A recording of the fourth track off of Kanye West’s Donda, “Off The Grid,” with vocals from American rapper Playboi Carti, played off of Kanye’s speakers in a Belgian hotel during his stay in December 2020 for Carti’s sophomore studio album Whole Lotta Red. Recorded by a Belgian YouTuber, a video was uploaded under the title “outside Kanye’s apartment Playboi Carti wlr leak.” The song ultimately did not appear on Whole Lotta Red, which Kanye executive produced. The video was later copyright claimed by UMG. Pusha T did a reference verse for Kanye.

The song’s entirety was played during the rehearsal for the second Atlanta listening party on August 4, 2021, but when the song was played during the second Atlanta listening party on August 5, 2021, an additional verse and beat switch by American rapper Fivio Foreign was added.

The song was played with an additional verse by Kanye at the Chicago listening party on August 26, 2021.