CEO Daniel Ek addressed the issue in an interview with Reuters, making clear that Ye’s

it was up to Ye’s label, Universal Music’s Def Jam imprint, to pull

just his music, and his music doesn’t violate our policy,” Ek told Reuters,

owns the copyright to Ye’s recordings from 2002 through 2016

York Times, which cites an unnamed source, reported that Ye’s label G

contract with his long-time record company reportedly expired with his 2021 album DONDA

no place for antisemitism in our society,” Def Jam said in a statement to Reuters

made repeated antisemitic comments in interviews and tweets, Hollywood’s major players began publicly calling

Ari Emanuel directly called on Ye’s corporate partners, particularly Spotify and Apple Music, to

plea, talent agency CAA dropped Ye as a client, MRC Entertainment shelved a completed