Bound vs Kanye West Bound 2
Ricky Spicer, whose voice is featured
in a sample on Kanye West’s hit song, Bound 2, is suing West alleging he
was never contacted or asked for permission to sample the track.
Kanye West is being sued by a former child star whose voice is featured in a sample on West’s hit song
Bound 2.
Ricky Spicer was 12 years old when he recorded
Bound with his then-group The Ponderosa Twins Plus One. Now 56, Spicer says he was ‘‘stunned’’ to hear his own voice when
Bound 2 aired on radio.
Spicer has filed a lawsuit against West, Roc-A-Fella Records,
Island Def-Jam Music, Rhino Entertainment and Universal Music Group,
alleging he was never contacted or asked for permission to sample the
track.
Legal trouble ... West at last year's Big Day Out.
Photo: Edwina Pickles
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, states that
‘‘Mr Spicer's voice is sampled exactly as he recorded it and his voice …
is heard several times’’.
Spicer was the lead singer and “plus one” alongside two sets of twins
in the 1960s soul group. Initial success led them to be dubbed the next
Jackson 5, but the quintet disbanded in 1975.
‘‘He was their Michael Jackson,’’ said Vincent Imbesi, Spicer’s attorney.
Bound 2 has been the subject of much
ridicule
this month, following the release of an over-the-top video clip
featuring West and wife Kim Kardashian atop a motorbike in front of a
series of dramatic landscapes.
Seth Rogen and James Franco filmed a parody version of the
clip, which immediately went viral. The video has also been parodied on
South Park and
Saturday Night Live.
Spicer has demanded West provide compensation or stop using the sample.
Neither West nor Universal Music Group have responded to requests for comment.
Watch the BOUND 2 Video by Kanye West Below
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