Kanye West Sued for Sampling
All of Kanye West's sampling has caught up to him. Apparently, the Hip-Hop artist has been sued by Kathleen Firrantello, who is the daughter of late jazz musician Joe Farrell, for sampling her father's music without approval. She is seeking compensation in the amount of $1 million dollars. It doesn't stop there, however. She is also charging other artists and their recording companies, such as Method Man, Common, Redman, Def Jam Music Group and its label Roc-A-Fella Records, Universal Music Group with its labels Interscope Records, Geffen Records and A&M Records and Vivendi. The track in question that these artists sampled is "Upon This Rock," which was recorded in 1974. She has asked that no copies of the song be sold, made, or performed in the future. I wonder how this whole thing will turn out. Any thoughts?
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