Only weeks after settling a similar lawsuit with legendary R&B singer Syl Johnson, Kanye West has again been hit with another lawsuit alleging illegal use of a sample in his music.
Robert Poindexter filed a lawsuit against Kanye West in the United States District Court of Southern New York, on March 27, claiming that Kanye illegally sampled the song “Trying Girls Out” by R&B group The Persuaders for the “Girls Girls Girls (Remix)” on the mixtape “Freshmen Adjustment 2.”
The lawsuit claims that Kanye knew the sample was not cleared, because he used a cleared version of the sample on “Girls Girls Girls” on Jay-Z’s 2001 album The Blueprint.
“I have offered to resolve this matter out of court with Kanye West,” Robert Poindexter said. “But in response, he has refused to even discuss any ‘out-of-court’ resolutions whatsoever. Nor has he provided any evidence that he is demanding others to cease and desist from selling the illegal version.”
Check the original track and how Ye flipped the sample below. Shouts to All Hip Hop.com