Kanye West has refuted claims made by fellow rapper Erick Sermon that he’s gearing up to drop a project called “Y3,” which would feature the Chicago emcee getting back to the “old” Kanye, musically.
According to Ye, this isn’t the case.
“This is fake news,” West sent via DM to Instagram fan account @yefanatics, which shared Sermon’s update with its followers. “Ain’t no album called Y3. And ain’t nobody tryna be the ‘old Ye.’ When I made 808s [& Heartbreak] ni**as was running round talking bought they miss the old Ye.”
Ye further bragged about his success in the music industry.
“We got the number 1 song in the world and number 1 album in the world with top level beats top level bars top level hooks top level features. I’m the greatest artist in any genre ever And I’m just getting started.”
His latest revelation comes after Sermon said that Ye has a new solo album called “Y3” in the works.
“[Vultures] wasn’t what I was working on with him,” Sermon said during an interview. “I ended up doing another record, two, when I went to Italy. So hopefully when this is done we can get back to the Y3.”
During another interview, Sermon further explained, “When my moms had died, May 30, 2023, I was flying to L.A. to work with Ye. Then he was like, ‘Erick, we in Italy.’ So I went to Florence, stayed there working on that record. The record I was working on wasn’t what him and Ty Dolla $ign was doing at the time; I was working on Y3, Ye’s solo album.”
The EPMD legend went on, “I had him on Hip-Hop. I was like, ‘You gotta rhyme. You have to do the stuff that you used to do ’cause you ill at that.’ And he listened! … I had [the old Kanye back].”
While we await updates on Ye’s next solo work, you can anticipate “Vultures 2,” which is scheduled to drop March 8.
Ye texted me on Instagram:
“This is fake news
Ain’t no album called Y3
And ain’t nobody tryna be the
“old Ye”When I made 808s niggas was running round talking bought they miss the old Ye
We just made King / Back 2 Me / Carnival/Talking just to name a few
We got the number… pic.twitter.com/QQ0X1y3AZv
— YEFANATICS (@yefanatics) February 29, 2024
