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What does the lawsuit say?
UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings, and G.O.O.D.
Music are also named in the lawsuit.
When was it filed?
May 3, 2022, in federal court in Dallas.
Whats the status?
What was Wests response?
Representatives for the rapper did not respond to press requests for comment when news of the lawsuit broke.
The lawsuit claimed West and his team were aware that the sample was unauthorized.
Despite this acknowledgment, West has not ceased distribution of Flowers.
Attorneys for Ultra Music Publishing cited copyright infringement and vicarious copyright infringement as causes of action.
June 29, 2022, in federal court in Manhattan.
They are not fungible commodities.
July 5, 2022, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
The Archive filed a motion to dismiss on September 28, 2022.
The rapper did not respond to requests for comment when the suit was filed.
Phantom said it sent multiple demand letters to West, but to no avail.
Wests companies Very Good Touring, Yeezy Apparel, and Yeezy, LLC are named in the suit.
July 14, 2022, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
Phantom Labs filed a motion to dismiss on May 22, 2023.
Attorneys for West filed documentsarguingthat the production company failed to perform its services, citing carelessness and negligence.
West, alongside Pardison Fontaine, 88-Keys, and others began using the space to record music.
The company sued West for breach of contract and unjust enrichment.
In doing so, no request was too big or too small.
Ye asked, and they delivered.
And my client incurred significant costs and expenses to deliver.
October 24, 2022, in federal court in Miami.
Representatives for the rapper have not commented on the matter.
Yeezy Tech, G.O.O.D.
Music, Def Jam Recordings, UMG Recordings, and Kano Computing Ltd. are named in the suit.
November 7, 2022, in federal court in Manhattan.
Attorneys did not say whether a settlement had been reached.
In a 2006 documentary available on YouTube, KRS-One said that his music is available to all.
I give to all MCs my entire catalogue, the founding BDP member said inThe Art of 16 Bars.
My entire catalogue is open to the public.
Wests team argued that its now Phase Ones turn to prove it owns the BPD copyrights.
For example, the lawsuit claims a student assaulted another student and attempted to assault a teacher.
The student had multiple accounts of bullying, both physically and verbally, that had gone without discipline.
However, there are several students with bullying issues that remain unaddressed.
In one now-famous incident, the lawsuit claimed the school only had one item on the lunch menu.
Students were not allowed to bring any outside food or anything other than water.
It was widely known that Defendant West spends $10,000.00 a week on sushi.
Plaintiffs allege they were terminated in retaliation for discussing their complaints.
April 5, 2024, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
The rapper did not respond to requests for comment.
He was to be paid $20,000 per week and $100,000 for construction costs.
September 13, 2023, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
He did not comment at the time of the filing.
February 27, 2024, in federal court in Los Angeles.
Details of the settlement are sealed.
TheVultures Isong will continue to be unavailable on streaming services.
West and Ty Dolla $ign did not respond to requests for comment.
In front of the schoolchildren, Kanye continued his dangerous rhetoric.
Kanye started to openly discuss how he only likes to date white women, the complaint reads.
The staff quickly distracted the children and escorted them out of the room.
April 2, 2024, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
He did not respond to requests for comment.
April 25, 2024, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
West did not respond to requests for comment at the time of the filing.
She alleges that the sexual harassment began after she left her former role.
Included in thefilingare several examples of the offensive messages, descriptions of videos, and screenshots of images.
Shortly thereafter, Pisciotta says she was fired.
West allegedly failed to pay out an agreed $3 million severance package.
Wests Yeezy companies are also named in the suit.
June 3, 2024, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
A legal rep for Westcalledthe claims baseless on June 4.
Wests legal team also claimed Pisciotta used sexual coercion to obtain money and gifts, promising to countersue.
(Black employee Shemar DaCosta successfully lobbied to get the name changed, the lawsuit said.)
Censori allegedly sent a staff member a link to hard-core pornography.
When the app was finished, workers never received the agreed-upon payment.
June 29, 2024, in federal court in Los Angeles.
West did not respond to requests for comment.
Yiannopoulosdeniedthe allegations on X, calling the lawsuit a joke.
Doe claims Ye eventually threatened to kill him before firing him earlier this year.
He also claims Ye played a recording of scary voices with threats.
Afterward, Doe alleges Yes enforcers continued to threaten him.
Doe also claims he was not paid for several pay periods before he was fired.
October 10, 2024, in Los Angeles Countys Superior Court.
What is the status?
What was Yes response?
Yes attorneys have yet to reply to a request for comment.
