Kanye West. The “Carnival” hitmaker even dissed Cole on the “Like That” remix. Still, Cole is keeping a cool head. The rapper posed for a photo with Kanye’s so-called female counterpart, Akbar V.

Akbar V is best known for her stint on Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta. Her boisterous personality and penchant for branding made her an instant standout among the cast. She dubbed herself the “Queen of Atlanta,” and in one memorable tweet, she decided that she should be recognized as the “female” Kanye West. “I’m the female Kanye West,” she asserted in 2022. “So if anybody was wondering why I speak my mind… ask him why he speak his.” In addition to her reality star status, however, Akbar V is also an aspiring rap star.

J Cole And Akbar V Posed For A Photo

She’s dropped four albums since arriving on the scene in 2017. She also feels that she’s underrated when it comes to her rhyming skills. “Why am I left out of these rap conversations when i [rap] circles around a lot of male’s and female’s?” she tweeted in 2023. “Please don’t say drama cause a lot of these rap girls be in drama. and I ain’t even been in drama lately I been in studio and taking care my Fam.”

J. Cole‘s expression in the photo led to several jokes in the comment section, with many claiming that he looked scared. “Cole, blink twice if you need assistance,” one user wrote. Another theorized that J. Cole was just being nice by agreeing to the photo. “He’s looking like ‘Let me just take this picture, so she can get out of my face,'” they added.

J. Cole has seen brighter days, but things may be turning around. The rapper has already begun to drum up buzz for his upcoming album, The Fall Off. The highly anticipated sequel to Cole’s The Come Up, The Fall Off has earned praise from those close to him. Daylyt, who had a guest verse on Might Delete Later, tweeted that Cole’s rapping is next level on the album. “It’s one of the best levels of rapping I have ever witnessed,” he wrote. “Cole is going out with a nuclear missile.”

Kanye West Accused Of Firing Security Guard Over Dreadlocks Dispute

Posted on April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Kanye West’s former security guard sued him for discrimination, wrongful termination and creating a hostile work environment, among other claims. Benjamin Deshon Provo added his name to the list of ex-Donda Academy employees who’ve brought complaints against West by filing a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Friday (April 26).

According to Provo, West “unjustifiably and unreasonably” demanded employees shave their heads in 2023. Provo wouldn’t comply, citing religious reasons for keeping his dreadlocks. West and manager John Hicks pressured Provo to cut the dreads, but Provo stood firm despite West’s “increasingly more aggressive” demands.

“Plaintiff refused,” Provo’s attorney noted in court documents obtained by PEOPLE. “Thereafter, Hicks approached Plaintiff and stated, ‘Kanye said, ‘Tell the one with the dreads to shave his head or he is fired.’ Plaintiff refused to shave his head, and as a result thereof, his employment was terminated.”

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Provo began working for Kanye West in 2021. He handled security at the Donda Academy, Sunday Service events and a Yeezy warehouse. Provo was allegedly told to “prevent paparazzi from interacting with Kanye by any means necessary, including acts of violence.”

The security guard’s lawsuit said there was “a stark difference in the way Kanye treated Plaintiff and other Black employees” compared to other employees.

“Kanye frequently screamed at and berated Black employees, while in contrast, he never so much as raised his tone of voice toward white staff,” Provo’s lawsuit contended.

Provo claimed he was paid less than his non-Black colleagues. He experienced a “decrease in his paychecks” after raising a complaint.

West’s former security guard sued him a few weeks after another former Donda Academy employee named Trevor Phillips made similar claims in a separate lawsuit. Phillips said West “treated the Black staff considerably worse than white employees.” Phillips also accused Kanye West of threatening to shave Donda Academy students’ heads and put them in cages.

Kanye West Makes Amends With Kai Cenat With New Yeezy Merch

Posted on April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 by EDITORIAL FEATURES

Kanye West has made amends with Kai Cenat after slamming the controversial streamer and accusing him of being an industry plant for dissing his new Yeezy merch.

Ye sent Cenat some replacement merch after the first batch was too big. Cenat did a live unveiling on his Twitch stream Sunday evening (April 28), trying on the new clothes.

“I know we been having our differences, but Ye, I am now about to try on these pants. And I’m going to be as honest as Keith Lee,” he explained, referring to the viral TikTok food critic.

Cenat got off to an awkward start, as the pants instantly dropped to the floor, exposing his underwear. However, Cenat quickly pulled them back up, adding “Okay, wait. Hold on. Let’s tie the pants.”

After fastening the drawstring, the pants appeared to fit. Nonetheless, Cenat wanted to be sure they would stay up and did some jumping jacks and a range of wild dance moves to test them.

“He sent the right size bro. Last time I tried it and it didn’t work. He sent the right size. Oh my god, they fit,” he exclaimed. “I never even did anything in the beginning, the pants simply did not fit. But this time, they fit.”

After confirming that his Vultures tee also fit, he let the jokes fly. Cenat pulled a hat over his entire face, mocking West’s recent appearance on The Download podcast where he mispronounced Cenat’s name and called him an industry plant.

Kanye West surprised Kai Cenat with smaller pants that actually fit this time 😭 pic.twitter.com/ITZPmksyzU

— Kick Clipper (@KickClipper_) April 29, 2024

Before his peace offering, Kai Cenat denied Kanye West’s Industry plant accusations. The pair previously went back and forth in the Instagram DMs before the rapper’s manager got involved.