¥$ is an American hip hop superduo composed of rapper Kanye West and singer Ty Dolla Sign. With the two maintaining a strong relationship during 2023, West invited Ty Dolla Sign to record songs in Tokyo, Italy, and later Saudi Arabia. During the recording sessions for West's eleventh studio album, the duo began work on their collaborative effort, Vultures 1.
Despite mixed critical response, Vultures 1 was met with commercial success, debuting atop the Billboard 200 and spawning the single "Carnival", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100. After several delays, the duo's second album, Vultures 2, was released in August of that year; it was met with weaker sales-peaking at number two on the Billboard 200-and negative reception from critics, who cited the album as exceedingly unfinished. They won Best Group at the 2024 BET Awards.