Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign will neither maintain the “multi stadium listening occasion” for his or her new joint album on Friday nor will they launch the album that evening, sources inform Billboard.
On Oct. 23, Ty Dolla $ign teased plans on social media for the occasion, which followers anticipated to resemble the three huge Donda listening occasions Ye hosted in 2021. The put up on Ty’s otherwise-wiped-clean Instagram account included little data, apart from textual content that displaying the yen “Y” image with a dollar-sign image and the phrases “multi stadium listening occasion November third.”
Whereas no album has but been formally introduced, on Oct. 13 Billboard broke the information that the 2 artists have been collaborating on a joint album, which they’ve been buying to distributors. As such, Nov. 3 was by no means introduced as an album launch date, but it surely was extensively speculated the duo would drop it after the listening occasion.
This isn’t the primary time an occasion for this album has been pushed again. Final month, sources instructed Billboard, that the album was initially alleged to be launched on Oct. 13 however was pushed again as Ye’s staff continued to work on a distribution deal. Then Billboard reported that Ye’s staff was engaged on the bottom in Italy to safe a venue for a live performance that might additionally function a listening get together. RCF Enviornment in Reggio Emilia went so far as constructing out a stage many believed could be for the present, however per week later sources instructed Billboard Italy that the present was “most unlikely” to maneuver ahead.
Now, Ye and Ty are adjusting their plans once more. Apart Ty Dolla $ign’s announcement for an occasion lower than two weeks prematurely, with simply two days to go there’s been no venue introduced and no tickets made out there for buy. As well as, there are a number of different points that might have made the occasion laborious to stage this weekend — or ever.
Internet hosting a stadium occasion that includes Ye would require weeks of planning with native officers, the acquisition of pricy insurance coverage insurance policies and in depth communication with followers. Apart from the short timeline and different variables, complicating issues is that most of the top-tier stadiums within the nation are being utilized by skilled and faculty soccer this time of yr. Overseas, it’s soccer season. And even these the place the house staff could also be taking part in away this weekend (or others arising) are unlikely to need to host an occasion like this that might trigger harm to the turf or disrupt operations, particularly at such brief discover.
Ye and Ty Dolla $ign have shared nearly no particulars concerning the occasion they envision, however primarily based on the little data that’s publicly out there, the reserving and occasion staffing prices related to using a number of main stadiums would simply run over $5 million. Until Kanye desires to tackle that stage of danger himself, he wants a monetary backer to fund and promote the occasion.
Sometimes, that’s the place an agent would are available, however primarily based on Billboard’s reporting Ye has been unable to rent a serious agent since he was dropped by CAA a yr in the past amid a collection of antisemitic statements.
Earlier this month, a consultant for the “Flashing Lights” rapper approached reserving company WME to gauge their curiosity in taking Ye on as a shopper. WME declined Ye’s request, a supply aware of the incident tells Billboard, passing on a possibility so as to add some of the well-known rappers on this planet to their roster. Ty Dolla $ign is notably a WME shopper.
Amid Ye’s antisemitic feedback, on Oct. 19, 2022, Ari Emanuel, CEO of WME-parent firm Endeavor, printed a letter within the Monetary Instances calling for Ye’s enterprise companions and CAA to cease working with him. “If West wish to be educated concerning the historical past and penalties of anti-Semitism and the conspiracy theories he’s parroting,” Emmanuel wrote on the time, “If he desires to achieve out to non secular leaders — together with rabbis, Muslim leaders, Christian leaders — I’d be blissful to assist.”
Many promoters, brokers and entrepreneurs who’ve labored with Ye prior to now have instructed Billboard that they might work with him once more, if he will get assist for his psychological well being struggles and faces his previous conduct in an intellectually sincere and honest manner, regardless of his dangerous habits.
“He’s an unbelievable artist,” one well-known agent mentioned on the situation of anonymity, “however except you realize for a proven fact that he’s lucid and in a great place mentally, it’s not well worth the toxicity to take him on.”