Kanye West’s new “Vultures 1” was pulled from Apple Music, after the artist abused automated systems to have it posted to streaming services without the distributor’s blessing.
It appears West uploaded the album to the distributor anyway, knowing that automated services would do the uploading on behalf of Fuga anyway.
“Late last year, Fuga was presented with the opportunity to release Vultures 1. Exercising our judgment in the ordinary course of business, we declined to do so,” Fuga shared in a statement to Variety on Thursday. “On Friday, February 9, 2024, a long-standing Fuga client delivered the album Vultures 1 through the platform’s automated processes, violating our service agreement.”
