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Ye Hit With Lawsuit Over Alleged ‘Vultures 1’ Sample From 1994 Track: ‘Deliberate Theft’

Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Ty Dolla $ign are facing a lawsuit claiming a song on "Vultures 1" featured uncleared samples from a 1994 hip-hop track.

Ye (formerly Kanye West) is facing a new lawsuit over Vultures 1 from a group of Memphis rappers who claim the star and Ty Dolla $ign committed “brazen” copyright infringement by sampling a song after failing to secure a license. The case – the latest in a long list of such lawsuits against Ye – claims the track “Fuk Sumn” is “riddled” with illegal samples from a 1994 song called “Drink a Yak (Part 2)” by the artists Criminal Manne (Vanda Watkins), DJ Squeeky (Hayward Ivy) and the late Kilo G (Robert L. Johnson Jr.) “After numerous unsuccessful attempts at resolving this matter directly with the responsible parties, plaintiffs have been left with no other method of recourse than to bring this cause of action,” attorneys for the accusers write in a complaint filed Wednesday.

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