West’s antisemitic remarks lead to suit

Kanye West is being sued for copyright infringement, but it’s his antisemitic and racist screeds that are taking center stage in the lawsuit. German artist Alice Merton as well as two German corporations are suing the 47-year-old rapper, legally known as Ye, for allegedly sampling Merton’s 2022 song “Blindside” in his 2024 track “Gun To My Head” (feat. Kid Cudi), according to a complaint filed Tuesday in California and reviewed by the Daily News.

Merton, 31, was “shocked and humiliated” to learn of Ye’s sampling of her song when he performed “Gun To My Head” [--] a Ty Dolla $ign collaboration [--] at a Miami event in December 2023. Two months later, Ye’s camp formally requested to sample “Blindside,” which was denied March 7, 2024, without explanation.

— New York Daily News