Kanye West performs on stage at “Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson” on November 7, 2019 in New York City.
Kanye: “Now it’s really just ‘Ye'” West celebrates victory.
While things definitely went wrong in regards to his marital relationship with Kim Kardashian, it looks like his music ratings have changed in a positive direction. But before I get to that, let me hit you with a bit of context.
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Okay, so boom. On Tuesday, Billboard magazine explained that Yeezy’s recently released “Donda 2” would not “qualify” for the awards charts, citing the fact that the sequel’s album was released exclusively through its player and therefore “in violation of Billboard’s Charts Bundle policy.” . ”, which disqualifies albums supplied with merchandise.
Now, while this news is likely to be a bummer for any artist who makes music to climb to the top of every known chart, for Ye it was cause for joy. No, really! The “Thank God” rapper took to Instagram to express his excitement at not being considered anymore, captioning the post:
“Big win for a kid. We can no longer be counted or judged. We won, we won, we won, we won. We make my own systems. We set our own price, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand yesterday’s price, not today’s price!!!!
If you remember, Jesus previously spoke of his desire to “set a price for your own art,” writing in a now-deleted Instagram post:
After 10 albums after 10 contracts. I turned down a $100 million deal with Apple. No one can pay me for disrespect. We set the price for our art ourselves. Tech companies have made music practically free, so unless you’re into sneaker sales and tours, you don’t eat. Jay Z created Tidal and the fake media attacked him. Well, as my older brother said. Fetch me. I’m ready to die standing because I no longer live on my knees. God, please cover me. I run this company 100%, I don’t need to ask permission. This is our second generation templater. We have more things we are working on.
Hmm, well I guess it’s just one small step for Billboard and one HUGE step for Kanye West.