Kanye West’s Laptop Was Not Stolen, New Music Won’t Be Leaked


For weeks, fans have been waiting for Kanye West to drop his next album. All of that almost came to an end when it was rumored that someone had stolen West’s laptop in Paris.

According to the New York Times, a frenzy was created after an anonymous Twitter account set up shop with a handle called “kanyelaptop” and claimed that they had West’s laptop and his new album YZ 2.0 in their possession. On the Twitter account, the anonymous user has been baiting West fans with embeds of supposed leaks. They sound pretty convincing, but fans weren’t completely sure.

Additionally, West’s collaborator, Malik Yusef, posted to his Twitter account about the ordeal, and for a while, it seemed like the story was true.

“We have the PRIVATE INVESTIGATION FIRMS ON TOP OF @kanyewestSTOLEN LAPTOP!!!!!”

During this time, West’s new song “Awesome” was leaked, which only added fuel to the fire that his laptop was stolen.

Despite the leaked song, it turns out the anonymous account is a hoax. Kanye’s spokesperson cleared up the rumor before it became too damaging. Gabriel Tesoriero, the executive vice president of Def Jam, released a statement about West’s laptop.

“The stories circulating that Kanye West’s laptop has been stolen are completely false. His laptop has never been out of his possession. Hence, the laptop has not been hacked, and there has been no leak of personal data such as unreleased music, photographs, designs, videos or any other personal files. The leak today of the unreleased track ‘Awesome’ was unrelated and completely coincidental.”

Later on, Yusef posted, “As far as I know @kanyewest laptop is safe & sound and not in the possession of @KanyeLaptop Lol! Thank yall 4 bein ready 2 go 2 war 4 art!”

Looks like fans who are still waiting for an official release from Kanye can rest easy. It sounds like the artist still has all of his files.

[Photo by Andreas Rentz / Getty Images]

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