FILE - Donna Summer performing at the Nobel Peace concert Dec. 11, 2009, in Oslo, Norway. The estate of Donna Summer is suing rappers Ye and Ty Dolla $ign alleging they illegally used her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their most recent collaboration. The lawsuit filed Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in federal court says that when representatives of Ye, formerly Kanye West, asked permission to use a sample of the Summer song, they were rejected because of his controversial public statements. (AP Photo/John McConnico, file)
FILE - Kanye West performs at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Indio, Calif. The estate of Donna Summer sued Ye, formerly Kanye West, and Ty Dolla $ign on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, for what its attorneys say is the “shamelessly” illegal use of her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their collaboration “Good (Don’t Die).” The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court in Los Angeles by Summer’s husband Bruce Sudano in his capacity as executor of the estate of the singer-songwriter and “Disco Queen,” who died in 2012. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The estate of Donna Summer sued Ye, formerly Kanye West, and Ty Dolla $ign on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, for what its attorneys say is the “shamelessly” illegal use of her 1977 song “I Feel Love” in their collaboration “Good (Don’t Die).” The copyright infringement lawsuit was filed in federal court in Los Angeles by Summer’s husband Bruce Sudano in his capacity as executor of the estate of the singer-songwriter and “Disco Queen,” who died in 2012. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)