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Kanye 'Ye' West has been named by a Texas pastor in a lawsuit over his song "Come To Life from the album Donda.
Bishop David Paul Moten said that the 44-year-old rapper unauthorizedly used a 70-second sample of a sermon he gave, TMZ reported Tuesday after reviewing legal docs in the case.
In court docs, Moten said that his voice and sermon are used continually throughout the song from the intro to the conclusion, composing more than 20 percent of the track.
The latest: Kanye 'Ye' West, 44, has been named by a Texas pastor in a lawsuit over his song Come To Life from his album Donda. The rapper was snapped in Miami in March
Moten also named UMG Recordings, Def Jam Recordings and G.O.O.D Music in the suit.
Moten said that use of his material in the song is the most recent instance of the Grammy-winning singer and the related businesses 'willfully and egregiously sampling sound recordings of others without consent or permission.'
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