Kanye West makes foe in hip-hop legend KRS-One: He is being sued for illegal sampling

aA month after many companies dropped it Because of hate speech and even lose it billionaire statusKanye West is now facing legal repercussions from the company that owned the rights to the late 1980s Boogie Down Productions group KRS-One.

It all goes back to “Life of the Party,” the song produced by Ye that featured Andre 3000’s verse and was actually removed from Donda’s album.

Although the cut was not made, the track was uploaded to West experimental stem player. The 2021 mobile streamer, on which Kanye collaborated, has already uploaded the song and BDP now wants to ban further use of the track and for Ye and co. to win over any resulting profits.

Why is KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions suing

Legal documents obtained by TMZ It showed that the company owns the copyright to the popular BDP song “South Bronx” and claims that Kanye didn’t get permission to try the song when he released “Donda” on Stem Player.

According to the lawsuit, Ye and his partner Alex Klein made about $2.2 million in sales of Stem Player just in the early days of its release, and although they were approached to license the sample, no agreement was reached.

Why was the track only released on Steam Player

Rapper Drake leaked the song before the J. Prince “Free Larry Hoover” concert. The impetus was the grudge of Canadian musician Wei in 2021.

Andre 3000, who had a verse in the song, disapproved of West having his hair “clean” (in a last-minute decision) as a tribute to his late mother and the song was eventually pulled from streaming platforms. However, he ended up being a stem player.