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20222023 • 2024

In 2023, Kanye remained quiet throughout most of the year following an extremely controversial 2022. However, by November, Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign teased their new collaborative album, Vultures, with two listening parties for the album being held in December.

Releases[]

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The cover for Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign's single, "Vultures".

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Kanye and Playboi Carti in the music video for "2024".[1]

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Kanye and Ty at the first Vultures listening party in Miami.

Singles[]

Music videos[]

Guest appearances[]

Production[]

Unreleased[]

  • Lil Durk - Almost Healed (Scrapped Ye production & vocals)[11]

January[]

In January, it would be revealed that Ye had married Yeezy architect Bianca Censori.

  • 13: TMZ reports that Ye had a wedding ceremony with Bianca Censori in Beverly Hills.[12]
  • 27: Ye throws a woman's phone after asking her to stop filming. He was not since charged after he threw the phone.[13][14]

February[]

  • 8: South Park premieres its twenty-sixth season with the episode, "Cupid Ye", which satirizes Kanye's antisemitic comments that he made in the fall of 2022.[15]
  • 12: Rihanna performs a shortened medley of "All Of The Lights" and "Run This Town" at the Super Bowl LVII halftime show.[16]
  • 24: Reports surface that Ye and Adidas have come to an agreement to sell remaining Adidas x Yeezy shoes stock, but there are no further developments for another two months.[17]
  • 31: Happy Birthday stopped being worked on.[18]

March[]

  • 2:
    • Milo Yiannopoulos states that the his run for president or known as YE24 is over.
    • Consequence releases a single titled "BLOOD STAIN 2", which features production from Ye.[7]
  • 5: He posted an a picture of Balenciaga.
  • 8: It is reported that the Adidas CEO allegedly praised Ye in an earnings call, saying that "[Ye] is maybe the most creative ... a person has ever been in our industry."[19]
  • 25: Ye claims that he likes Jewish people again after watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street.[20]
  • 27: Tyler, The Creator releases an extended version of his sixth studio album, CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST: The Estate Sale. The twenty-second track, "HEAVEN TO ME", features production from Ye.[8]
  • 28: A leaker confirms to the public that Wolves (the Drake collab album) was "only one session and likely never developed into a full project."[21]

April[]

  • 7: Ye is sued by former Donda Academy teachers due to "poor conditions".[22]
  • 18: Ye deactivates his Instagram account, leaving him without an active social media page.[23]
  • 27: Casting for YZY SZN 10 begins.[24]

May[]

  • 1: Ye hosts Yeezy Season 10, dubbed "YZY FREE."[25]
  • 4: Rolling Stone reports that Ye rehires Milo Yiannopoulos for the Ye24 campaign.[26]
  • 19: Adidas announces their plan to sell the remaining stock of Yeezy shoes.[27]
  • 23: On the Off The Record podcast, Lil Durk mentions that Ye "did [his] whole album", Almost Healed, and "did some genius shit", but it would not be releasing.[28][11]
  • 30: adidas' request for an emergency order to re-freeze $75M held by Yeezy is denied by a Manhattan judge.[29]
  • 31:
    • adidas begins releasing their remaining stock of Yeezy shoes in the US.[30]
    • Fivio Foreign releases his Ye-featured single "Concussion" on YouTube.[31]

June[]

  • 1: Ye gets sued by the paparazzi photographer whose phone he threw on January 27th after he told her to stop filming.[32]
  • 10: Fat Money tweets that he believes that Ye is back in the studio.[33]
  • 18: Kanye's sixth studio album, Yeezus, turns ten years old.
  • 24: Young Thug tells Kanye to "answer the fucking phone" on an Instagram story.[34]
  • 29: Ty Dolla $ign arrives in Tokyo.[35]

July[]

  • 9: Fat Money tweets that he "can't wait til dis new Ye drop[s]".[36]
  • 11: Ye is seen talking to Yeezy CEO, Dov Charney, in Japan.[37]
  • 12: On the No Jumper podcast, Rooga states that he is working on Kanye's new album.[38]
  • 17: Ice Cube says that Kanye is "in a good space" and "learned a lot" after his antisemitic rants in December 2022.[39]
  • 22: It is reported that KayCyy is working on Kanye and Ty's new album.[40]
  • 28:
  • 30: Elon Musk reinstates Kanye's Twitter account.[42]

August[]

  • 4: Fya Man says that Kanye's new album has the style of "the 'old ye' but new with the times".[43]
  • 7: During the UTOPIA tour, Travis Scott brings out Kanye in Rome.[44]
  • 10: Ty Dolla $ign reveals in an Instagram story that he is going to Italy.[45]
  • 25: NBC News reports that new music from Kanye is "imminent".[46]
  • 26: Gregor Estevan states that Kanye and Ty's new album sounds "insane".[47]
  • 28:

September[]

