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Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign are going through a copyright infringement lawsuit after sampling a Donna Summer time track on their new album Vultures. The late star’s husband Bruce Sudano, who’s the executor of her property, filed the swimsuit towards the 2 rappers in California on Tuesday, February 27, and claimed that Kanye, 46, and Ty, 41, weren’t given permission to make use of Donna’s track “I Really feel Love” on their track “Good (Don’t Die).”

In line with Bruce, Kanye and Ty reached out to Donna’s property about sampling her track, however they had been denied. “The Summer time Property not solely thought of the immense industrial worth of the ‘I FEEL LOVE’ composition, but additionally the potential degradation to Summer time’s legacy,” the lawsuit learn, based on Pitch Fork. It additionally famous that Kanye “is named a controversial public determine whose conduct has led quite a few manufacturers and enterprise companions to disassociate from him.”

Bruce claimed that after turning down Kanye and Ty’s request, the musicians went to Donna’s document label, Common Music Enterprises, relating to utilizing the track of their album. The label additionally denied them, however they nonetheless sampled “I Really feel Love” on their album “with out permission.” Bruce’s swimsuit described Kanye and Ty’s use of the track on Vultures as “an unauthorized interpolation.”

Per Selection, the swimsuit from Donna’s property seeks to “get better compensatory damages, most statutory damages, attorneys’ charges and disgorgement of any earnings.” The swimsuit is reportedly requesting $150,000 for every act of infringement. Kanye and Ty’s attorneys have but to talk out concerning the case.

After Vultures was launched February 10, Bruce launched a assertion on Instagram slamming the rappers for stealing Donna’s track. “@kanyewest requested permission to make use of Donna Summer time’s track I Really feel Love, he was denied… he modified the phrases, had somebody re sing it or used AI however it’s I Really feel Love… copyright infringement!!!” Bruce wrote. After his criticism, “Good (Don’t Die)” was faraway from streaming providers together with Spotify.

Kanye’s new album additionally encompasses a sampling of Ozzy Osbourne‘s track “Warfare Pigs,” however Ozzy claimed on social media earlier in February that Kanye didn’t have his permission to take action. The Black Sabbath rocker stated he turned down Kanye’s request to make use of the track due to the rapper’s antisemitic conduct.