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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Kanye West and Donna Summer estate reach settlement over unauthorised use of I Feel Love

'Kanye West and Donna Summer.
'Kanye West and Donna Summer. Composite: Getty

Kanye West – now known as Ye – and the estate of Donna Summer have reached a settlement over the alleged copyright infringement of Summer’s 1977 song I Feel Love on the song Good (Don’t Die) from the rapper’s 2024 album Vultures 1, a collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign.

In February, Summer’s widow Bruce Sudano filed a lawsuit claiming that the rappers did not have permission to sample the disco classic. The suit claimed that Ye had “shamelessly used instantly recognisable portions” of the song despite having been “explicitly denied” permission to do so.

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