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Kanye West does a partial U-turn and releases track from ‘Life of Pablo’ album on Apple Music

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Kanye West, who previously said that his Life of Pablo album would “never never be on Apple” appears to have partially changed his mind, Pitchfork noting that the ‘Famous’ track from the album is now available on Apple Music.

West’s previous tweet was one of a series that made for entertaining reading, the rapper also begging for $1B investment in “Kanye ideas” and claiming to be $53M in debt.

The version available in Apple Music does have one changed lyric, “she in school to be a real estate agent” replacing she be Puerto Rican day parade wavin’.”

Apple updated its Android app last week, while Shazam for iOS made it easier to add Shazammed songs to Apple Music libraries.

Via The Verge

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Comments

  1. Joe (@JoeC128) - 8 years ago

    Nobody cares about this celeb nonsense, I repeat nobody. Just a silly Apple way how to get more teenagers on board. They should rather lower the AM pricing.

  2. 311sie - 8 years ago

    Cannot wait for nature to dispose of this pest.

  3. Howie Isaacks - 8 years ago

    So what? He sucks. He can stay off of Apple Music. No one will care.

  4. Cory © (@Nardes) - 8 years ago

    I CARE. THIS IS A GOD DREAM!

  5. Sterling Miller - 8 years ago

    OMG no one cares about this idiot. If I would work for Apple I wouldn’t have allowed him to put it up there, and said “now deal with your stupid comments and ideas…idiot”

  6. july19blog - 8 years ago

    With all due respect for the people saying “nobody” cares, you are absolutely wrong. Many many people LOVE Kanye, that is why the media is reporting every single move he makes! I listen to The Life of Pablo on a daily basis because I think it is an amazing album and because I think Ye is a genius!!

    • 89p13 - 8 years ago

      “Many many people LOVE Kanye, that is why the media is reporting every single move he makes!”

      Same way the Kardashian Klowns are so loved by the media. Absolutely No Talent – Except Self-Promotion – but they all generate Klicks.

      Kanye Kardashian – Who Gives a $%?T

      • July - 8 years ago

        Woah easy there, we were talking about Yeezy!! Same thing applies for the Kardashians though, they also have a huge fan base that follows every thing they do and I feel like they have their own type of talent, being loved by millions of people. I wouldn’t mind that talent to be honest. Back to Ye though, he is a genius in his field and that´s why he is where he is today.

    • verizon2828 - 8 years ago

      Kanye is a fucking douchebag and his music sucks. Dude just needs to crawl in a cave and never be heard from again. Arrogant asshole.

  7. rahhbriley - 8 years ago

    Not that anyone is open to changing their views….but I’ll throw my two cents in anyway.

    Kanye makes/made good ass music. If you can’t recognize that, you’re more focused on giving him zero credit because he’s annoying, than actually being objective. Or possibly you don’t care for the entire genre of what he makes, but that is another issue.

    Kanye is very aware of the image he portrays. The image he presents to the public is very contrived and purposeful, for better or worse. My opinion of him as a person is very low, but it is partially based on the fact that I think a person that acts the way he does, whether contrived or not, is very off putting.

    In conclusion, he is kind of a shitty person, that can make really good music. IF you can separate the two, you might be able to enjoy his music. Not that he deserves to have you give that kind of consideration, but I think that is very different than saying he makes bad music. That simply, is not true.

  8. scumbolt2014 - 8 years ago

    Fuck the singing piece of shit Kanye West

  9. Tim LeVier - 8 years ago

    Kanye: “Wait, DeadMau5 is on Apple Music? I can take him on with just one song.”

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