Yeasayer are taking legal action against the stars The Weeknd has denied claims that he and Kendrick Lamar unlawfully used a sample from defunct indie band Yeasayer for their 2018 track ‘Pray For Me’.
As reported in February, the rappers and their creative teams were accused lifting a “distinctive choral performance” from Yeasayer’s 2007 track ‘Sunrise’, tweaking it and then made it a “material and substantial portion” of their hit 2018 single.
A lawsuit filed by Yeasayer claims that Lamar and The Weeknd modified the recording with “intent to conceal the infringement” and used it at least eight times in ‘Pray for Me’.
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