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Kanye West Sued Over 'Good Life' By Maryland Artist printer friendly version Send this story to a friend!
Posted: 3/26/2008 12:27:32 PM by Black widow

D'Mystro, a Maryland based songwriter/producer, has filed a lawsuit against Kanye West alleging that the Chicago bred rapper sampled his song without permission.

According to TMZ, D'Mystro (born Dayna Staggs) filed his lawsuit in Maryland District Court  in recently and claims that Kanye never obtained proper clearance to sample his song called "Volume of Good Life".

Kanye's "Good Life" featured crooner T-Pain and was included in the rapper' latest album, Graduation.

In the suit, which also names Rocafella Records, D’ Mystro also claims that Kanye's  “Good Life” uses vulgar and offensive images that  harm the reputation of his song.

D' Mystro is seeking 85% of all world sales that uses his material.
 
Representatives from Kanye’s camp did not return calls inquiring about the suit.

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