Kanye West Is Being Sued By A PASTOR!
04.05.2022 - 21:11
/ perezhilton.com
A pastor in Texas is suing Kanye West for copyright infringement over an allegedly unauthorized sample of a recorded sermon he delivered!
At issue is roughly 20% of Ye’s Come To Life, which appeared on Donda and was a minor hit when it was first released, debuting at number 77 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in September of last year. Of course, the album itself was a major hit, and Ye is world-famous, so pretty much anything he releases is going to get a lot of attention!
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On Tuesday, Bishop David Paul Moten filed a lawsuit in a federal courthouse in Dallas alleging that Ye illegally and extensively sampled his one of his sermons at both the beginning and the end of Come To Life.
In Bishop Moten’s filing, the man of God claims Ye and his co-defendants have “demonstrated an alarming pattern” of illegally sampling sound tracks and others’ recordings. Per Billboard, the claimant wrote in the court docs:
Moten’s suit also focuses specifically on how much of Come To Life is filled with the sermon sample. Adding up the total sample from the song, the plaintiff claims:
At the beginning of the song in question, a voice can be heard saying:
Later in track, the same recording is used with this refrain added, as well:
You can hear the Jesus Walks performer’s full song here:
BTW, Moten’s legal filing refers to multiple “defendants” in addition to Ye. Per TMZ, the pastor is also suing UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings, and G.O.O.D Music in the case. If you’re curious, you can read the court filing HERE.
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It’ll be interesting to see how this case fares. In 2005, a