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CUCK (initially titled WW3)[1] is an unreleased album by Kanye West, featuring 11 different tracks described by him as “antisemitic sound.”

Background[]

On March 6th, 2025, Kanye tweeted, "This next album has that antisemitic sound" and "My new sound is called antisemitic." [2]This marked a significant shift in Ye's musical style, as his antisemitic ideas had largely been confined to his Twitter account up until then, with only a few remarks about Jewish people appearing on Vultures 1 and 2.

On March 16th, 2025, Ye posted an image of a red swastika on a black background, proclaiming it to be his new album cover. [3] On March 26th, 2025, WW3 would be released under a new streaming service account, which would later be removed because Ye didnt like how the streams were being counted.

On April 2nd, 2025, DJ Akademiks tweeted a series of statements that ultimately led to the announcement of a new album titled "WW3," Separating this project from "BULLY." DJ Akademiks also posted a tracklist for WW3.[4]

On April 6th. 2025 Ye would come on a Digital Nas stream and preview “HEIL HITLER”.[5]

On April 11, 2025. Genius would take down the WW3 album page. In response Kanye said “Take down lyrics where n***as is killing n***as then”[6].

On April 21, 2025. COUSINS was released as a music video on Ye’s Twitter accompanying a traumatic childhood confession of showing his cousin p*** magazines and then acting out what they saw, giving his cousin head.[7][8]

With COUSINS being posted, Ye announced that he changed the title from "WW3" to "CUCK".[9] However, when Dave Blunts previewed the song he claimed the album's name was still "WW3".[10] Despite this, Ye has since further confirmed the album had been named "CUCK" in further X posts.[11] On April 23rd, COUSINS would officially be released onto digital streaming platforms as the second single to the record.

On May 7th, 2025. HEIL HITLER was released on Digital Nas' Soundcloud. but the song was taken down a few minutes after it was uploaded.

May 18 leak[]

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On May 18, 2025, the album was leaked in its entirety after a $999 charity group buy for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via the messaging site Discord. The leaked album files contained derogatory messaging towards West in its metadata, including listing Blunts as the song artist instead of West, listing "AI" and "1945" as its genre and date, and replacing the cover with a 1994 picture of West wearing an antifascist shirt with the text "FUCK NAZIS" and "50 year old loser promoting fascism and hate speech" overlaid on it.[12]

West would take to Twitter to acknowledge the leak, clarifying that the song "Uncle" was no longer part of the album, and its lyrics were not related to his wife Censori.[13][14] He would also state the following regarding its leak:

Somebody got a drive and threw it on YouTube and said this is CUCK What I love about getting blocked on DSPs and having songs leaked and shows cancelled is…   It proves everything I’m saying and why I’m saying [15][14]

According to Sneako, an executive producer of Cuck, this leak features an old version of the album and "was not even close to finished".[16] Ye's company Yeezy was seen sending DMCA's to uploads of this leak.[17]

As of May 22, the album's status is currently unknown as Ye has since apologized for his actions after as he stated having a call with his kids. It has also been stated by the song's main writer Dave Blunts that the direction had been shifted towards "music for God" in a now-deleted post to his Instagram.[18] It is very likely the album has been scrapped.

Artwork[]

WW3og

Original cover.


The cover art shows a man and a woman wearing red and white Ku Klux Klan robes. The photo was originally taken for a norwegian newspaper in July 2015. However, the image was modified to change the man's skin color to Black, making him resemble Ye.[19]

The CUCK cover was used without the original creator’s permission and he stated in an article he doesn’t want Ye using it.[20]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Dave Blunts.[21]

"CUCK V2" track listing[22]
No.TitleLength
1."BIANCA"1:56
2."HITLER YE AND JESUS"2:06
3."JARED"2:54
4."WW3"1:45
5."VIRGIL"2:04
6."NITROUS"1:37
7."COUSINS"2:34
8."HEIL H***ER"2:58
9."ALL THE LOVE"1:38
10."DIRTY MAGAZINES"1:27
11."JESUS"1:24
12."COSBY"2:30
April 24, 2025 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."WW3"1:43
2."DIRTY MAGAZINES" 
3."COUSINS"2:31
4."COSBY" 
5."GAS CHAMBER" 
6."WHITE CHICKS" 
7."UNCLE" 

Unsorted:

April 2, 2025 track listing
No.TitleLength
1."WW3 (FEAT. Dave Blunts)" 
2."COSBY" 
3."FREE DIDDY" 
4."DIRTY MAGAZINES" 
5."BIANCA" 
6."VIRGIL LET ME DOWN" 
7."HEIL HITLER" 
8."HITLER YE AND JESUS" 
9."JARED" 
10."MONEY AND FAME" 
11."NITROUS" 


References[]

  1. ↑ https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/899220-kanye-west-ww3-album-hip-hop-news
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Billboard/posts/kanye-west-has-labeled-his-new-sound-as-antisemitic/1019346083399303/
  3. ↑ https://www.hot97.com/news/kanye-west-posts-and-deletes-bully-album-cover-featuring-swastika/
  4. ↑ https://x.com/Akademiks/status/1907616768589218244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1907616768589218244%7Ctwgr%5E5068694fffcee9bdcc1577f43f6b2786e791ef9f%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgenius.com%2Fartists%2FKanye-west
  5. ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/ye-disses-drake-song-referencing-190544680.html
  6. ↑ https://fixupx.com/kanyewest/status/1910865906785542418?s=46
  7. ↑ https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/kanye-west-shares-had-sexual-231741177.html
  8. ↑ https://x.com/kanyewest/status/1914318610014544105
  9. ↑ https://x.com/kanyewest/status/1914315196207636789
  10. ↑ https://pillowcase.su/f/788ce07aa538417a221513d670888c12
  11. ↑ https://x.com/kanyewest/status/1915189278260552058
  12. ↑ Paul, Bryson "Boom" (2025-05-18). "An Entire Kanye West Album Just Leaked". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  13. ↑ "ye on X: "UNCLE is not on CUCK and is not about my wife"".
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Art, Pop Culture & (2025-05-19). "Kanye West reacts to CUCK album leak, denies track UNCLE is about wife Bianca Censori". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2025-05-19.
  15. ↑ "ye on X: "Somebody got a drive and threw it on YouTube and said this is CUCK What I love about getting blocked on DSPs and having songs leaked and shows cancelled is… It proves everything I'm saying and why I'm saying"".
  16. ↑ Sneako, Alt (2025-05-18). "AltSNEAKO on X: "It is amazing they leaked the new Ye The album is not even closed to finished"". X (formely Twitter). Retrieved 2025-05-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/GoodAssSub/comments/1kqh9su/yeezy_is_dmcaing_uploads_of_cuck/
  18. ↑ https://x.com/yeunrlsd/status/1925547757307150779
  19. ↑ https://www.magnumphotos.com/newsroom/the-modern-ku-klux-klan/
  20. ↑ https://x.com/GoodAssSubX/status/1909024669572669908
  21. ↑ Blake, Cole (April 22, 2025). "Kanye West Reveals Dave Blunts Wrote The Entirety Of His New Album, "Cuck"". HotNewHipHop. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
  22. ↑ ""CUCK In progress"". yzy-twts.com. @kanyewest via X. April 28, 2025. Archived from the original on April 30, 2025. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
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