It looks like Raekwon isn’t the only emcee being served for the use of uncleared samples. Now, in a recent report from HipHopWired, G.O.O.D. Music impresario Kanye West has been hit with a suit over samples on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
Label TufAmerica is suing Yeezy over the use of a sample of Eddie Bo’s “Hook & Sling” on two songs off his 2010 LP, “Who Will Survive In America” and “Lost In The World.” According to the suit, Roc-a-Fella Records and Universal Music Group did actually pay a whopping $62,500 to clear the sample, but failed to “enter into written license agreements that accounted for their multiple other uses” of the 1969 song.
TufAmerica, who acquired the rights to the song in 1996, is suing the Roc and UMG for copyright infringement for an unspecified amount.
Surprisingly, this isn’t the only sample-related lawsuit that the Chicago emcee/producer is currently facing. Kanye was hit with a $500,000 lawsuit over the illegal use of The Persuaders’ “Trying Girls Out” back in March.
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Nigga keeps getting sued… LMAO
he tries to act like he’s above the law but as soon as his limp dicked sex tape leaked he’s quick to threaten people with lawsuits.. I don’t think this cat realizes what goes around comes around, and he pisses people off.. I predict the worst is yet to come for this dude
no one cares what you predict nigga. no one
he is the one being sued, no suing. Stupid.
lol anon2 this is true.
you’re a fucking retard, learn how to read. also, you’re opinion is ass.
“he tries to act like he’s above the law but as soon as his limp dicked sex tape leaked he’s quick to threaten people with lawsuits.. I don’t think this cat realizes what goes around comes around, and he pisses people off.. I predict the worst is yet to come for this dude”
^ gossip whore
if you would have READ the story, it’s some nerd at Universal who screwed up the paperwork, not Kanye and his ego.
this is getting sooo fucking out of hand and scary. dont these fucks know that sampling is homages to music?
No little kid, it’s YOU who don’t understand the business of sampling.
“Roc-a-Fella Records and Universal Music Group did actually pay a whopping $62,500 to clear the sample, but failed to “enter into written license agreements that accounted for their multiple other uses of the 1969 song.”
^ this is a rookie publisher mistake. NOTHING to do with paying homage. Someone did what you kids do ALL THE TIME here, failed to think it all the way through before you hit submit.
Probably too caught up in “clearing samples for Kanye West”, instead of CLEARING SAMPLES AND LICENSING SAID CLEARED SAMPLES, the REAL JOB.
Fuck an homage, you use my shit, pay me for it. Aint no 2 ways about it, I don’t see what’s hard to understand. If you use my shit and get money off it, give me my cut. It should go without saying if so many people in the world weren’t pieces of shit who want something for nothing
^ this is a rookie publisher mistake
Nah its not. They will pay far less to settle the suit than they would have paid to license the tracks BEFORE they actually made any money on them…
BETTER SUE TIMBALAND TOO OR JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE FOR SEXYBACK. THE BEGINNING OF THAT SAMPLE.
What the hell is this nigga wearing?
man i bet you’re the real fashionista. faggot.
I believe in sampling. Down with the “illegal” statutes!
desperate people failing to realise the appeal of sampling to a new audience, especially if the record sampled has been sampled by someone like Ye…
MPC & Piano + FL Studio = Free
and soon it will be cruel summer
more writers than rappers
WU TANG CLAN SHOULD BE NEXT TO SIGN WITH G.O.O.D MUSIC!
just ate a fried chicken breasts like a bawse