Kanye West is being sued over use of sample on the Yeezus standout track, ‘Bound 2’. Former child soul singer Ricky Spicer, now 56, has filed a suit in Manhattan Supreme Court, accusing Kanye of using his voice without permission on the Charlie Wilson-featured track.
Kanye used Spicer’s vocals from his group Ponderosa Twins Plus One’s single ‘Bound’ which was recoded when he was just 12 years old. The suit names Kanye, Roc-A-Fella Records, Universal Music Group, Island Def-Jam Music and Rhino Entertainment as defendants which accuses that “Mr. Spicer’s voice is sampled exactly as he recorded it and his voice… is heard several times.”
Compare the two songs below.
Via Rollingstone
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