Kanye West, Travis Scott, Kendrick Lamar Songs Leaked; Hundreds Of Unheard Hip-Hop Tracks Posted Online
Kanye West, Travis Scott, and Kendrick Lamar's unreleased tracks were reportedly among the hundreds of hip-hop songs allegedly leaked online over the weekend.
Never-before-heard songs by Ye, Scott, Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Gunna, and dozens of other artists allegedly were sold online through what's called a "'group buy." This refers to people contributing money to reach a set amount in order for the leaked tracks to be posted online.
According to HipHop-n-more, which first reported the news, some of the leaked songs came with stems, which raises the possibility of them being remixed by other producers.
Enstarz could not independently verify the authenticity of the leaked songs, some of which have since spread across Reddit, YouTube, and X, formerly Twitter.
Part of the leak was Ye and Scott's collaboration, "Can U Be," which is said to be at least 8 years old.
The full version of the track was released and began circulating on X after a group buy for the song reached its goal of $25,000.
THE CAN U BE GROUPBUY IS OVER
— yeunrlsd 💽 (@yeunrlsd) May 27, 2024
IN 8 HOURS - THE COMMUNITY RAISED $25,000
8 YEARS OF GRAIL, FINALLY LEAKS AFTER AN 8 HR GROUPBUY. pic.twitter.com/h4dk6ttrJO
Some individuals reportedly pitched in as much as $5,000 to the group buy.
Never-before-heard versions of songs from A$AP Rocky's 2018 album "Testing" appeared to have been included as well.
A separate group buy campaign claimed to include West and Lamar's unreleased collaborations.
West teased back in 2016 that he and Lamar have 40 unreleased songs together.
Gunna was reportedly among the biggest victims of the supposed hack, with the rapper allegedly having more than 130 songs leaked.
However, some X users claimed that the files circulating online included just 50 unheard Gunna tracks, with the rest being old verses or releases.
None of the victims of the alleged music leak has publicly addressed the matter as of this writing.
It is unclear whether the tracks are real or created using artificial intelligence.
Despite this, many fans were hyped over the songs, especially West and Scott's collab "Can U Be."
"I absolutely need it," one fan tweeted of the song.
"This is actually insane," another wrote. "I've been waiting for this for years."
However, others accused those selling and buying the songs of stealing from artists. Some also claimed that those pitching in for the group buy could be getting scammed with A.I.
"Gonna be the biggest scam of all time," one person claimed.
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