Ye announced the upcoming release date of his anticipated new album, “Bully.”
In an interview with Justin Laboy at his Grammy afterparty, Kanye announced that he plans on dropping the solo project on his daughter North West’s birthday, June 15, 2025.
Ye told LaBoy, “My oldest said to bring it out in June.” LaBoy then asked for clarification, “Your birthday or her birthday,” to which Ye looked over to North and asked, “Didn’t ‘Yeezus’ come out on your birthday?” North then nodded and Ye confirmed, “Yeah, so we are gonna do it on your birthday. That’s when we’re gonna bring ‘Bully’ out ’cause that’s her favorite album.”
Ye also weighed in on the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef.
LaBoy asked if Ye thought that “Kendrick killed Drake, he’s dead” and while Ye agreed, he only thinks its temporary, “Yeah, for now. You can’t ever count out Steph Curry. That man might get 200 points in one song or something. You know what it was is, like, look at the Tyler, the Creator freestyle that he did. ‘That Guy,’ right? Drake added something to the algorithm, to our frequency. He advanced us. Future advanced us. And now, Kendrick has advanced the frequency.”
Ye continued, “It’s like when Twista came out. There was rappers that didn’t learn but then Jay-Z learned that you could do it. If you don’t really learn as just a professional rapper, as a sport, what Kendrick is doing, you might be wiped. You might be wiped out.”
KANYE WEST
BULLY 💿🚨JUNE 15TH🚨
▫️THE DAY OF NORTH WEST’S BIRTHDAY pic.twitter.com/DTWsFw2UNo
— NFR Podcast (@nfr_podcast) February 3, 2025
Kanye on the Kendrick vs. Drake beef pic.twitter.com/USnQYVpgNS
— Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) February 3, 2025
