{"id":9832,"date":"2026-02-17T03:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kanye-west-ty-dolla-ign-face-vultures-2-sample-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T03:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:58:37","slug":"kanye-west-ty-dolla-ign-face-vultures-2-sample-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/kanye-west-ty-dolla-ign-face-vultures-2-sample-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign Face \u2018Vultures 2\u2019 Sample Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tYe (formerly Kanye West) has yet again been sued for rapping over an allegedly unauthorized sample \u2014 this time on the Vultures 2 <\/em>track \u201c530.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe controversial star has faced more than a dozen copyright claims throughout his career for failing to clear samples. That tally grew with a Thursday (Feb. 12) lawsuit brought by the alternative R&B artist Swsh and U.K.-based indie label Future Bounce against Ye and Ty Dolla $ign, his collaborator on the hit 2024 Vultures 2 <\/em>album.<\/p>\n

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\n\tSwsh (Remy Quillin) says their 2018 song \u201cBreak the Fall\u201d is sampled without a license on \u201c530.\u201d Specifically, the lawsuit alleges that Swsh\u2019s outro vocals are looped repeatedly beneath Ye\u2019s verses throughout the first two minutes of the track.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBy exploiting Swsh\u2019s creative output without credit or compensation, defendants usurped the commercial and artistic value of their sound recording and underlying musical composition while misrepresenting its authorship to the public,\u201d reads the lawsuit. \u201cThis unauthorized use deprived plaintiffs of rightful sales and licensing revenue, diminished the value of their work and interfered with their ability to control how that work is experienced and perceived.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSwsh alleges they sent demand letters to Ye\u2019s reps about the alleged infringement soon after Vultures 2 <\/em>was released, but the issue was never resolved. Even after being notified about these problems, the lawsuit claims, Ye re-released \u201c530\u201d on his 2025 album Donda 2<\/em>, still with no sampling license in place.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSuch willful, knowing and deliberate conduct reflects a conscious decision to misappropriate plaintiffs\u2019 intellectual property and to profit from it,\u201d the lawsuit says.<\/p>\n

\n\tThursday\u2019s lawsuit now seeks financial damages for Swsh and Future Bounce in the form of lost royalties (Swsh owns 90% of the \u201cBreak the Fall\u201d composition rights and the entire master recording, while the label has an exclusive license to exploit the master). The complaint doesn\u2019t request a specific dollar amount, but it notes that \u201c530\u201d has more than 50 million streams on Spotify alone.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to naming Ye and Ty Dolla $ign (Tyrone Griffin Jr.), the lawsuit also brings federal copyright infringement claims against Ye\u2019s in-house label YZY and the service Label Engine, which, according to Swsh, handled digital distribution for both Vultures 2 <\/em>and Donda 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tReps for Ye, Ty Dolla $ign and Label Engine did not immediately return requests for comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n


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