Another US Rapper Plagiarises Hungary's Omega Classic, Earlier Kanye West Paid Up After Being Sued

  • 20 Dec 2023 8:11 AM
  • Hungary Around the Clock
Another US Rapper Plagiarises Hungary's Omega Classic, Earlier Kanye West Paid Up After Being Sued
Representatives of the now disbanded rock group Omega may take legal action after another American rapper sampled their hit Gyöngyhajú lány (“Girl with the Pearl Hair”) without permission, lead guitarist György “Elefánt” Molnár told the website Tények.

Rapper Lil Yachty used an instrumental sample for the entirety of the 72-second song “Jesse Owens”.

Molnár said the rapper should have asked them and talked it over, as no problem would have arisen. But since he did not, “obviously” Omega will have to take legal action.



Rapper Kanye West used an excerpt from the song without permission in 2013. Following a lawsuit, he agreed an out-of-court settlement with the son’s writer Gábor Presser.

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