Kanye West Is Apparently Editing His Previously Released Music

Photo of Kanye West performing at 2015 Grammy Awards, by John Shearer


While there was much fanfare around Kanye West's decision to pull and re-release his latest album The Life of Pablo, it seems he didn't stop there.

As a very observant fan has noticed, the version of Yeezus track “Send It Up” currently on Apple Music is slightly different from the original rendition of the song released in 2013.

Spin first reported the change, noting the music around the 1:25 mark of the song has been removed, with Ye's lyrics in tact, sans any instrumentation.

Additionally, another fan has observed audible changes in "Black Skinhead," which now features a noticeably different vocal on the verse beginning with, "For my theme song..." It now sounds deeper and more distorted.

To be clear, these are almost microscopic differences, but it's certainly unusual for a A-list artist such as Kanye West to be revisiting his old material and changing what he doesn't like three years later.

At press time, it's unknown if West might have gone back and edited other songs in his catalog.

A rep for West was not immediately available for comment.