Rolling Stone May 12, 2026 • 22:35

Kanye West Loses at Trial Over Uncleared Sample on ‘Hurricane’ - Rolling Stone

By Nancy Dillon

Kanye West Loses at Trial Over Uncleared Sample on ‘Hurricane’ - Rolling Stone

Kanye West, the artist now known as Ye, and his companies must pay six figures for copyright infringement linked to "Hurricane," a jury found.

Kanye West is on the hook for six-figure damages after a jury found he infringed the copyright of an unreleased demo track by sampling it in an early version of his Grammy-winning song “Hurricane” th… [+8439 chars]

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