YesJulz Blames "Random Girls" For Triggering Ye's Infamous Rant

BY Erika Marie
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YesJulz claims that interruptions during Ye's Vultures recording session led to his controversial outburst in Las Vegas.

More than two years after one of the more chaotic moments from Ye’s Vultures rollout, YesJulz is pointing back inside the room and blaming the company around him for helping derail the night. In a series of X posts Thursday (Oct. 15), the former Yeezy collaborator revisited the December 2023 livestream that captured Ye launching into an antisemitic rant during a late-night recording session in Las Vegas.

According to YesJulz, the stream was meant to give fans a behind-the-scenes look at the album being finished, with Timbaland even contributing remotely. She alleged that a meme creator disrupted that process by inviting “random girls with loud mouths” into the suite. Their interruptions, she said, “triggered him into going on a terrible rant.” YesJulz also claimed the episode ultimately cost Ye hundreds of millions of dollars.

The December 15, 2023, livestream unfolded as Ye and his collaborators were working on Vultures. During the lengthy diatribe, the rapper moved through grievances about the music business, politics, and religion while repeating antisemitic conspiracy theories and invoking Adolf Hitler. Footage from the night also showed someone interrupting Ye near the end of the livestream before someone appeared to usher the person away.

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YesJulz Blames Ye’s Inner Circle, Too

Her criticism did not stop with the guests. YesJulz argued that the larger problem was Ye “surrounded himself with bums” while people who could actually get work done were pushed aside. The complaint fits into a much longer dispute over her own exit from the Vultures operation. Ye announced in March 2024 that YesJulz would no longer be involved in the rollout, claiming activity involving her social accounts and interactions with fans had not been authorized. She pushed back publicly afterward and challenged several people working around Ye, including then-Yeezy chief of staff Milo Yiannopoulos.

Ye issued an apology to the Jewish community in Hebrew later that December, expressing regret for the pain his previous comments caused. The contrition didn't hold. By February 2025, he was again posting antisemitic statements and praising Hitler, and months later released “Heil Hitler,” a song that contributed to the cancellation of a planned South Korean concert and the revocation of his Australian visa.

YesJulz’s account adds more detail about the environment surrounding that particular night in Las Vegas. It also folds the rant back into an argument she's made that dysfunction in Ye’s circle repeatedly swallowed the work people were supposedly there to do.

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Since 2019, Erika Marie has worked as a journalist for HotNewHipHop, covering music, film, television, art, fashion, politics, and all things regarding entertainment. With 20 years in the industry under her belt, Erika Marie moved from a writer on the graveyard shift at HNHH to becoming the Co-Head of Original Content. She has had the pleasure of sitting down with artists and personalities like DJ Jazzy Jeff, Salt ’N Pepa, Nick Cannon, Rah Digga, Rakim, Rapsody, Ari Lennox, Jacquees, Roxanne Shante, Yo-Yo, Sean Paul, Raven Symoné, Queen Naija, Ryan Destiny, DreamDoll, DaniLeigh, Sean Kingston, Reginae Carter, Jason Lee, Kamaiyah, Rome Flynn, Zonnique, Fantasia, and Just Blaze—just to name a few. In addition to one-on-one chats with influential public figures, Erika Marie also covers content connected to the culture. She’s attended and covered the BET Awards as well as private listening parties, the Rolling Loud festival, and other events that emphasize established and rising talents. Detroit-born and Long Beach (CA)-raised, Erika Marie has eclectic music taste that often helps direct the interests she focuses on here at HNHH. She finds it necessary to report on cultural conversations with respect and honor those on the mic and the hardworking teams that help get them there. Moreover, as an advocate for women, Erika Marie pays particular attention to the impact of femcees. She sits down with rising rappers for HNHH—like Big Jade, Kali, Rubi Rose, Armani Caesar, and Amy Luciani—to gain their perspectives on a fast-paced industry.

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