Shortly after the release of Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's collaborative album Vultures 2 back in August, Portishead's Geoff Barrow said that the duo’s song “Field Trip” used a sample of his band’s “Machine Gun” without permission. Now Ye has been hit with a lawsuit regarding another sample on that same album, from an artist who’d like to stay far, far away from his antisemitic and otherwise xenophobic nonsense.
Alice Merton Sues Kanye West Over Sample She Denied Because Of His Antisemitism
Stereogum - 26 Mar 2025 23:22
Shortly after the release of Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's collaborative album Vultures 2 back in August, Portishead's Geoff Barrow said that the duo’s song “Field Trip” used a sample of his band’s “Machine Gun” without permission. Now Ye has been hit with a lawsuit regarding another sample on that same album, from an artist who’d like to stay far, far away from his antisemitic and otherwise xenophobic nonsense.
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