KANYE WEST SUED $500,000 FOR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF SAMPLE ON A MIXTAPE

Less than one month after settling a sample lawsuit with Syl Johnson, Kanye West was served with a new copyright lawsuit. According to AllHipHop.com, the producer/emcee is being sued for $500,000 by The Persuaders’ Robert “Bobby” Poindexter.

The March 27 court filing accuses West of wrongfully using the 1970s New York R&B group’s “Trying Girls Out” for his 2006 Freshman Adjustment 2 mixtape, on the cover version of “Girls, Girls, Girls.” Curiously, the same sample was previously cleared the work with permission, for the Just Blaze production of the song on Jay-Z’s 2001 album, The Blueprint – an album West also worked extensively on.