After what felt like an eternity of delays, broken promises, teases, and listening parties, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, finally dropped the second volume of ‘Vultures’ this Saturday. ‘Vultures 2’ ’ saw many popular collaborators lending their artistic genius to the album. However, one aspect of Ye’s albums that has always stood out, are his iconic cover arts, and ‘Vultures 2’ was no different. As soon as the cover art surfaced, fans noticed a masked person, most likely Ye, holding up a portrait of another man.

While people were confused as to who the man in the portrait was, Ty Dolla $ign revealed how the cover art was so meaningful to him.

Ty Dolla $ign confirmed on Instagram that the person in the ‘Vultures 2’ portrait is his brother, Jabreal Muhammad, also known as Big TC. Through the cover, $ign paid homage to his brother, who is currently serving a life sentence for a crime judgment that the ‘Spicy’ creator vehemently opposes. $ign has been rallying against the judicial system for his brother’s sentence for years. He even released his 2015 debut album, ‘Free TC,’ as a testament to his fight.

In an interview with XXL Magazine, $ign spoke out about his sibling being "wrongly accused" and described his debut album as a “movement.” While Ye’s ‘Vultures’ cover art has always sparked its fair share of controversy, this time around, the reasons for controversy were many others. Now that there is no more delays to pin on Ye, fans have shifted their controversial lens to some other pressing contentious concerns. 

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From sampling controversy to AI allegations, ‘Vultures 2’ is already at the center of controversy just hours after its release. 

There has hardly been a Ye release that has not sparked some polarizing response. True to form, even this time, Ye stirred a wave of backlash for allegedly using AI-generated vocals on several tracks in his latest album, 'Vultures 2'. Among these are ‘SKY CITY’ and ‘FIELD TRIP,’ which, as per fans, sounded like Ty Dolla $ign’s raw vocals were overlaid with Ye’s voice through AI.

On top of that, Ye has been accused of not securing proper permission before allegedly sampling Portishead’s 'Machine Gun'. Band member Geoff Barrow himself took to X to call out the rapper. Nonetheless, despite these hurdles, Ye has managed to top the charts once again with ‘Vultures 2'.

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