Soul Singer Claims Jay-Z, Kanye West Illegally Sampled 1967 Track

Special to the NNPA from the AFRO-American newspapers –(NNPA) As Jay-Z and Kanye West celebrate the recent success of their album “Watch the Throne,” the rappers may face a lawsuit from a Chicago soul singer who claims the pair illegally sampled one of his songs from the 1960s.According to the music, film and photography preservation company The Numero Uno Group, singer Syl Johnson said the

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