Kanye West Sued By Pastor Over "Come To Life" Sample

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Bishop David Paul Moten is also suing G.O.O.D Music, Def Jam Recordings, and UMG Recordings.

Kanye West may be staying out of the spotlight for now, but that doesn't mean that the 44-year-old is staying out of trouble. According to TMZ, Ye is being sued by a pastor over one of the tracks on his Grammy-nominated DONDA album for sampling without permission.

Legal documents obtained by the outlet reveal that Bishop David Paul Moten is suing the father of four over "Come To Life," which he says uses his voice and one of his sermons both in the intro as well as looped throughout.

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According to Moten's lawsuit, "70 seconds of the five minute and 10-second long title" use his content, amounting to more than 20 percent of the song. The Bishop condemned Ye and the music industry for the way that they "willfully and egregiously [sample] sound recordings of others without consent or permission." 

The lawsuit also names UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings, and G.O.O.D Music with the defendant seeking damages from all parties.

As HipHopDX reports, this isn't the only musical beef that Ye has been hit with recently. "Tide Pen" rapper Smokepurrp claimed that the Yeezus hitmaker owes him approximately $9 million over alleged unpaid songwriting credits from 2018's "I Love It."

In other news, D.L. Hughley chimed in on Pete Davidson's new neck tattoo, which apparently pays tribute to Kim Kardashian and the four children she shares with Kanye West – read more about that here, and tap back in with HNHH later for more hip-hop news updates.

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.
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