27-04-2022 11:55 via nme.com

King Crimson copyright holder sues over Kanye West’s ‘Power’ sample

The rights holder of the King Crimson sample in Kanye West’s ‘Power’ is suing Universal Music Group.
As per a report in Variety, mechanical rights holder to King Crimson’s ’21st Century Schizoid Man’, Declan Colgan Music Ltd, claims that Universal have underpaid streaming royalties for the use of that song on ‘Power.’
‘Power’ appears on West’s acclaimed 2010 album, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’ and members o
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