“No Solo Album” In The Works For Kanye West; Star Refutes Rumors After Erick Sermon Teases “Y3”

Erick Sermon spoke with media house HipHopDX earlier this month regarding Kanye West’s purported next solo effort. But Ye has refuted the claims, saying that it’s all just “fake news.”

Sermon asserted at the time that he had collaborated with the controversial Chicago MC in Florence, Italy, in 2023 on material unrelated to his collaboration with Ty Dolla Sign on Vultures. He even revealed specifics on the purported release, promising followers the return of the “old Ye.”

He said,

“The record I was working on wasn’t what him and Ty Dolla Sign was doing at the time,”

“I was working on Y3, Ye’s solo album […] Hopefully, we can finish what we started, y’know, ’cause I had him on Hip Hop. I was like, ‘You got to rhyme and we have to do the stuff that you used to do ’cause you ill at that,’ y’know? And he listened […] I had [the old Kanye] back.”

In response to a fan account inquiry about the project, Ye has now said unequivocally that it is not true and he has no solo album in the works, while reserving praise for his newest chart-topping project.

Ye said,

“This is fake news. Ain’t no album called Y3. And ain’t nobody tryna be the ‘old Ye.’ When I made 808s [& Heartbreak] n***as 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 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.”

ERICK SERMON TALKS A BIT ABOUT ‘Y3,’ THE UPCOMING SOLO ALBUM FOR YE 🐐 pic.twitter.com/hFd3JKEwFo

— GoodAssSub (@GoodAssSub) February 28, 2024