Kanye West sued over “Flowers” sample

Kanye West thought Nicki Minaj “killed him” on her verse in his song ‘Monster’, according to Amber Rose.The rapper’s ex-girlfriend recalled West telling her how impressed he was by Minaj, after Rose had recommended her for the job.“I put Nicki on ‘Monster,’” Rose said in a recent interview on The Ringer‘s Higher Learning of West’s introduction to Minaj.“He didn’t know who Nicki was back then. I had Nicki pull up to the studio and I put her on ‘Monster.’ She was still coming up and I saw her in the studio and I was like, ‘Oh my god this bitch is fucking talented as hell,’ and then I went back to Kanye and I was like, ‘You need to get this girl Nicki on ‘Monster,’ and he was like, ‘Who? What? No.’”Rose claimed West wanted Minaj’s verse to be removed from the song at one point, because it was too good.

20/20 vision. Amber Rose claimed that she saw her ex-boyfriend Kanye West’s split from Kim Kardashian coming.

Kanye West has dropped out of his upcoming headline performance at this year's Rolling Loud Miami, with Kid Cudi replacing him on the festival bill. He joins fellow headliners Future and Kendrick Lamar at the three day event, which takes place July 22-24. “We were looking forward to Ye headlining Rolling Loud Miami 2022,” Rolling Loud co-founders Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler said in a statement shared with Pitchfork.

Kanye West has shared his love for Steve Lacy‘s new album, calling the Internet guitarist “one of the most inspiring people on the planet”.Lacy released his second solo album, ‘Gemini Rights’, on Friday (July 15). It has gone on to receive critical acclaim and the love of a host of artists.Taking to Instagram to thank fans for their support, Lacy wrote: gemini rights is outttt.

Kid Cudi is stepping in to headline Rolling Loud Miami after Kanye “Ye” West pulled out of the three-day festival. Rolling Loud made the announcement on Twitter Sunday, sharing that West's departure was due to circumstances «outside» of their control.«Due to circumstances outside of our control, Ye will no longer be performing at Rolling Loud Miami 2022.

Kanye West will no longer headline this year’s edition of Rolling Loud in Miami, with Kid Cudi – a longtime colleague of West’s, with whom the controversial rapper shares a storied past – confirmed as his replacement.The line-up change was announced earlier this afternoon (July 17), with Rolling Loud’s organisers saying it came “due to circumstances outside of our control”. West is yet to address the cancellation of his set, and in a statement offered by the festival’s co-founders, Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler, it’s noted that West simply “decided that he will no longer be performing”.“We spent months working with him and his team,” the pair explained (via Pitchfork).

Kanye West is facing a $7.1 million lawsuit from a production company that claims the artist hasn't paid them for services rendered, TMZ reports. In the complaint, Phantom Labs claims that West reneged on promised payments for shows they produced between June 2021 and March 2022, including his "Free Larry Hoover" show with Drake, a Donda 2 listening event in Miami, 4 weeks' worth of Sunday Service productions, and West's canceled headlining show at Coachella 2022.

Kanye West is being sued $7.1million (£6million) by an LA production company over claims of unpaid fees for a series of events.According to the lawsuit, which was filed yesterday (July 14) at Los Angeles County’s Superior Court, West and his team owe Phantom Labs for fees on his ‘Donda 2’ livestream earlier this year, his cancelled Coachella 2022 appearance, last year’s ‘Free Larry Hoover’ concert with Drake, a number of his Sunday Services and the rapper’s studio spaces, reports Variety.The company alleges that, as the unpaid bills began piling up from multiple projects, it was assured that everything would be paid up once the rapper now known as Ye, collected a reported $9million (£7.6million) fee for appearing at Coachella.When West pulled out of that appearance with weeks to spare, the company said it was on the hook not just for the millions already owed for past collaborations but for money it had also paid other vendors for the cancelled festival appearance.The rapper allegedly hired Phantom Labs in October 2021 to “run a renovation project” at a Los Angeles warehouse West was converting into an office and creative space. The rapper also allegedly hired the company to produce four consecutive Sunday Service events in November of that year.

Another day, another Kanye lawsuit. And yes, that is the second time we’ve said that this week.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticHip-hop titan Kanye West, a.k.a. Ye, is the subject of a lawsuit filed Thursday that alleges he and his firms are holding out on more than $7.1 million owed to a production and design firm that worked on his “Donda 2” livestream release show, his canceled Coachella appearance, the “Free Larry Hoover” concert with Drake, several “Sunday Services” and the rapper’s studio spaces.The firm, Phantom Labs, alleges that, as the unpaid bills began piling up from multiple projects, it was assured that everything would be paid up once the star collected a reported $9 million fee for appearing at Coachella.

It’s North West‘s world, and we’re just living in it! The 9-year-old made a major fashion state while attending Haute Couture Fashion Week in Paris with mom Kim Kardashian.

Joe Biden still has two more years in office, but now is the time for those gearing up to run in 2024 to be making their names heard. After watching Donald J Trump in office, it seems like anyone can be on the ballot.

Kanye West has been sued over an allegedly uncleared sample in a track on his recent ‘Donda 2’ album. According to the publisher of the sampled song, West’s track ‘Flowers’ repeats the uncleared sample at least 22 times.The sampled track is ‘Move Your Body’ by Marshall Jefferson, which is published by plaintiff Ultra International Music Publishing.

Kanye West has been sued over an unauthorised sample that appears on ‘Flowers’, a track that features on the rapper’s latest album, ‘Donda 2’.As Billboard reports, a complaint was brought forward in a New York federal court on Wednesday (June 29) by Chicago house musician Marshall Jefferson‘s publisher, Ultra International Music Publishing (UIMP).According to the suit, Ye sampled Jefferson’s 1986 house song ‘Move Your Body’ (also known as ‘House Music Anthem’) on ‘Flowers’ without permission or compensation. A sample of ‘Move Your Body’, UIMP allege, is “repeated at least 22 times” throughout ‘Flowers’.According to the suit, West acknowledged to both Jefferson and UIMP that he had sampled the song without permission.

Leave it to Kim Kardashian to make the cutout trend even sexier. The reality star flaunted her curves in a sheer dress that featured a peek-a-boo detail at the waist.