Ye Calls “Fake News” On Erick Sermon’s Claim Of Going Back To The “Old” Kanye On Next Solo Album
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has refuted claims made by Erick Sermon that he’s gearing up to drop a project dubbed Y3, which would feature the Chicago MC getting back to the “old” Kanye, musically. According to the Vultures artist, this simply 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.”
Bringing the conversation back to his current drop, he added, “We just made King / Back 2 Me / Carnival/Talking just to name a few. 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,” he concluded.
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
Sermon made his remarks during an interview with HipHopDX, where he claimed he was “summoned” to Italy last year to work on West’s next solo album, which he says was tentatively titled Y3.
“When my moms had died, May 30, 2023, I was flying to L.A. to work with Ye,” the producer said. “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, followed by the April 5 release of Vultures 3.