The lawsuit mentioned that Ye and singer Ty Dolla $ign used “immediately recognizable” elements of her music in “Good (Do not Die)” for his or her collaborative album “Vultures 1” after the property had explicitly rejected their request to pattern it.
Representatives for Ye and Ty Dolla $ign, whose given title is Tyrone Griffin, couldn’t be reached for remark. An lawyer for the Summer time property mentioned it will “let the grievance converse for itself.” Ye, who legally modified his title from Kanye West in 2021, sparked outrage in 2022 with a sequence of anti-Semitic social-media posts. The rapper apologized for his remarks in December.
Ye and Griffin launched “Vultures 1” on Feb. 10. It’s at present the best-selling album within the U.S., in accordance with Billboard.
Summer time’s property mentioned that it rejected a request to permit Ye and Griffin to pattern “I Really feel Love” on Feb. 3.
“The Summer time Property not solely thought of the immense industrial worth of the ‘I Really feel Love’ composition, but additionally the potential degradation to Summer time’s legacy,” the grievance mentioned. “West is named a controversial public determine whose conduct has led quite a few manufacturers and enterprise companions to disassociate from him.”
The lawsuit mentioned that Ye and Griffin re-recorded the hook of “I Really feel Love” with a distinct singer for his or her album regardless of the property’s “absolute prohibition” in opposition to using Summer time’s recording or a “soundalike.”
The property requested financial damages and requested the courtroom to completely block Ye and Griffin from infringing Summer time’s copyrights.
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