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French Montana has reached a settlement to end a lawsuit claiming his 2022 song “Blue Chills” features an unlicensed sample, resolving allegations that he’d tentatively agreed to pay for the clip but never actually did so. Skylar Gudasz’s 2020 song “Femme Fatale” can be heard playing throughout French’s track — and in a lawsuit filed last year, she claimed the rapper’s reps initially offered to pay her for the sample. […]
Steve Miller has praised Eminem for his sampling of the Steve Miller Band's 1982 hit "Abracadabra" in the rapper's new single, "Houdini.""Hey EM," Miller wrote in an Instagram post, "there is a long chain of stories, poetry, lyrics and musical roots that have crossed cultures and generations inspiring the whole world for hundreds of years and in all those lines of thought, music and rhythm there are special artists who take […]
A lawsuit from 2022 involving King Crimson and Kanye West has finally been settled.Two years ago, Declan Colgan Music Ltd (DCM) sued Universal Music Group (UMG) for underpaid streaming royalties from Kanye West's 2010 song, "Power," which samples King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man." (DCM owns the mechanical rights to Crimson's 1969 song.)Back in 2010, DCM alleged that West did not properly license "21st Century Schizoid Man" before uploading his own song to YouTube and […]
This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings and all the fun stuff in between. This week: Mary J. Blige’s 1992 “Real Love” draws a new copyright case over an oft-sampled funk song with a long history in both hip hop and music law; Madonna strikes back against angry fans who sued […]
Kodak Black apparently can’t get in touch with Plies to clear a sample for his new song, so he’s put the call out on social media.In an Instagram Live on Thursday (March 28), Yak made a plea for the “Shawty” creator or anyone on his team to help him out.“I need somebody from Plies camp or Plies himself or whatever to tighten down,” he said. “‘Cause I got a song […]
Ozzy Osbourne has taken to social media to blast Kanye West for using an unauthorized Black Sabbath sample after the English rock band denied his clearance request.In a post today (February 9) on X (formerly Twitter), the Black Sabbath frontman sent out a PSA in the aftermath of the ‘Vultures’ album event that was live streamed the night before, during which Ye and Ty Dolla $ign previewed a song featuring […]
Ozzy Osbourne has condemned Kanye West for using a sample of "War Pigs" without his permission, saying he wants "no association" with the rapper.According a social media post made by Osbourne, West had requested his permission to use a section of a 1983 live version of "War Pigs," which he denied. He went on to claim that West used the sample anyway at his album release party in Chicago on […]
Chaka Khan has taken a more enlightened approach to Kanye West‘s use of a sample of her classic song, “Through The Fire,” for his debut single “Through The Wire.”The legendary diva spoke with Rolling Stone for an interview that went live on Thursday (December 28). There, she revealed that while she wasn’t a fan of the song at first, she couldn’t blame Ye for her disdain. Because she did give […]
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