Kanye West’s Ye album was released June 1, 2018. Burna Boy had released a song titled Ye earlier that year.
There was a mix up that actually led to many people discovering Burna Boy’s track. Many Nigerians tend to associate this with Burna’s big break into limelight.
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However, this is not the case. Burna Boy has been holding the game down long before then. Ye was a track off Burna Boy’s third studio album “Outside”.
In February 2018, Outside debuted at number three on the Billboard Reggae Albums.
Being his second album to enter the billboard.