Kanye West Mentions Drake, Takes Subliminal SH๏τs At Kim Kardashian On ‘Vultures 2’
The Chicago producer can’t seem to leave the past behind.
Kanye West is an all-time great at stirring up controversy, though that hasn’t always been the best move for him throughout his career. Even so, the 47-year-old artist took sH๏τs at Drake and, subliminally, ex-wife Kim Kardashian on his new album, Vultures 2 with Ty Dolla $ign.
On “530,” a highly-anticipated song that was recorded during the Donda 2 sessions, Ye raps “You a fake bi**h, you don’t really love Ye bi**h, go listen to Drake bi**h.” On the same song, he alludes to his eight-year marriage to Kim K, its failure, and how it has impacted his life.
“Pray your soulmate got a soul when you meet her/ The crystal ball couldn’t tell me if they’d leave again / Problems too extra large to share it with a medium,” he rapped. Later, he added “The past year been a strange time/ Visitations on Facetime / And who gon’ break who’s heart first? Always just breaks mine.”
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have both moved on from one another since officially getting divorced in November 2022. Ye married Bianca Censori in January 2023, and Kardashian dated Pete Davidson for some time. As for Drake, though, the Chicago producer may never move on from his issues with his former collaborator.
In the heat of the Toronto superstar’s feud with Kendrick Lamar, a remix of “Like That” with a verse from West surfaced online. He also appeared in an interview with Justin LaBoy, where he revealed that he excitedly joined forces with Future, Metro Boomin, Rick Ross, The Weeknd, and A$AP Rocky to ᴀssist in the “elimination of Drake.”
In another part of the interview, he called the five-time Grammy winner’s raps “meaningless” and “artificial” due to help from Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge. “Every bar that Drake said means nothing anymore,” he said. “‘Drop and give me 50,’ ain’t nobody dropping to do sh*t. Your raps don’t mean sh*t, ni**a. It doesn’t mean [anything because] the sh*t is artificial. Lucian [Grainge] and Drake, all this sh*t is artificial. That’s why gods had to come [together to] pack that boy up.”
Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign teased Vultures 2, the second of what is supposed to be a trilogy of albums, for months after the first installment came out in February. Finally, the project hit DSPs at midnight on Saturday (August 3). Though the tracklist only shows Ye and Ty, the LP included guest appearances from Future, Lil Wayne, Lil Baby, Playboi Carti, Lil Durk, and more.
