The 45-year-old music superstar is being sued over a sample featured on his latest album, Donda 2, which was released earlier in 2022.
The lawsuit is for copyright infringement, and claims one of the songs used a sample that was unauthorized.
Ultra International Music Publishing (UIMP) is suing Kanye and the creators of the Stem Player for the song “Flowers,”
The suit, filed in a New York federal court, alleges that a repeated sample of Marshall Jefferson’s 1986 Chicago house song “Move Your Body” was unauthorized.
It also claims that the musician acknowledged to Marshall Jefferson and UIMP that he sampled “Move Your Body” without permission, and that it’s “repeated at least 22 times.”
UIMP is seeking damages, profits, a cease in distribution and a jury trial.