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Kanye West Sued for Copyright Infringement by Singer Who Denied Sample Usage Over His ‘Antisemitic, Racist’ Remarks
Kanye West has been sued by singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who denied sample use of her song due to his 'antisemitic, racist' remarks.
Kanye West has been sued by singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who claims that the rapper sampled her song after she denied his request to do so based on his antisemitic and racist remarks. In the suit, filed yesterday in California federal court and reviewed by Variety, Merton states that West sampled her 2022 song “Blindside” for his track “Gun to My Head” with Ty Dolla Sign and featuring Kid Cudi. BMG explained that “the artist’s values are contrary to our values” and that Merton was “unwilling to compromise her personal beliefs and wanted not to be associated with Ye in any manner.” The suit explains that she has “close ties to the holocaust through Jewish family members who survived its horrors” and that he had made “antisemitic, racist remarks” that were contrary to her beliefs.
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