Why is Kanye West's new 'Vultures 1' album being removed from streaming services?

The rocky saga of Vultures 1 continues... 

Following the highly-anticipated release of his collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign, controversial rapper Kanye 'Ye' West finds himself embroiled with issues maintaining its presence on streaming platforms.

The album, which sustained multiple delays and changes to its tracklist prior to its final release, vanished from Apple Music and iTunes on Thursday afternoon amidst reports that its initial distributor, FUGA, was aiming to remove it from all streaming services.

Despite the album been briefly pulled off Apple Music and iTunes, it soon reappeared on the platforms through Label Engine, which had previously distributed two of the album's pre-release lead singles.

A FUGA spokesperson told Billboard on Thursday that “a long-standing FUGA client delivered the album Vultures 1 through the platform’s automated processes, violating our service agreement.”

Consequently, the company announced its intention “to remove Vultures 1 from our systems.”

The day before, Spotify took down the track "Good (Don’t Die)" from the album following a complaint from Donna Summer's estate, complaining unauthorised interpolation of her 1977 song "I Feel Love."

Amazon Music and Apple Music followed in later removing the soon. 

West was also forced to remove a sample from a 1983 Black Sabbath live performance of ‘Iron Man' after Ozzy Osbourne blasted the rapper on social media for using it without his permission. 

Osbourne posted on X: “Kanye West asked permission to sample a section of a 1983 live performance of ‘Iron Man’ from the US Festival without vocals & was refused permission because he is an antisemite and has caused untold heartache to many". 

He added: “He went ahead and used the sample anyway at his