{"id":512323,"date":"2022-11-19T06:11:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kanye-west-dropped-by-stem-player-company-as-it-releases-ye-free-device\/"},"modified":"2022-11-19T06:11:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T03:11:36","slug":"kanye-west-dropped-by-stem-player-company-as-it-releases-ye-free-device","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-dropped-by-stem-player-company-as-it-releases-ye-free-device\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kanye West Dropped By Stem Player Company As It Releases \u2018Ye-Free\u2019 Device"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407eea7e8cb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a407eea7e8cb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-dropped-by-stem-player-company-as-it-releases-ye-free-device\/#%E2%80%9CKanye_West_Dropped_By_Stem_Player_Company_As_It_Releases_%E2%80%98Ye-Free_Device%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Kanye West Dropped By Stem Player Company As It Releases \u2018Ye-Free\u2019 Device&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKanye_West_Dropped_By_Stem_Player_Company_As_It_Releases_%E2%80%98Ye-Free_Device%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Kanye West Dropped By Stem Player Company As It Releases \u2018Ye-Free\u2019 Device&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/11\/kanye-west-dropped-by-stem-player-company-1200x675.png\" alt=\"Kanye West Dropped By Stem Player Company As It Releases \u2018Ye-Free\u2019 Device\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\"><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>\/Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy js-entry-text \" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Kanye West\u2018s business portfolio has suffered another blow as the company behind the Stem Player used to release <em>Donda 2<\/em> has terminated their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2022-11-17\/kanye-west-alex-klein-stem-player-kano-antisemitism\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, Kano, the tech company behind the Stem Player has already released new versions of the device, which are now open for any artist to upload their music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit200\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI asked Kanye not to take the path he\u2019s on,\u201d said the company\u2019s co-founder and CEO Alex Klein. \u201cWe\u2019ve told him that we\u2019re unable to work together while he\u2019s putting out racial conspiracy theories. There\u2019s no deal in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ye made waves when he announced that, rather than distributing his 11th studio album through traditional models,\u00a0<em>Donda 2<\/em> would only be made available through the Stem Player, which he promoted as his \u201cown platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit300\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The idea was to allow fans to be able to customize tracks with the ability to control drums, vocals, bass, samples and more. But fans likely didn\u2019t expect\u00a0<em>Donda 2<\/em> to only be available through that format \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently neither did Apple, which cancelled Ye\u2019s sponsorship deal in response to the February release announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Kano went on to sell 100,000 units of the <em>Donda 2 <\/em>pre-loaded Stem Player, which sold for $200. To date, Klein reports the device has been used to remix over a billion plays of songs, 90% of which has nothing to do with Ye.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit400\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Ye\u2019s recent anti-Semitic comments were the ultimate factor that led Kano to part ways with the rapper, Klein said that there had been issues since the very start of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, Kanye didn\u2019t want to allow other musical artists onto the platform,\u201d he explained. \u201cThis was a disagreement that we had trouble resolving.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit500\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kanye West responded to Klein\u2019s hesitation about keeping other artists from accessing the platform by offering to buy Kano, which specializes in highly customizable tech products.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to sharing his company\u2019s decision with the\u00a0<em>LA Times<\/em>, Alex Klein opened up about his ongoing conversations with Kanye West on various online platforms.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit600\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He first revealed on <em>Reddit<\/em> that Ye, \u201ctried to call me racist when I gently told him that attacking a whole race of people wasn\u2019t good for him or Stem.\u201d Earlier this month, Klein went into more detail during a <em>Discord<\/em> chat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood engineering is about having correct information and acting upon it,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAt the end of the day, as long as what\u2019s flowing through Ye is hatred towards a particular ethnic group \u2026 it\u2019s gonna be very hard for us to collaborate creatively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Alex Klein and his company will remain linked to Kanye West in at least one area: Ye and Kano have been named as co-defendants in two copyright infringement lawsuits tied to samples featured on <em>Donda 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One claim, filed on behalf of artist Marshall Jefferson, alleges that Ye\u2019s \u201cFlowers\u201d includes an unauthorized sample of the 1986 house music hit \u201cMove Your Body.\u201d The other lawsuit was filed by Phase One Network \u2014 which oversees the Boogie Down Productions catalog \u2014 over the unlicensed use of \u201cSouth Bronx\u201d by KRS-One and DJ Scott La Rock.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit700\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The sample of the Hip Hop classic appears on \u201cLife of the Party,\u201d featuring Andre 3000.<\/p>\n<p>The song more prominently samples The Dramatics\u2019 1975 song \u201cI Was the Life of the Party,\u201d as well as snippets of Biggie\u2019s\u00a0\u201cHypnotize,\u201d Herb &amp; the Spices\u2019 \u201cCannibal Cutie\u201d and a viral video of\u00a0DMX\u00a0comforting his daughter while on an amusement park ride.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit800\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ye\u2019s loss of the deal with Kano is just the latest in corporate blowback from comments made via social media and in interviews on platforms including\u00a0<em>Piers Morgan\u00a0Uncensored<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Drink Champs<\/em>. The latter was deemed so inflammatory that REVOLT chose to pull the interview from all platforms within less than 24 hours of its premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Other companies to publicly distance themselves from Kanye West include J.P. Morgan Chase, GAP, adidas, Balenciaga and his talent agency Creative Artists Agency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile outerAdHatch\">\n<div class=\"ad-border\">\n<div class=\"innerAdHatch\">\n<div id=\"contentUnit900\" class=\"adUnits\" inserted=\"shortcode\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With\u00a0<em>Forbes<\/em> estimating $1.5 billion of Ye\u2019s net worth coming from the adidas deal alone, the loss of these recent deals cost the Chicago rapper his status as a billionaire. He is now worth an estimated $400 million.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Tai Saint-Louis\">by Tai Saint-Louis<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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