Digital Nas Says Ye Paid Him "0 Royalties" in 6 Years, Now He's "Ready to Go to War"
Atlanta producer Digital Nas claims six years of work on Ye's last four albums got him "0 royalties" and no publishing. After saying it was "getting handled," he posted that he's "ready to go to war." Ye hasn't responded.
Atlanta producer Digital Nas says six years of work with Ye got him nothing. No royalties. No publishing. And now he says he's done being quiet about it.
It started Saturday, Oct. 3. In a run of Instagram Story posts he later deleted, Digital Nas said his deal with Ye's YZY left him with "0 royalties" and no publishing for his work across Donda, Donda 2 and both Vultures albums. He named songs including "Hurricane" and "Carnival." He said YZY staff stopped answering him, so he asked Ye directly: "call my phone big bro I really gotta talk to you about sum real life stuff I'm going thru." He also said he's retiring from music and can't take care of his family.
A few hours later, he pulled back. "Should've kept this private. I was impatient. I was getting no responses," he wrote. "It's getting handled now."
By Sunday, Oct. 4, that changed. Digital Nas posted a video saying he's been trying to reach Ye "for months" and he's "ready to go to war" over it. "I'm not playing. Y'all think this sh*t a joke?" On his Story he said his career is done because of the contract and warned other producers not to fall for the same thing. "My career is done. Can't feed my fan nothing. Now the world knows. I feel free." On X he added: "Ye era over it's digital nas time."
The timing stings. That same weekend in LA, Ye was at ComplexCon with Playboi Carti showing off an Audemars Piguet he says is worth $1.8 million.
These are Digital Nas's claims. No contract, royalty statement or lawsuit has been made public, and Ye and YZY have not responded publicly. XXL says it reached out to Ye's team for comment. This isn't the first time producers have complained about getting paid for Ye's recent albums, but nothing has been proven in this case.
Will Ye answer, or does this end up in court?
Sources: Complex (Jaelani Turner-Williams, Oct 3, 2026); XXL (C. Vernon Coleman II, Oct 5, 2026); AceShowbiz (Oct 6, 2026); Complex Style (Oct 5, 2026).