Kanye West premiered a new song with British grime MC Skepta called “Cash Cow” at his private Vultures party.
Footage from the event, which was held in Los Angeles on Sunday (August 11), offers an insight into the previously unheard track which boasts a hard grime-inspired beat over which Ye and Skepta trade bars.
“How we livin/? / I’m never quittin’ / Feel like whippin’ / Rollie ain’t tickin’ / 818 sippin’ / Sauce spinnin,’” the Boy Better Know star spits.
It is not yet known if the song will appear on Vultures 3 or be one of the many bonus tracks that Kanye has added to Vultures 2, his second collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign that arrived earlier this month.
SKEPTA X KANYE WEST
‘CASH COW’
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Though Kanye West and Skepta’s relationship dates back around a decade, they have yet to officially appear on a track together.
They did, however, collaborate in 2021 when Skepta shared a snippet of Kanye jumping on a remix of his track “Piece of Mind,” around the same time as the G.O.O.D. Music founder’s drawn-out Donda rollout.
The two also crossed paths at London Fashion Week in 2022 following a Burberry’ show, with the duo linking up with Erykah Badu and supermodel Irina Shayk.
Skepta was also credited as a songwriter on the 2018 ye album cut “I Thought About Killing You” alongside fellow grime legend Wiley, although it’s unclear what contributions they made to the song.
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The Chicago and London natives most famously teamed up at the 2015 BRIT Awards where Kanye premiered “All Day” alongside Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London and a number of grime stars.
Kanye also gave Skepta a shoutout at the end of the fiery performance, saying: “Yo, Skepta. Thank you.”
Skepta has long been an admirer of Kanye’s, telling MTV UK in 2013: “I think he’s one of the few Americans that are free. A lot of artists … we get into the music industry and think we’ve got this blueprint that we have to follow.
“But [with] Kanye West, I just feel like every time he brings a CD out, it might not be for everyone … but it’s always fresh, it’s always free.”
