Kanye West is once again accused of taking other people's music despite the refusal of the creators or their rights holders.
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The song Good (Don't Die), which appears on her new album Vultures 1, covers Donna Summer's 1977 hit I Feel Love. However, Bruce Sudano, Donna Summer's husband, claimed Kanye West and his collaborator Ty Dolla $ign “shamelessly” stole the teaser after asking for permission to use it, which they were “explicitly denied.”
Donna Summer's estate had stated that it “did not want to be associated with West's controversial history.” This refusal refers to the rapper's racist and anti-Semitic statements.
Bruce Sudano has now filed a lawsuit against the duo in federal court, claiming that “defendants re-recorded key, memorable portions of Donna Summer's iconic song almost verbatim and used them as the hook for their own song, and I am with the knowledge that.” they did it, went public.” had tried in vain to obtain legal permission from its rightful owners and had no right to do so. »
Bruce Sudano, the executor of his late wife's estate, says Kanye West should be required to pay “maximum” damages to Donna Summer's heirs, including her three daughters. He told Rolling Stone: “I intend to protect Donna’s copyright. »