Kanye West unveiled the duvet artwork for his upcoming solo album Bully on Wednesday (October 23). The polarizing rapper/producer recruited Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama to create the album’s cowl.
Moriyama is finest recognized for his high-contrast black-and-white pictures. The 86-year-old photographer received the Hasselblad Basis Worldwide Award, touted because the Nobel Prize for pictures.
West allowed followers to see Bully’s cowl, however they’re nonetheless ready for the album’s launch date. Contemplating Ye’s observe file, any launch date is extra of a tough estimate. His tasks have repeatedly been delayed or dropped a day later than anticipated in recent times.
Bully will probably be West’s first solo album since 2021’s Donda. Earlier this 12 months, he launched two albums – Vultures 1 and 2 – with Ty Dolla $ign. The duo billed themselves as ¥$.
West is presently dealing with assault allegations from his former assistant Lauren Pisciotta. Ye’s ex-employee accused him of sexually assaulting at considered one of Diddy’s studio classes. Pisciotta mentioned she was given a drink “laced with an unidentified drug.” She had no reminiscence of what occurred that evening till Ye later informed her they “type of hook[ed] up just a little.”
“She couldn’t abdomen the truth that she labored for the person who had sexually assaulted her towards her will whereas she was drugged, who then efficiently lured her again into his orbit by means of a job alternative to sexually assault her yet again,” Pisciotta’s lawsuit declared.
Pisciotta initially sued West in June. She filed an amended criticism in October.
A authorized rep for Ye accused Pisciotta of “blackmail and extortion” when she first sued him over the summer season. The rep claimed Pisciotta was fired for being unqualified, demanding an “unreasonable” wage and “quite a few documented incidents of her lascivious, unhinged conduct.” The rep mentioned her lawsuit was full of “baseless” allegations.
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