  • 1: Kanye privately previews new songs in Ireland.[50]
  • 4: Former GOOD Music producer Che Pope is seen in Italy.[51]
  • 7: Really Doe, a former collaborator with Ye, posts a picture in Italy.[52]
  • 8: A video surfaces of Ty dancing in the studio in Italy.[53]
  • 10: Albe Back releases his second studio album, Dying Near A Charger. Two tracks on the album, "Concussion" and "Israel", feature vocals from Ye.[54][55]
  • 12:
    • GLC, a former collaborator with Ye, posts a video in Italy.[56]
    • AyoAA, a producer for Fivio Foreign, posts a picture in Italy.[57]
  • 13: Ye and Niklas Bildstein Zaar (stage designer for Donda's listening parties) are seen together at an art show in Berlin, Germany.[58]
  • 15: Ye previews a snippet of a new song at a London fashion show.[59]
  • 17: Digital Nas and Fat Money arrive in Florence, Italy.[60]
  • 26:
    • In an article, Forbes reports that Kanye's next album may drop without warning.[61]
    • A copy of Kanye and Dr. Dre's unreleased collaborative album, Jesus Is King II, leaks in its entirety.[62]
  • 27: TMZ reports that Kanye is working on a new solo album.[63]
  • 30: A snippet of a new song by Ty and Ye is played at a club. This song was "Slide".[64]

October[]

  • 1: Ye privately previewed his and Ty's new album in Italy.[65]
  • 2: A snippet of a new song from the album is revealed. This song was "Back To Me". While Ye was originally thought to be upset, he was actually shown to be very excited.[66]
  • 5: Ty posts a picture on an Instagram story of a picture with text that reads "¥$".[67]
  • 6: Kanye trademarks the phrase, "YEWS".[68]
  • 7: Aus Taylor posts an image of the "¥$" image with the caption, "war baby".[69]
  • 10: Ty plays a new version of "New Body" at a club.[70]
  • 11: A Chinese TikTok user is invited to listen to his and Ty's new album and says that it will be coming out early next year.[71]
  • 15: Billboard reports that Kanye and Ty plan to perform their new album in Italy on October 27.[72]
  • 17: Freddie Gibbs reveals that he is going to Italy and likes a tweet that reads "Yeezy season approaching".[73]
  • 18: Ian Connors posts a screenshot of a conversation between Ye and Elon Musk, in which Ye states that his car crash in 2002 gave him autism.[74]
  • 20: Several people get notifications that the concert in Italy was cancelled.[75]
  • 22: Ty tweeted "¥$" to tease his and Ye's new album.[76]
  • 23: On Instagram, Ty announces a new "multi stadium listening event" for the new album.[77]
  • 25: Producer Metro Boomin tweets "¥$¥$¥$".[78]

November[]

  • 1: The multi-stadium listening event is cancelled.[79]
  • 12: At a concert, Ty reveals that his and Ye's new album is "coming real soon". It is also revealed that Ye is making his new album in a spacious and big land.[80]
  • 17: The Chicago radio station, Power 92, previews Kanye and Ty's new song, "Vultures", featuring verses from Bump J and Lil Durk.[81]
  • 22: Ye and Ty's song, "Vultures", is released as a single on streaming services. However, it noticeably removed Lil Durk's verse.
  • 23: An updated version of "Vultures" is released, readding back Lil Durk's verse.[82]
  • 26: Kanye attends the Formula 1 race at Abu Dhabi.[83]

December[]

  • 1: Sean Leon releases his fourth studio album, IN LOVING MEMORY. The track, "OXYGEN", is an updated version of the Donda 2 track, "Sci Fi" and features vocals from Ye.[6]
  • 8:
    • Ty posts a picture of a track list for the upcoming album on Instagram, which features 18 tracks.[84]
    • A snippet of a new song from the album is posted online. This song is "Everybody".[85]
  • 10: Kanye previews several new songs in a restaurant in Florida.[86] It was also revealed that his and Ty's new album would be titled Vultures and it was set to release on December 15.[87]
  • 12:
    • Kanye holds the first listening party for the album in Miami, previewing ten new songs.[88] He also drew controversy by wearing a black hood similar to those worn by members of the KKK.[89]
    • Several news sources report that the Backstreet Boys denied permission for Ye and Ty to sample their song.[90]
    • Kanye launches his news platform, YEWS.[91]
  • 14:
    • Kanye shares a screenshot on Instagram of a conversation with Nicki Minaj, where he asks if she can clear her verse for "New Body".[92]
    • Power 92 previews a new song from the album, titled "Time Moving Slow".[93]
    • Playboi Carti premieres a new song, titled "2024", along with a music video. The song was partially produced by Ye and the music video features Ye in the KKK-inspired black hood.[94]
  • 15:
    • Nicki rejects Kanye's request to clear her verse on "New Body".[92]
    • While the album doesn't release, Kanye holds a second listening party for the album in Las Vegas. However, cops forced Ye to end the listening party early.[95] In the afterparty, Kanye and Kid Cudi ended their beef as they were seen hugging.[96] However, later on, Kanye went on another antisemitic rant, seemingly comparing himself to Jesus and Hitler. Ye also mentioned that his daughter, North West "tore up couches" just to be with him.[97]
    • XXL reported that Vultures would release on December 31, 2023.[98]
  • 21: Billboard reports that Vultures was set to release on January 12, 2024.[99]
  • 26: In an Instagram post, Ye apologizes to Jewish people for his antisemitic rants the previous year. He posts the apology in Hebrew.[100]
  • 28: Power 92 previews a new song, "Unlock", after it was previously thought that "Everybody" would be previewed.[101]

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