BIA’s long-delayed official first album, Bianca, hardly feels like a real debut. The rapper and singer-songwriter has hovered around the industry for more than a decade, from her stint on T.I.’s reality TV series Sisterhood of Hip Hop while being mentored by Pharrell Williams to landing a Top 20 chart …
Read More »Ty Dolla $ign Sings in Spanish With Feid on Love Song 'Dallax'
Ty Dolla $ign and Feid are reminiscing about their past on “Dallax.” On Thursday night, the Colombian star released his R&B-tinged reggaeton collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign, who shines singing Spanish on the track. The video, directed by Sebas Sanchez, starts with Feid rapping the slow track’s loving lyrics before …
Read More »Ty Dolla $ign Condemns Hate Speech After Latest Kanye West Antisemitism Spree
Ty Dolla $ign appeared to respond to Kanye West’s latest string of offensive posts with a short statement shared on his Instagram Stories last night. While Ty did not address West directly, or mention his name, he wrote, “I do not condone ANY form of hate speech towards ANYBODY.” Ty …
Read More »Kanye West Ghosted 'Fuk Sumn' Sample Negotiations — Now He's Being Sued, Again
Kanye West hasn’t managed to keep his lawyers around for long enough to clear a number of samples included on Vultures 1, the collaborative album he released with Ty Dolla $ign in February. But the more time he spends cycling through different legal representatives, the more he needs them. The …
Read More »Quavo, Ty Dolla $ign Reunite on 'Transformers One' Soundtrack Single 'If I Fall'
Quavo and Ty Dolla $ign, assemble! On Friday, the pair of musicians linked up with Brian Tyler‘s Are We Dreaming for “If I Fall” — a futuristic, rock-rap “synergistic” anthem from the upcoming Transformers One soundtrack. “I’m in my prime, Optimus (Optimus), I’m goin’ big, Megatron,” raps Quavo in the …
Read More »Ye and Ty Dolla $ign's 'Vultures 2': It's Time to Unsubscribe From the Kanye Disaster
In February, Ye (the former Kanye West) shocked the music industry when Vultures I, the first of a planned trilogy with Ty Dolla $ign as Y$, opened at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart. It was only a year ago when Ye’s rank antisemitism and adoration of white supremacists …
Read More »Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign Drop 'Vultures 2'
The second installation of Vultures is here. On Saturday morning, Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign — under their supergroup alias ¥$ — stayed true to their word and released Vultures 2, filled with collaborations with Future, Lil Wayne, Young Thug, Kodak Black, Playboi Carti, Lil Baby, and more. The …
Read More »Donna Summer's Widower on Suing Kanye West for 'I Feel Love' Sample: 'Wrong Is Still Wrong'
Donna Summer‘s widower Bruce Sudano is reflecting on his legal back-and-forth with Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign over the usage of Summer’s Seventies classic “I Feel Love.” In a new interview with Billboard, Sudano revealed that West’s team had reached out to Summer’s estate to use “I Feel Love” …
Read More »Takeoff to Be Posthumously Featured on Ye and Ty Dolla $ign's 'Vultures 2'
Takeoff will be posthumously featured on Ty Dolla $ign and Kanye West‘s upcoming album, Vultures 2, Rolling Stone can confirm. Along with including a verse from the late Migos rapper, the track, tentatively titled “Let Me Chill Out,” will feature Rich the Kid and NBA Youngboy and is set to …
Read More »The 'Event' Album Has Evolved. Today's Superstars Drop Album Franchises
This week, Future and Metro-Boomin are returning to the rap game grandly with We Don’t Trust You, the first half of a two-part album — the sequel, rumored to be an R&B-focused project, drops April 12th. Their release will compete with Ye and Ty Dolla $ign’s Vultures 2, the second …
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