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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.
West has been working with digital music distribution service Fuga for some time to distribute his music. Fuga’s service takes artists’ music, and does the heavy lifting in distributing the tracks to services like Apple Music, Spotify, and others.
West has been working with digital music distribution service Fuga for some time to distribute his music. Fuga’s service takes artists’ music, and does the heavy lifting in distributing the tracks to services like Apple Music, Spotify, and others.
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.”
Kanye West’s ‘Vultures 1’ pulled from Apple Music after distributor drama
Kanye West’s ‘Vultures 1’ pulled from Apple Music after distributor drama
