Ye & Ty Dolla $ign Stole ‘Vultures 1’ Sample From Longtime Friend, Lawsuit Claims
The case, the latest of many against Kanye, claims the two stars never paid for a sample that appeared in their "Vultures" collab.
A new lawsuit has been filed against rapper Ye (formerly Ye) and Ty Dolla $ign, accusing them of stealing a sample from their longtime friend for their 2023 hit song "Vultures." The lawsuit, filed by producers Jaraed Deal and Marlon Barrow, alleges that Ye and Ty unilaterally took a sample from a 2018 track they had co-created, showing a "blatant disregard for their artistic contributions and legal rights."
The pair's legal team states that the use of the sample in "Vultures" was unauthorized and that neither Deal nor Barrow ever consented to its use or received payment for it. Barrow, who has a long-standing relationship with Ty, claims Ty directly requested a copy of the song after hearing the sampled works during a phone call. This lawsuit adds to a growing list of accusations against Ye over alleged unlicensed sampling or interpolating in his career.
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