WASHINGTON: Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West recently claimed that his record label released his new album titled ‘Donda’ without his approval.
Hours after West’s 10th studio album went live on streaming services, the rapper took to Instagram and shared a post claiming that Universal Music Group, parent company to the label Def Jam, didn’t have his permission to release it. “Universal put my album out without my approval. And they blocked ‘Jail 2’ from being on the album,” the hitmaker wrote.
It is not clear what West means by “blocked” since there are songs titled ‘Jail’ and ‘Jail Pt 2’ as the second and 24th tracks, respectively, on the 27-song LP.
Variety reported that ‘Jail Pt 2’ was originally unavailable to stream when the album was first released at 8 am ET, but it was later added to the tracklist around 1 pm ET.
Representatives for Universal had no comment on the allegation.
