Kanye West has found himself in hot water once again, as the estate of another legend has come forward to claim that the controversial rapper didn’t obtain proper clearance to interpolate a classic song.
In an Instagram Story post that dropped on Saturday (February 10), the estate of disco legend Donna Summer — who died in 2012 — said that West didn’t obtain permission for the use of “I Feel Love,” the 1977 classic track co-written by Summer, producer Giorgio Moroder, and Peter Bellotte.
“Kanye West asked permission to use Donna Summer song, ‘I Feel Love,’ [but] he was denied,” the post read. “He changed the words, had someone re-sing it, or used AI but it’s ‘I Feel Love’…copyright infringement!”
The offending song in question is “Good (Don’t Die)” from the Vultures 1 album. You can take a listen to it, alongside “I Feel Love,” below.
HipHopDX has reached out to the attorney of record for Donna Summer’s publishing company, but there was no immediate response.
The story posted by the Summer estate tagged Ozzy Osbourne’s wife, Sharon, in the post — seeming to allude to the Black Sabbath singer’s similarly lodged complaint against West, in which he accused the rapper of using a live sample of “Iron Man” after being denied the right to do so.
Osbourne sent out a PSA on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday (February 9) in the aftermath of the Vultures 1 album event that was live-streamed the night before, during which Ye and Ty Dolla $ign previewed a song featuring elements of an early-eighties live performance by Ozzy of Sabbath’s 1970 track “Iron Man.”
In the post, Osbourne wrote: “@KANYEWEST ASKED PERMISSION TO SAMPLE A SECTION OF A 1983 LIVE PERFORMANCE OF “IRON MAN” FROM THE US FESTIVAL WITHOUT VOCALS & WAS REFUSED PERMISSION BECAUSE HE IS AN ANTISEMITE AND HAS CAUSED UNTOLD HEARTACHE TO MANY. HE WENT AHEAD AND USED THE SAMPLE ANYWAY AT HIS ALBUM LISTENING PARTY LAST NIGHT. I WANT NO ASSOCIATION WITH THIS MAN.”
Upon catching wind of the tweet, Ye took to his Instagram Stories to speculate that a “celebrity handler” must have sent out the tweet via Osbourne’s account, pointing to the fact that, while the Rock legend claimed to want “no association,” he and wife Sharon Osbourne dressed as West and Bianca Censori for Halloween last year.
Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign also allegedly failed to receive permission from the Backstreet Boys to sample their anthem “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” for their new song of nearly the same name.
think of all the things this guy is saying with his kids around. this guy has his kids onstage with him talking all this explicit trash. everyone in rap music is being publicly judged by this person’s actions. don’t get it twisted. time for ye to go. no more support from us for this
Like a lot of these artists with kids aren’t more ratched. Stfu and go back to watching The Sound Of Music with ur sensitive irrelevant self that accidentally wound up here from US People magazine. These ads be getting idiots onto forums they have no reason to be on. Idiots being you. Shouldn’t you be screaming and applauding the NFL bc Swift is dating a player and now it’s doper? Dog.
think of all the things this guy is saying with his kids around. this guy has his kids onstage with him talking all this explicit trash. everyone in rap music is being publicly judged by this person’s actions – especially if you’re an intelligent black male looking to get support for your songs. don’t get it twisted. time for ye to go. no more support from us for this
Meanwhile an intelligent black man is getting ready to preform at the Super Bowl.
And Adidas has zero problems unloading hundreds of millions of dollars of his shoes after all his “controversy”
I’m sure his kids are doing much better off than your own……………
oh well that’s for you people to celebrate – not for me. I wouldn’t have any of his stuff in my house and it’s been years now I’ve had that rule.
First it was the Backstreet Boys. Then it was Ozzy Osborn, now Donna Summers. Wtf Kanye, either get permission from them or come up with some original beats.
That you actually think that he can is the funny part.
YE version better. The estate needs to humble themselves and take that million dollar bag YE is providing. We talking like Donna Summer catalog is on Prince or Michael Jackson level.
YE version better. The estate needs to humble themselves and take that million dollar bag YE is providing. We talking like Donna Summer catalog is on Prince or Michael Jackson level.
That’s what I’m saying!!! Get the mf bag and quit trying to abide by sensitive people. When has money over drama never succeeded??? Quit starving yourselves. Him sampling will generate new as well as younger audiences to you. Hustlers never die!
Stans should shut the fuck up. If he didn’t clear he didn’t clear. She was a “creative” long before him so she should get her due. Fucking internet warrior stan doesn’t understand business.
Ye version trash
Nlllllgggggggerrr
Salty Cr@kk@
Craaaaackerrrrr
Ye’s the GOAT – look at all this free publicity!
Fackin tief!!!