Kanye West Sued Over Use of Boogie Down Productions Track On ‘Donda' Album - TMZ

Kanye West Sued By BDP ... Our Samples Don't Belong On Your Stem Player!!!

11/7/2022 6:49 PM PT

Kanye West seemingly hasn't done himself immoderate favors successful uploading his Andre 3000 collaboration "Life Of The Party" connected his Stem Player instrumentality … the opus is present astatine the halfway of a suit filed by the grounds institution that owns a celebrated way by KRS-One’s Boogie Down Productions.

According to ineligible docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, the institution says it owns the copyright to BDP’s iconic diss way "South Bronx" and claims Ye ne'er got support to illustration the opus erstwhile helium released the "Donda" bonus way connected the Stem Player.

The institution says Ye and his spouse Alex Klein sold astir 11K Stem Players wrong the archetypal 24 hours of its release, raking successful astir $2.2 cardinal dollars ... but claims they ne'er got support to usage the illustration adjacent though the institution says Ye’s squad initially reached retired to effort to licence it.

The suit alleges the sides ne'er came to an statement and says Ye’s broadside yet retracted its connection to licence it.

However, the suit claims Ye & Co. inactive heavy advertised the way that utilized the “South Bronx” illustration to beforehand income of “Donda” and the Stem Player.

The opus was primitively leaked by Drake up of their patchwork reunion during J Prince’s “Free Larry Hoover” concert.

The institution is present looking to artifact further usage of the opus successful the way and wants Ye and Co. to manus implicit immoderate profits generated disconnected it. Many radical ever told KRS the benignant was terrific ... we conjecture helium wasn't lying!!!