KRS-One Sues Kanye For Being A Beat Biter And Stealing His Music Without Paying Him
The Blastmaster KRS-One is suing Kanye West for copyright infringement.
The producer, who knows better, tried to pull a fast on one of the Hip-Hop pioneers.
According to TMZ, he sampled Boogie Down Productions’ head honcho’s “South Bronx” on his song “Life Of The Party” featuring Andre 3000 (who would not approve it to go on the commercial release of the DONDA project because Ye dissed Drake in his verse).
Now the song has appeared on the artist’s STEM player as a bonus track on DONDA, but he still needs to do right by one of the most iconic pioneers in Hip-Hopdom.
Ye’s team originally reached out, but the licensing was never completed. The lawsuit alleges the two parties could not agree on the song, and when they did not agree to KRS-One’s number, the deal was canceled.
Still, Ye and his partner Alex Klein released the song anyway.
BDP’s legal team says Kanye sold about 11,000 Stem Players on the first day of release and made approximately $2.2 million. They were so bold, according to the lawsuit, they even promoted the song to push further sales of Donda and the Stem Player.
The lawsuit is similar to legal action Ye is facing for sampling Marshall Jefferson’s 1986 house track “Move Your Body” on “Flowers” without getting permission or providing compensation.
Ye was repped in the lawsuit by the firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, but the firm is trying to drop the rapper over his anti-Semitic rhetoric and comments he made about George Floyd in October.
Y’all better leave KRS-One alone and give his money.
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Author: Kershaw St. Jawnson
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