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Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love


Rapper – now known as Ye – used portions of Summer’s 1977 disco classic on his song Good (Don’t Die) with Ty Dolla $ign

In February, Summer’s widow Bruce Sudano filed a lawsuit claiming that the rappers did not have permission to sample the disco classic. The suit claimed that Ye had “shamelessly used instantly recognisable portions” of the song despite having been “explicitly denied” permission to do so. “In the face of this rejection, defendants arrogantly and unilaterally decided they would simply steal I Feel Love and use it without permission.” The song was pulled from streaming platforms.

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