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Kanye West's album pulled from streaming hours after release

Kanye West finally released his so-called "lost" 2022 album Donda 2 to streaming services on Wednesday, but within hours, it had been taken down.

The controversial rapper was threatened with legal action over the album, which West, also known as Ye, initially released via his own platform, Stem Player.

It subsequently arrived on streaming services including as Spotify and YouTube Music.

However, West then posted on social media that DeAndre 'Free' Maiden, who manages two of the featured producers - Jahmal 'Boogz Da Beast' Gwin and Brian 'AllDay' Miller - had contacted him to request the album be taken down over his failure to pay them for their work.

Gwin and Miller were responsible for producing eight of Donda 2's 18 tracks.

West's post showed a screenshot of a message from Maiden, reading: "We did not and do not consent to the usage of our work for Donda 2 or any Ye project! He's owed us $ for almost 3 years now, has refused to pay, yet keeps stealing our work."

After detailing the songs his artists worked on, Maiden added: "The lawyers are getting this taken down within the hour."

In the caption of his post, West commented: "Free Maiden tried to charge me 3 million dollars for these beats from people I showed how to make beats to.

"Now he going to take down Donda 2."

He added: "Managers" with a shrugging emoji.

Last week, West joined the Twitch streaming platform and was banned just seven minutes into his first stream.

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