Kanye West, also known as Ye, is facing yet another copyright lawsuit for allegedly using an instrumental track in two of his songs without permission.
The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, accuses Kanye of illegally incorporating elements of the song MSD PT2 in his tracks Moon and Hurricane from his 2021 album Donda.
The company that owns the rights to the original song has accused Kanye of “stealing” it.
“This lawsuit is about more than defendants’ failure to pay a fee,” said the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Oren Warshavsky, via Billboard. “It is about the rights of artists, musicians, and songwriters to determine how their works are published and used.”
Warshavsky continued, “Intellectual property owners have a right to decide how their property is exploited and need to be able to prevent shameless infringers from simply stealing.”
The lawsuit also claims that in an act of “blatant brazenness,” Kanye credited the original creators of MSD PT2 as songwriters, even though they had refused his request to work with them.
This lawsuit follows a recent settlement with the estate of Donna Summer over claims that Kanye and Ty Dolla $ign used her song I Feel Love without permission in their track Good (Don’t Lie).
Kanye West has also been sued by other artists in the past for similar copyright infringement claims.
