Vultures 1 is the debut studio album by American hip hop supergroup ¥$, composed of rapper Kanye West and singer Ty Dolla Sign. It was released independently by the former's YZY brand on February 10, 2024, commemorating the 20th anniversary of Ye's debut studio album, The College Dropout. Guest appearances include West's daughter North, Freddie Gibbs, Mike Tyson, YG, Nipsey Hussle, Quavo, Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Bump J, Lil Durk, Rich the Kid, and Chris Brown. Production was primarily handled by West himself, alongside Digital Nas, the Legendary Traxster, 88-Keys, JPEGMafia, DJ Camper, Chrishan, Ojivolta, Anthony Kilhoffer, No I.D., Timbaland, Swizz Beatz, Wheezy, and others.
The symbol next to the dollar in West and Ty Dolla Sign's duo name of ¥$ represents the Japanese yen currency, as displayed on a banknote.
Vultures 1 listening party in Bologna, Italy, showing the LED wall over a smoke-covered stage
The original cover art for Vultures 1 incorporated Caspar David Friedrich's Landscape with Graves.
The album stood as West's third record to spend two weeks atop the US Billboard 200 and his first since Watch the Throne, his 2011 collaborative album with Jay-Z.
¥$ is an American hip hop supergroup composed of rapper Kanye West and singer Ty Dolla Sign. With the two maintaining a strong relationship during 2023, Ty was one of the select few West invited to record music with in Tokyo, Japan and later in Italy. During the recording sessions for West's eleventh studio album, they decided to set aside some of their music and create their three-volume collaborative album series, Vultures. The duo released the first installment, Vultures 1, on February 10, 2024.
Ye (left) and Ty Dolla Sign (right), the two members of ¥$
