Kanye West Is Being Sued for Copyright Infringement Again
Kanye “Ye” West is being sued for copyright infringement again. This time for his track, “Gun to My Head.” A copyright lawsuit has reportedly been filed by a singer-songwriter who claims that West used an “unauthorized sample” of one of her songs on the 2023 track.
Alice Merton is suing West for the ‘unauthorized sampling’ of her ‘Blindside’ song
German singer-songwriter Alice Merton filed a copyright lawsuit against West in U.S. federal court on March 25, 2026, per a TMZ report. In it, Merton claimed the Yeezy founder used an “unauthorized sample” of her “Blindside” song, which she wrote and recorded in 2022, on “Gun to My Head,” a track from his “Vultures” album. It features Ty Dolla $ign and Kid Cudi.
Elsewhere in the court docs, Merton claimed she discovered West had sampled her song upon hearing “Gun to My Head” in December 2023. Then, in February 2024, the same month the album dropped, Merton said she received a request from West to use her song through BMG Rights Management, which she promptly rejected.
Asked why she denied the request via email, Merton told BMG that West’s “values are contrary to our values.” She also shared her concern about the 47-year-old rapper’s “anti-sematic [sic], racist remarks which were made publicly and continue to be made publicly.”
West made headlines earlier this year when he promoted and sold swastika t-shirts in a Super Bowl ad. His antics have reportedly led his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, to reconsider his involvement in their four children’s lives.
Merton also noted she’s a German native, who has “Jewish family members who survived” the “horrors” of the Holocaust. Additionally, she claimed she’s since received threats from West’s fans for refusing the request to sample her song.
This is the latest of many copyright infringement lawsuits for Kanye West
Copyright lawsuits are nothing new for West. According to Billboard, the rapper’s been sued at least 14 times regarding unlicensed sampling claims or interpolating, which is “the use of a copyrighted composition” in his songs.
Just days before Merton filed her lawsuit, West shared since-deleted screenshots of Kardashian arguing about including vocals from their daughter, North, on his song, “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine.” The track, which West released despite agreeing not to in a mediation meeting, is a collaboration with Sean “Diddy” Combs, who is currently awaiting trial on multiple sexual assault charges.
