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Kanye West’s ‘Vultures 1’ Already Has a New Distributor

Kanye West's 'Vultures 1' already has a new distributor. Label Engine is now distributing the album after FUGA said it would remove it.

Label Engine, a distribution company acquired by Create Music Group in 2015, had previously put out the two lead singles from Vultures1. 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.” As a result, the company said it planned “to remove Vultures 1 from our systems.” This created some turbulence for West’s release, which was briefly pulled off Apple Music and iTunes before it reappeared. Billis said the company built its client base in part because “we had a very low [distribution] rate which was 15%, compared to 25% (what a lot of other distributors were charging).”

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