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Renowned entertainment attorney Michael Adler has died.

Renowned entertainment attorney Michael Adler has died.

Kanye West has been sued for alleged copyright infringement over use of a sample on a track from his Donda 2 album.Ye, 45, was accused in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York federal court of using a sample from the 1986 Marshall Jefferson house track Move Your Body, aka The House Music Anthem, without prior permission or paying compensation in his song Flowers, according to an article on Thursday by Billboard.The sample is 'repeated at least 22 times throughout' the song, according to a complaint filed by Jefferson's publisher Ultra International Music Publishing in US District Court in New York. Copyright lawsuit:Kanye West, shown in May in New York City, has been sued for alleged copyright infringement over use of a sample on a track from his Donda 2 albumJefferson, 62, wrote and performed Move Your Body that peaked at number 34 on Billboard's Dance Singles Sales chart in August 1986.Move Your Body first became popular in Jefferson's hometown of Chicago before it was released by Trax Records in July 1986.

In a new series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to HowWeWorkNow@Billboard.com. Read the full series here.