Kanye West is being sued for copyright infringement.
The case is brought by Alice Merton, who denied the use of a sample due to the rapper's antisemitism.
Merton's lawsuit accuses West of using a sample of her song Blindside without permission in his song Gun To My Head, a collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign and Kid Cudi.
West's song features Merton's vocals singing the line, "I sat down with a gun to my head," which is the opening line of Blindside, and replays a melody phrase from the tune throughout most of the song, Merton's lawsuit claims.
Merton said she was "shocked and humiliated" about the sample, which she found out about when West performed the song in December 2023.
The singer claims she was not contacted to clear West's sample until months after he had performed the song, which she and her label refused to do.
West's "values are contrary to our values", Merton shared, adding that she did not want to be associated with West because of his "anti-semitic, racist remarks which were made publicly and continue to be made publicly".
Merton is a German resident and a descendant of Holocaust survivors.
Gun To My Head was not included on West's 2024 release, Vultures 1, but the song was released months later as a bonus track on Vultures 2.
