Kanye West has been sued by singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who claims that the rapper sampled her song after she denied his request to do so based on his antisemitic and racist remarks. In the suit,

Singer Alice Merton said she denied West’s request to sample her song because of his history of “anti-semitic, racist remarks.”

March 27, 2025 – Los Angeles, CA — Kanye West is facing fresh legal trouble in 2025. The controversial rapper and producer has been sued for copyright infringement by German singer-songwriter Alice Merton, who claims he illegally sampled her 2022 hit "Blindside" in his unreleased track “Gun to My Head.”