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Legal
Kanye sued over Stronger song
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 1 July 2010
Another day, another copyright infringement lawsuit. Kanye West is being sued by a rival rapper called Vince P, or Vincent Peters to his mother, who claims he wrote West’s 2007 hit song ‘Stronger’.
Peters’ copyright lawsuit is one of those “I sent in my demo tape to a star, then they turned it into their own song” cases. The rapper says he sent a demo of a song called ‘Stronger’ to West’s manager John Monopoly back in 2006, only to then find a very similar track appear on Kanye’s 2007 album ‘Graduation’.
According to X17Online, Peters’ lawsuit says West’s song “copies significant and important parts of [the claimant’s] lyrics identically or almost identically”. It also notes that both songs contain the lines “that which does not kill me makes me stronger” and “can’t wait much longer”, as well as references to Kate Moss. Peters’ legal claim is seeking damages and an injunction to stop future distribution of the West song. It’s not currently clear why he’s waited three years to go legal. Team West are yet to respond. What’s the betting Kanye claims to have never heard of Vince P or his silly demo tape?
