Kanye West being sued by US pastor after sermon sampled without permission
Kanye West is getting dragged to court over one of his songs on "Donda" because a pastor in Texas claims Yeezy sampled his sermon without his permission.
Ye is being sued by Bishop David Paul Moten, who claims Kanye filled out the song "Come To Life" with audio of Moten's own religious speech.
Bishop David Paul Moten claims parts of the sermon were used for 70 seconds in total on the track Come To Life, according to Texas court documents seen by US showbiz website TMZ.
Moten says his voice and sermon are used in the song intro and looped throughout the song
he says it's the latest example of Kanye and the music industry "willfully and egregiously sampling sound recordings of others without consent or permission."
The phrase "my soul cries out hallelujah and I thank God for saving me" is heard at the start of the track and there are other snippets too.
Bishop Moten is also said to be suing UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings and G.O.O.D Music over the song.