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“Flowers,” a track off the artist formerly known as Kanye West’s Stem Player exclusive Donda 2, is now at the center of a copyright infringement claim. As Reuters reported on Wednesday, Ultra International Music Publishing LLC (UIMP) alleges the track in question “directly samples” the 1986 song “Move Your Body,” written by house artist Marshall […]
Kanye West is facing a lawsuit after a Texas pastor sued the rapper for sampling his sermon on “Come to Life,” a standout track from Ye’s 2021 album Donda. TMZ reports Bishop David Paul Moten has filed a lawsuit against Kanye, UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings, and G.O.O.D Music, claiming that Ye sampled audio of his sermon without getting permission. […]
Fresh off the release of his new album, It’s Almost Dry, Pusha-T sat down with Vulture’s Craig Jenkins to discuss a variety of topics, including the lengths to which Kanye West will go in order to get samples cleared. “If you know anything about working with Kanye, it’s that it’s a very, very, very tough, tedious, annoying process about […]
Wale and Jerry Seinfeld go way back, and now one of rapper’s most memorable mixtapes, More About Nothing, is about to hit streaming, and it’s all thanks to the comedic legend. Wale shared a video on Twitter revealing that the project, which samples several episodes of Seinfeld and was heavily inspired by the iconic sitcom, will be hitting streaming, and […]
Man on the Moon III: The Chosen has arrived and we are all moon-bound. And while there’s plenty across Kid Cudi‘s new album worthy of a deep-dive in the coming days, an early discussion point has been a certain sample used at the beginning of the fourth track “She Knows This.” The track—featuring production by Dot […]
Nicki Minaj scored a major victory for herself and artists everywhere Wednesday when a judge ruled in her favor in Tracy Chapman’s copyright infringement lawsuit, Variety has learned. U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips determined that Minaj didn’t commit copyright infringement by experimenting with Chapman’s 1988 song “Baby Can I Hold You” prior to seeking her permission […]
Megan Thee Stallion‘s latest single has caused some online drama between Eazy-E‘s children. On Thursday night, the Houston rapper blessed fans with “Girls in the Hood,” a feminine take on N.W.A.‘s 1987 record “Boyz-n-the-Hood” performed by Eazy-E. Hours before the release, Henree Wright, aka ReeMarkable, posted an Instagram video expressing her frustration over the single. ReeMarkable insists she has no issues with any […]
Like many other artists and producers, Russ is using this time of social distancing to boost his creative productivity. The 27-year-old rapper has taken to social media in recent days to share some of his own beats. But there’s one particular clip that has been met with a good amount of roasting. “This is a soul sample, keyboard […]
Lil Wayne and Dre (of Cool & Dre) have been brought together by Fat Joe for his latest single “Pullin,” out Thursday on all streaming platforms. “Oh my god, she bought me flowers, I’m about to smoke ’em all,” Weezy, whose co-headlining tour with blink-182 kicks off later this week, promises in the track’s third verse. […]
Future dropped off his new 7-track Save Me EP on Thursday night. Shortly after its release, fans took to social media to point out the similarities between Future’s new Save Me track “Shotgun” and Ciara‘s 2006 song “Promise.” The two were previously engaged and have a child together, 5-year-old Future Zahir Wilburn. Ok but anyone else notice […]
