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Kanye West & Jay-Z Settle Lawsuit

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1:50 pm, March 11th, 2012

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Kanye West and Jay-Z have reportedly settled a lawsuit with blues and soul singer/producer Syl Johnson.

As Gossip Cop reported back in October, Johnson filed papers in Illinois Federal Court that West and Jay-Z took a portion of his 1967 tune “Different Strokes,” without compensation or credit, for their song “The Joy,” featured on their album “Watch the Throne.”

Johnson contended at the time that West had initially sought to sample “The Joy” for his album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” but it never worked out, and then misappropriated it for his collaboration with Jay-Z.

Now the suit has been dismissed because Jay-Z and West reportedly settled with Johnson, who’s no stranger to suing other artists for allegedly taking his compositions.

Among those who have been caught in Johnson’s legal crosshairs are Wu Tang Clan and Kid Rock, who eventually had to cough up cash to the soul and blues musician.

Below are Jay-Z and West’s “The Joy” and Johnson’s “Different Strokes,” which were at the heart of the lawsuit.

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“The Joy”

“Different Strokes”

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  • http://profile.yahoo.com/7IIXIKTJ3JORDXAN44PW7JPKOY Tiffany

    Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

  • Ahahha

    Oh grow up syl every musican does it it’s not the first time

  • Sarah E.

    Just because everyone does it, it doesn’t make it right. He’s protecting what he created. I’ve never understood why other artists don’t figure out that beforehand so lawsuits don’t have to happen.

  • Anonymous
  • Told U So

    Thank-you Sly. If other Artist would do this, then, we will not have a lot of those Instant POwer-House Non-singing So-called Rapper,soul singing Millionaires. Sly you and the others worked too hard to create a perfect score, and literally get paid nothing for it, and along come a Greedy- Thief and steal your music and hard work and make a Giant Steal off it… Thank-You Sly, a lot more Artist should do the same…

  • Told U So

    So you Ahahha, It is OK to Steal? We know what you do..

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