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Kanye West RETIRING from ‘professional’ music according to an alleged text exchange with Rich The Kid
After 10 studio albums and 24 Grammy wins, Kanye West is allegedly retiring from ‘professional music.’
News of the Flashing Lights hitmaker’s, 47, shock retirement plans were revealed in an alleged text message exchange with rapper Rich The Kid.
Rich The Kid, 31, uploaded a screenshot to his Instagram Story of messages he’d received from an iPhone contact under the name ‘Ye.’
The text from a person believed to be West — who legally changed his name from Kanye West to Ye in 2021 — read: ‘I’m retiring from professional music. Not sure what else to do’
Rich then tried to convince the father-of-four to reconsider his decision, even bringing up the recent success of his Vultures 1 album with rapper Ty Dolla $ign.
‘Retire? Why ? How ? The [people] NEED you the music you & Ty & we have made was the BIGGEST STAMP in culture to this date In 2024,’ he wrote.
online, Rich went on to delete the text screenshot from his Instagram Story
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Rich was notably featured on West and Ty’s lead single Carnival, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart when it debuted in March.
The song also marked West’s first #1 hit in 13 years – his last being Katy Perry’s 2011 single E.T.
‘Drop Ye about mine & V2 and we do it all over again,’ Rich continued. ‘the kids need you big bra fasho maybe some time to chill buy retiring ain’t it.’
After news of Ye’s retirement gained traction online, Rich went on to delete the screenshot from his Instagram Story.
This sparked fan speculation that he may have made the post to stir up publicity for his upcoming album, Life’s A Gamble.