Donna Summer’s Estate BLASTS Kanye West For Using Song Sample Without Permission: 'Copyright Infringement'
perezhilton.comStrike two for Kanye West. Donna Summer’s estate is coming for the disgraced rapper after he apparently sampled one of her songs without permission.
On Saturday, reps on the late star’s official Instagram page posted about the situation. They revealed that the Yeezy founder asked to use a snippet of one of her songs on Vultures and was denied.
But then he went ahead and did it anyway: If you’re not familiar with the single, this is it (below): Donna passed away from lung cancer in 2012 at 63 years old, BTW. Related: Usher Performs Nostalgic Super Bowl Halftime Show With Surprise Guests! And now, there are major issues with Ye sampling that track!
As you can see (below), Summer’s estate was not at all happy with the usage: They also tagged the Ghost Town rapper, Ty Dolla $ign, who is working on the Vultures album with Ye, Warner Chappell Music, and Universal Music Group… And also Sharon Osbourne, who is going through similar copyright infringement situation with her musician husband Ozzy Osbourne against Ye.
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