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With ‘Carnival,’ Ye and Ty Dolla $ign Shouted Down Controversy With a Viral X-Rated Hook
Ye's 'Carnival,' a collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign, Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti, was seemingly a work in progress until the day it was released.
Producers Ojivolta, the Legendary Traxster and Digital Nas were brought in to round out the sound — and fans of Italian football club Inter Milan, known as “ultras,” were tapped to chant the chorus. When “Carnival” debuted at a listening event in February, it incorporated a sample of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man,” which prompted lead singer Ozzy Osbourne to issue a cease and desist. 25 song of the year was a rare positive note for a formerly widely admired artist whose indefensibly racist and hateful public comments have cost him a huge percentage of his fan base, not to mention $2 billion of his net worth.
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