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Kanye West, Kid Cudi & Ty Dolla $ign Sued Over ‘Kid See Ghosts’ Song

<div>TSR STAFF&colon; Megan E&excl; &commat;meganryan&lowbar;e<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Check this out &num;Roommates a veteran performer &num;RonaldOslinBobbSemple is suing &num;KanyeWest &num;KidCudi and &num;TyDollaSign for stealing his vocals and using it in their song &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Freeee &lpar;Ghost Town Pt&period; 2&rpar;&period;”<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>According to &commat;blast Ronald claimed they took his vocals from a song he recorded in 2002 called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Spirit of Marcus Garvey&period;” The song was about Marcus Garvey speaking to an all-Black audience&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>As you may recall&comma; Marcus Garvey was a Jamaican man&comma; who came to the U&period;S&period; and became the leader of the Pan-African movement in the early 1900s&period; He believed that all blacks should move to Africa so they wouldn’t have to deal with the racism and hatred towards them in America&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Kanye’s song does mention certain lyrics&comma; such as the beginning when he states &&num;8220&semi;May I say something to give you a true knowledge of yourself and life&quest;&&num;8221&semi; He then goes on to say &&num;8220&semi;Man in the full knowledge of himself is a superb and supreme creature of creation&period;&&num;8221&semi; This is similar to how Ronald talks at the beginning of every performance he does as Marcus Garvey&period; He would state something like &&num;8220&semi;Brothers and sisters good evening&comma; I am Marcus Garvey&comma; and I am the leader of the Pan-African Movement&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The lyrics does not necessarily copy each other&comma; but Kanye did use Ronald&&num;8217&semi;s voice and changed the lyrics for his song &&num;8220&semi;Freee&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Ronald accused both Kanye and Kid Cudi of exploiting his voice and changing up the song for  their joint album without asking Bobb for permission or even offering to pay&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Ronald filed a law suit for them taking his song and not paying him&period; He is suing for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;unspecified damages and an injunction against them from continuing to profit off of his work&period;”<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Source&colon; The Blast<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"47981" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;kanye-west-kid-cudi-ty-dolla-ign-sued-over-kid-see-ghosts-song&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0ff7a3bbcb"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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