¥$ (pronounced as Ye n' Dolla Sign) is an American hip hop group composed of Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign. Founded in late 2023 during the Japan and Italy sessions, ¥$ released their debut studio album, VULTURES 1, on February 10, 2024. ¥$ also released their second studio album, VULTURES 2 on August 3, 2024. The duo is set to release one more album in the VULTURES trilogy.
History[]
Background[]
Ye has been collaborating with Ty Dolla $ign since 2014, during production for Ye's planned seventh studio album, Yeezus II.[1] He provides backing vocals in Ye's singles, "Only One" and "FourFiveSeconds".[2][3] Ty was also featured on the The Life Of Pablo songs, "Real Friends" and "Fade".[4] In 2018, rumors began swirling of a collaborative album between Ye and Ty, which was mentioned in an interview leading up to the ye listening party.[5] That year, Ty became a much more prominent collaborator with Ye, recording vocals for several songs on ye, KIDS SEE GHOSTS, and Yandhi, the latter of which never released. Most famously, he was featured on "New Body" and "Sky City", which ended up released on VULTURES 2.[4]
Formation[]

In the summer of 2023, Ye had been quietly working on new music in Japan and Italy. Ty was one of the few artists that were invited to the sessions. On October 5, Ty posted a video on Instagram with a graphic at the end, which had the text "¥$".[4] In a scrapped interview with Justin LaBoy, Ye stated that he appreciated Ty for being one of the few people that supported him after his antisemitic comments, calling him the "head of the spaceship". Over the new few months, the project evolved into VULTURES 1, and several listening parties for the album were held. After several missed release dates, VULTURES 1 finally released on February 10, 2024.
A VULTURES trilogy was also announced by Ye on January 23, 2024, with the first album releasing on February 9, the second on March 8, and the third on April 5. VULTURES 2 was finally released on August 3 amidst a tumultuous album rollout. Ye and Ty are currently still updating the album.
Discography[]
Albums[]
- VULTURES 1 (2024)
- VULTURES 2 (2024)
- VULTURES 3 (upcoming)
Unreleased[]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/ty-dolla-recording-only-one-kanye-west-rihanna-paul-mccartney-6429372/
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-only-one-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Rihanna-kanye-west-and-paul-mccartney-fourfiveseconds-lyrics
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A5$
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPpUaeChvuY