*Rapper Tory Lanez was previously called out by Madonna for sampling her music on his new album. Now the estate of late-great George Michael is speaking out against Lanez for the same reason.
As reported by Uproxx, Lanez uses part of Michael’s “Careless Whisper” on his ’80s-themed album “Alone At Prom.” The sample appears on the song “Enchanted Waterfall” and the estate wants it removed, noting that it previously rejected Tory’s request to use the song.
“It was brought to our attention that the song ‘Enchanted Waterfall’ by the artist Tory Lanez incorporated an unauthorized sample of ‘Careless Whisper’ written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley,” reads a statement given to Variety. “Requested permission for this use had been declined in June 2021 so we took immediate action on behalf of the writers, in collaboration with our publishers Warner Chappell Music, to prevent further exploitation as we will not tolerate any unauthorized use of any songs within the catalogs of George Michael and/or Andrew Ridgeley.”
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The song has reportedly been removed from Spotify but is still up on Apple Music, Tidal, and YouTube.
Meanwhile, Madonna recently called out Lanez for allegedly sampling her music illegally.
We reported that the pop star hit up the comments section of Tory’s Instagram post, accusing him of using her hit 1985 song “Into the Groove” on the track “Pluto’s Last Comet” from his new 80s-inspired album, “Alone at Prom.”
“Read your messages [for] illegal usage of my song get into the groove!” she wrote.
Madonna’s allegations come as Lanez is embattled in a legal case with rapper Megan Thee Stallion. He is accused of shooting the hip-hop star in the foot after a party last summer.
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