Kanye West is being sued for copyright infringement again over a sampling issue
Kanye West has been accused of “blatant theft of musical property” in a new copyright lawsuit over a sample used on his 2021 album ‘Donda’.On Wednesday (July 17), Artist Revenue Advocates (ARA) filed a case on behalf of Khalil Abdul-Rahman Hazzard, Sam Barsh, Dan Seeff, and Josh Mease in Los Angeles federal court. The company stated that Ye used elements from a song called ‘MSD PT2’ on ‘Moon’ and ‘Hurricane’ from his 10th studio record – both tracks peaked in the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2021.According to a Billboard report, ARA – the company that owns the copyrights to ‘MSD PT2’ – claimed that they refused to give West the license to use the song and called the rapper-producer’s actions “blatant theft of musical property”.“This lawsuit is about more than defendants’ failure to pay a fee,” Oren Warshavsky and the other attorneys at BakerHostetler (the law firm representing the plaintiffs) wrote in a statement.“It is about the rights of artists, musicians, and songwriters to determine how their works are published and used.