Donna Summer’s estate is suing Kanye West for allegedly ripping off her hit song “I Feel Love” after they denied his request to sample the track. According to court documents obtained by TMZ Tuesday, ...

When hip-hop first started in 1973 at a party thrown by Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, it might have sounded different from the hip-hop we know today, but much of the groundwork has ...

The artist formerly known as Kanye West is back in court—this time over an alleged unauthorized sample used in a track from his Vultures 2 era. According to a new report from TMZ, singer-songwriter ...

Update 4/7/23 5:37 p.m. ET: All in fun! Diddy claimed he was just kidding about having to pay Sting $5,000 a day for the unauthorized use of “Every Breath You Take” in his 1997 hit “I’ll Be Missing ...

When artists sample music, are they stealing or merely being creative and using the work in a new way? Before diving into my research on the art of sampling music, I’ll admit I was the person on the ...

Diddy had everyone running to their calculators for no reason, it turns out, after the rap mogul revealed there's no truth behind him dishing $5,000 per day for sampling one of Sting's songs without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Playboi Carti is calling out Ye West over the unauthorized use of one of his tracks, sparking fresh tension between the two ...

The rapper's 1997 ode to Biggie Smalls famously featured The Police's 'Every Breath You Take.' Sting is raking in the royalties with every breath he takes. According to Diddy, he pays the 71-year-old ...

Highlife music legend Sloopy Mike Gyamfi has levelled accusations of unlawful music sampling against Kuami Eugene In a video, the veteran musician detailed how the former Lynx Entertainment signee ...

Jack Harlow released “First Class” as the second single from his sophomore album Come Home the Kids Miss You. The song sampled the chorus of Fergie’s song “Glamorous,” in which she spells out the ...

Nicki Minaj has agreed to pay Tracy Chapman, pictured, $450,000 for sampling her song without permission. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/StarMaxWorldwide Nicki Minaj ...