Kanye West’s new album is coming out soon, and he’s making sure his fans are prepared by releasing a new version of his most famous piece of music technology: the Stem Player.
In a since-deleted Instagram post on Sunday (February 20), Kanye West boasted about the financial success of his first release in the Yeezy Tech line.
Kanye with a @stemplayer success update pic.twitter.com/IJmkxgRN2z
— Watching the Throne (@KanyePodcast) February 20, 2022
“To make $2.2 million from one day of sales of the stem player, it would have had to stream 500 million times. We did more revenue on stem player, without the album even being out, than we would have done with the album being out on streaming.’
Ye stats that because he ended his relationship with Apple Music and declared that “Donda 2” wouldn’t be released on streaming platforms, he wants people to buy the Stem Player so they can hear it.
“Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. It’s time to take control and build our own.”
