Kanye West Insists His Music Is Being Sold Without His Knowledge: I’m ‘Just Like Taylor Swift’

Kanye West, 45, alleged that his euphony catalog, worthy an estimated $13.25 cardinal successful yearly publishing royalties, is being sold without his permission. Ye compared the concern to his erstwhile rival Taylor Swift, whose masters were sold to Scooter Braun allegedly without her knowledge and support successful 2019. “Just similar Taylor Swift. My publishing is being enactment up for my merchantability without my knowledge,” Kanye wrote connected his Instagram Stories connected Tuesday, September 20. “Not for sale.”

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— Steve (@steve03686723) September 20, 2022

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The time earlier Kanye’s post, Billboard reported that Ye and his squad person been searching for imaginable buyers of Kanye’s euphony catalog. The rapper reportedly makes $5 cardinal per twelvemonth from the $13.25 cardinal successful yearly publishing royalties that his euphony generates. Allegedly, Kanye and his squad are hoping to merchantability his catalog for $175 million, though Ye’s connection indicates that he’s not progressive successful the imaginable sale.

Sony Music Pictures is allegedly progressive successful the merchantability of the catalog, per Billboard‘s sources, though efforts to vessel disconnected Kanye’s euphony “have slowed down successful caller months.” Sources besides told the work that Kanye “has received offers from backstage equity and different euphony plus buyers”, but that helium was ne'er earnestly trying to merchantability his catalog.

Kanye has released eleven workplace albums and 2 collaborative albums, 1 with Jay-Z, and the different with former Kids See Ghosts partner Kid Cudi. In the past, Kanye has claimed that helium doesn’t ain the masters to immoderate of his music. He adjacent sued Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV Music Publishing successful 2019 implicit the matter, though Variety later reported that Ye does own some, but not all, of his masters.

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The play with Kanye’s euphony comes amidst large alteration for his YEEZY brand. On Sept. 15, Kanye decided to chopped ties with Gap and officially extremity the YEEZY Gap concern aft 2 years. Ye apparently sent Gap a breach-of-contract announcement that was responded to 2 weeks later, according to The New York Times, but Kanye wasn’t satisfied with the effect and terminated their agreement. That each happened aft Kanye publicly blasted Gap for ripping disconnected his Balenciaga designs. He’s besides hinted that he’s acceptable to axe Adidas, different longtime spouse of YEEZY.