Kanye West updates new album 'ye', adds lyric about slavery
The album was released last week
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One week after releasing ye and Kanye West has changed the lyrics to the album’s opening song.
The track “I Thought About Killing You” now includes a line that alludes to West’s controversial TMZ interview where the rapper said 400 years of slavery “sounded like a choice.”
“If I wasn’t shining so hard, wouldn’t be no shade / Buckwheat-ass n***a, it’s gon’ be otay / Sorry, but I chose not to be no slave,” the updated song goes.
As of writing, the new lyric can only be heard on the censored version of the track, the updated version having been made available on streaming services in the US.
Kim Kardashian West reportedly asked her husband to remove a line from the album while the pair travelled to the infamous Wyoming listening party, although no details on which line was removed have been revealed. Many fans are speculating that the updated lyric may have been the part Kardashian was referring to.
West has previously updated albums post-release, having changed The Life of Pablo multiple times following release. This included adding the song “Saint Pable” and revising the track “Wolves” completely.
Meanwhile, West hosted another listening party today for his collaborative album with Kid Cudi, titled Kids See Ghosts. Watch clips from the event here.
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