Could 4 (Reuters) – A Texas minister is suing Kanye West, saying the rapper, producer and entrepreneur used a recording of one among his sermons with out permission within the tune “Come to Life.”
Dallas County, Texas, pastor David Paul Moten sued West, his label Common Music Group (UMG.AS), and its subsidiaries Def Jam Recordings and the West-founded G.O.O.D. Music on Tuesday in Dallas federal court docket. The copyright infringement lawsuit says a minimum of two sections of “Come to Life” characteristic excerpts from Moten’s sermon.
UMG and an legal professional for Moten didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon the lawsuit. West, who legally modified his title to Ye final yr, couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
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Moten claims samples from his sermon comprise over 20% of “Come to Life,” which appeared on West’s hit album “Donda” final yr. Named for West’s late mom, “Donda” went to the highest of the Billboard charts and was nominated for a Grammy award for album of the yr.
Moten stated within the lawsuit that West has proven an “alarming sample” of “willfully and egregiously sampling sound recordings of others with out consent.”
West has beforehand settled lawsuits over samples of a Hungarian singer on the 2013 tune “New Slaves,” a toddler’s prayer on the 2016 tune “Ultralight Beam,” and a theater work about Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey on “Freeee (Ghost City Pt. 2),” a 2018 collaboration with rapper Child Cudi.
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Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington, D.C.
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