Kanye West Sued Over Sample in Bound 2

All samples aren't free.

Kanye West is being sued by a former child star for allegedly sampling on his Bound 2. Ricky Spicer, the former singer of The Ponderosa Twins Plus One, filed a lawsuit against the rapper on Monday.

The Ponderosa Twins Plus One made a song called Bound in 1970. Spicer was 12 years-old when the track was made. When he recently heard West's Bound 2, he says he immediately recognized his old work.

According to TMZ, Spicer never gave Kanye permission to use his voice. He is suing the rapper's labels for allegedly steally his vocals. He's also demanding that West stop using the songand pay him an unspecified amount of money.

West isn't new to using samples in his songs. He used samples in Gold Digger, Stronger, Diamonds from Sierra Leone.

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